Past Edinburgh 900 Events

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Royal Scots Dragoon Guards pn horseback at the 2018 event, with the Parliament and Arthur's Seat in the background
Edinburgh Riding of the Marches
14th September 2025
The historic Edinburgh Riding of the Marches is set to return on Sunday 14th September 2025, with thousands expected to gather in the capital for a day of pageantry, tradition,…
Curators Nico, Jenny and Vicky sitting around a table. Jenny is holding a cup from the silver collection.
A Year in Edinburgh Museums & Galleries Collections
15th September 2025
Join Jenny, Nico and Vicky from our Curatorial & Engagement team as they look back at a year of behind-the-scenes work at the Museum Collections Centre. From exhibition preparation to…
Exterior shot of the Maltings at Cramond
Guided walks around the Cramond area
5th April 2025 - 16th September 2025
Although Cramond has only been “attached” to Edinburgh for the last 100 years or so, our history goes back to hunter gatherers that were in the Cramond area 10,500 years…
A black and white image of Lady Menzies Place and Regent Place in Edinburgh, showing a woman walking up a cobbled street with colony houses either side, and tenement flats at the far end
Colony of Artists 20th Anniversary Celebrations
1st July 2025 - 21st September 2025
The Colony of Artists will mark its 20th anniversary in a variety of ways during the summer of 2025, including Abbeyhill history tours; a lecture on the history of the…
A black and white photo of a middle aged couple standing in front of their house. She wears a headscarf and winter coat, he has a coat over a cardigan, shirt and tie. He is smoking and wears glasses.
Post War Edinburgh
26th September 2025
To complement our art exhibition, Out of Chaos: Post-War Scottish Art 1945-2000, join our archival lecture to look at social and historical aspects of the City during this period.
An exterior shot of Panmure House
Edinburgh and East Lothian Doors Open Days 2025
27th September 2025 - 28th September 2025
Every year, this exceptional event opens the doors to hidden treasures, inviting you to explore the architectural wonders that have shaped our past and continue to influence our present. As…
A black and white photo of Mrs Reid with cane and straw hat wearing a jacket and long skirt and standing beside a stone sundial
Socialites to servants: the women behind Lauriston
1st October 2025
In the 700-year history of Lauriston, three women have owned the Castle and countless others have kept the place running, yet their stories have been told sparingly. From socialites to…
Cover of The Worlds End Murders books, depicting two figures in silhouette in a misty wood
The World’s End Murders: The Inside Story
23rd October 2025
In October 1977 Edinburgh teenagers Helen Scott and Christine Eadie went missing after last being seen at the World’s End pub on the Royal Mile. Their abduction and brutal murder…
A collage of John Law, some gold coins and a French cheque
John Law – Swindler or Prophet?
30th October 2025
Described by Karl Marx as ‘the pleasant character mixture of swindler and prophet’, John Law inherited Lauriston Castle at the age of 12. At the age of 21 he sold the…
A painting showing white buildings and churches on a grassy hill beyond trees, with hills and a grey sky in the background
Noble Intentions: The History of the Scottish Modern Arts Association
6th November 2025
Founded in Edinburgh in 1907, the Scottish Modern Arts Association set out to establish Scotland’s first ever national collection of modern art. For more than fifty years it actively acquired…
Vicky Garrington standing beside a tailor's dummy on which is displayed a black, grey and gold shortsleeved dress
War on the Fashion Front: Getting dressed as a civilian in World War 2
11th November 2025
Join History Curator Vicky Garrington for an exploration of the art of dressing during wartime. From rationing and restrictions to patriotic clothing and defiant glamour, we’ll discuss how civilian women…
A photo of the darkened corner of a room showing a botanical print, a painting of someone in a graduate's gown and mortar board, a display board with text, a painting of a brown cow, and a woman standing in front of a cabinet
Rooting: Ecology, Extraction & Environmental Emergency
27th January 2025 - 15th November 2025
Taking the University of Edinburgh’s 350-year-old Art Collection as its focus, the exhibition features historic and contemporary artworks that consider environment, ecology, as well as the entangled relationship between economic…
Black and white image of four women on their knees in front of a dais on which sits a man in an ornate chair, a man standing beside him. A third man, also in mediaeval dress, holds a stick above the women.
The East of Scotland Witch Trials
18th November 2025
Between the 16th and 17th Century an estimated 4000 people were tried in Scotland for witchcraft, approximately 85% of these people being women. Of this number over 300 were burned…