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NOVEMBER
14 Heriot Watt Trailblazers Exhibition
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Heriot-Watt University 10:00AM - 4:00PM More info
15 Heriot Watt Trailblazers Exhibition
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Heriot-Watt University 10:00AM - 4:00PM More info
16 Heriot Watt Trailblazers Exhibition
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Heriot-Watt University 10:00AM - 4:00PM More info
That Curious Fellow: Captain Basil Hall, R.N.
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Augustine United Church 7:00PM - 8:00PM More info
17 Heriot Watt Trailblazers Exhibition
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Heriot-Watt University 10:00AM - 4:00PM More info
Who Do You Think You Were Roadshow
Who Do You Think You Were Roadshow
Stockbridge Library - CANCELLED 10:00AM - 12:00PM More info
Jock Tamson's Bairns
Jock Tamson’s Bairns
Axolotl Gallery 11:00AM - 4:00PM More info
Who Do You Think You Were Roadshow
Who Do You Think You Were Roadshow
Stockbridge Library - CANCELLED 2:00PM - 5:00PM More info
How to Research and Create your Family Tree
Authors at the Dome, New Register House
New Register House 2:15PM - 3:15PM More info
The Top 20 Pre-1855 Family History Sources in the National Records of Scotland
Authors at the Dome, New Register House
New Register House 3:30PM - 4:30PM More info
Here's Tae Us, Wha's Like Us?
Big Shiny Debates
Scottish Parliament 6:00PM - 8:00PM More info
A Robert Louis Stevenson Evening with Ian Rankin and Nigel Planer
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The City Art Centre 7:00PM - 8:00PM More info
18 Who Do You Think You Were Roadshow
Who Do You Think You Were Roadshow
McDonald Road Library CANCELLED 10:00AM - 12:00PM More info
Stitching Times Sewing Workshop
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Museum of Edinburgh, Huntly House 10:00AM - 12:00PM More info
Heriot Watt Trailblazers Exhibition
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Heriot-Watt University 10:00AM - 4:00PM More info
Descend and Discover
Descend and Discover
Blair Street Underground Vaults 10:00AM - 10:30AM More info
Descend and Discover
Descend and Discover
Blair Street Underground Vault 10:30AM - 11:00AM More info
Descend and Discover
Descend and Discover
Blair Street Underground Vault 11:00AM - 11:30AM More info
Jock Tamson's Bairns
Jock Tamson’s Bairns
Axolotl Gallery 11:00AM - 6:00PM More info
Descend and Discover
Descend and Discover
Blair Street Underground Vault 11:30AM - 12:30PM More info
History Hero's & Afternoon Tea Elsie Inglis
Time Banquets
The Howard Hotel 2:00PM - 5:00PM More info
Who Do You Think You Were Roadshow
Who Do You Think You Were Roadshow
McDonald Road Library CANCELLED 2:00PM - 5:00PM More info
At Home with Hume
Time Banquets
Channings 7:00PM - 11:00PM More info
Powerhouse of practical enlightenment: 1700-1900 and beyond
People and Places in Time
Penicuik Town Hall 7:00PM - 9:00PM More info
19 Learning for Each Other
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University of Edinburgh 9:30AM - 3:00PM More info
Descend and Discover
Descend and Discover
Blair Street Underground Vault 10:00AM - 10:30AM More info
Who Do You Think You Were Roadshow
Who Do You Think You Were Roadshow
Fountainbridge Library CANCELLED 10:00AM - 12:00PM More info
Patrick Geddes Walk
Patrick Geddes Walk
Meet at General Assembly Hall, The Mound 10:00AM - 12:00PM More info
Scotland's Planning Legacy
People and Places in Time
Penicuik Town Hall 10:00AM - 2:00PM More info
Descend and Discover
Descend and Discover
Blair Street Underground Vault 10:30AM - 11:00AM More info
Castle Tales at Lauriston Castle
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Lauriston Castle 10:30AM - 12:30PM More info
Descend and Discover
Descend and Discover
Blair Street Underground Vault 11:00AM - 11:30AM More info
Jock Tamson's Bairns
Jock Tamson’s Bairns
Axolotl Gallery 11:00AM - 6:00PM More info
Jock Tamson's Bairns Open Day
Jock Tamson’s Bairns
Open Day Axolotl Gallery 11:00AM - 4:00PM More info
Living History in the Georgian House
Living History in the Georgian House
Georgian House, 7 Charlotte Square 11:00AM - 4:00PM More info
Descend and Discover
Descend and Discover
Blair Street Underground Vault 11:30AM - 12:00PM More info
Mike Barfield's Big Wind-Up!
Mike Barfield's Big Wind-Up!
Museum of Childhood 12:00PM - 1:00PM More info
Meet the Artists
That was then: This is NOW!
City Art Centre 2:00PM - 3:00PM More info
Womans' Suffrage - The Fight Goes On
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People's Story, Canongate 2:00PM - 4:15PM More info
Mike Barfield's Big Wind-Up!
Mike Barfield's Big Wind-Up!
Museum of Childhood 3:00PM - 4:00PM More info
Liszt in Scotland
People and Places in Time
Penicuik Town Hall 7:00PM - 9:00PM More info
20 Living History in the Georgian House
Living History in the Georgian House
Georgian House, 7 Charlotte Square 12:00PM - 4:00PM More info
The Singing Street: A Celebration of Scottish Playground Songs
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Filmhouse 1:00PM - 2:30PM More info
Discover Dean Village - Guided Tour
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Start at Dean Bridge/Top of Bell's Brae 1:30PM - 3:30PM More info
Meet the Spartans (and Athenians)
Open Howf
Captain Taylor’s Coffee House 2:00PM - 3:00PM More info
Singing in the Dunfermline Palace Undervault
People and Places in Time
Dunfermline Palace 3:00PM - 4:00PM More info
St Giles' at Six
St Giles' at Six
St Giles’ Cathedral 6:00PM - 7:00PM More info
21 Heriot Watt Trailblazers Exhibition
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Heriot-Watt University 10:00AM - 4:00PM More info
75 Years of The Saltire Society
People and Places in Time
The Saltire Society, Fountain Court 10:30AM - 4:00PM More info
From Hollar to Hockney: Highlights of British Printmaking
Lectures at Lauriston Castle
Lauriston Castle 10:30AM - 11:30AM More info
The War Poets Collection Guided Tours
The War Poets Collection Guided Tours
Edinburgh Napier University Craiglockhart Campus 11:00AM - 12:00PM More info
Who Do You Think You Were Roadshow
Who Do You Think You Were Roadshow
Fountainbridge Library CANCELLED 2:00PM - 5:00PM More info
The War Poets Collection Guided Tours
The War Poets Collection Guided Tours
Edinburgh Napier University Craiglockhart Campus 2:00PM - 3:00PM More info
Getting Started National Library of Scotland
National Library of Scotland
National Library of Scotland 6:00PM - 7:30PM More info
The Real Mary King’s Close Architectural History Tour
The Real Mary King’s Close Architectural History Tour
The Real Mary King's Close 6:30PM - 7:30PM More info
James Finlayson (1772-1852): founder of Tampere in Finland
People and Places in Time
Penicuik Town Hall (Marriage Room) 7:00PM - 8:45PM More info
The Real Mary King’s Close Architectural History Tour
The Real Mary King’s Close Architectural History Tour
The Real Mary King's Close 8:00PM - 9:00PM More info
22 Tiny Tales
Historical Tales
Scottish Storytelling Centre 10:00AM - 10:40PM More info
Heriot Watt Trailblazers Exhibition
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Heriot-Watt University 10:00AM - 4:00PM More info
75 Years of The Saltire Society
People and Places in Time
The Saltire Society, Fountain Court 10:30AM - 4:00PM More info
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Lectures at Lauriston Castle
Lauriston Castle 10:30AM - 11:30AM More info
Jock Tamson's Bairns
Jock Tamson’s Bairns
Axolotl Gallery 11:00AM - 4:00PM More info
Tiny Tales 2
Historical Tales
Scottish Storytelling Centre 11:30AM - 12:10PM More info
History Hero's & Afteroon Tea - Mary Burton
Time Banquets
The Howard Hotel 2:00PM - 5:00PM More info
Who Do You Think You Were Roadshow
Who Do You Think You Were Roadshow
Muirhouse Library CANCELLED 2:00PM - 5:00PM More info
Disability History Month - Launch Event
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Moray House Campus, Edinburgh University 5:30PM - 7:30PM More info
Discovering Family History at the National Library of Scotland
National Library of Scotland
National Library of Scotland 6:00PM - 7:30PM More info
Sin in the City
Sin in the City
Royal Mile and Megget’s Cellar 6:00PM - 7:30PM More info
Liberty, Fairness & Ideas of Justice
Big Shiny Debates
Scottish Parliament 6:00PM - 8:00PM More info
Carl Rosa Opera and Touring Scotland 1874-1900
Open Howf
The Beehive Inn 6:30PM - 7:30PM More info
Scotland's Planning Legacy
People and Places in Time
Penicuik Town Hall 7:00PM - 8:15PM More info
23 Who Do You Think You Were Roadshow
Who Do You Think You Were Roadshow
Blackhall Library CANCELLED 10:00AM - 12:00PM More info
Descend and Discover
Descend and Discover
Blair Street Underground Vault 10:00AM - 10:30AM More info
Patrick Geddes Walk
Patrick Geddes Walk
Meet at General Assembly Hall, The Mound 10:00AM - 12:00PM More info
Heriot Watt Trailblazers Exhibition
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Heriot-Watt University 10:00AM - 4:00PM More info
Scottish Genealogy Society - Special Late Opening
Scottish Geneology Society Library
Scottish Genealogy Society 10:30AM - 9:00PM More info
Descend and Discover
Descend and Discover
Blair Street Underground Vault 10:30AM - 11:00AM More info
Scotlands Planning Legacy (Exhibition)
People and Places in Time
The Saltire Society, Fountain Court 10:30AM - 4:00PM More info
The Duties of Servants
Lectures at Lauriston Castle
Lauriston Castle 10:30AM - 11:30AM More info
Descend and Discover
Descend and Discover
Blair Street Underground Vault 11:00AM - 11:30AM More info
Jock Tamson's Bairns
Jock Tamson’s Bairns
Axolotl Gallery 11:00AM - 4:00PM More info
Descend and Discover
Descend and Discover
Blair Street Underground Vault 11:30AM - 12:00PM More info
Legendary Leith Smacks
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Trinity House Maritime Museum 12:00PM - 3:30PM More info
Inside Secret Lauriston Castle with High Tea
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Lauriston Castle 2:00PM - 4:00PM More info
Edinburgh's War with Yvonne McEwen
Authors at the Dome, New Register House
New Register House 2:00PM - 4:00PM More info
The Lion Bites Back – the Role of the Procurator Fiscal of the Court of the Lord Lyon
Open Howf
Captain Taylor’s Coffee House 7:00PM - 8:00PM More info
Beer History Night in association with Williams Brother Brewery
Open Howf
The Beehive Inn 7:00PM - 9:00PM More info
Jo Caulfield’s Comedy Collective: HIStory vs HERstory
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The Stand Comedy club 8:30PM - 11:00PM More info
24 Who Do You Think You Were Roadshow
Who Do You Think You Were Roadshow
Wester Hailes Library CANCELLED 10:00AM - 1:00PM More info
Heriot Watt Trailblazers Exhibition
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Heriot-Watt University 10:00AM - 4:00PM More info
75 Years of The Saltire Society
People and Places in Time
The Saltire Society, Fountain Court 10:30AM - 4:00PM More info
The Georgian House
Lectures at Lauriston Castle
Lauriston Castle 10:30AM - 11:30AM More info
Story Space
Historical Tales
Scottish Storytelling Centre 11:00AM - 11:45AM More info
Jock Tamson's Bairns
Jock Tamson’s Bairns
Axolotl Gallery 11:00AM - 4:00PM More info
'David Douglas and The Scottish Plant Hunters' with Sara Sheridan and Syd House
Authors at the Dome, New Register House
New Register House 2:00PM - 4:00PM More info
Sin in the City
Sin in the City
Royal Mile and Megget's Cellar 6:00PM - 7:30PM More info
One Nation under God? History, Faith and Identity
Big Shiny Debates
Scottish Parliament 6:00PM - 8:00PM More info
Tales from the Gaberlunzie Man: Poems on John Knox and Mary, Queen of Scots
Historical Tales
John Knox House 7:00PM - 8:15PM More info
The Flyting
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The Real Mary Kings Close 7:30PM - 9:30PM More info
Striptease in Scotland Tits, Tassels and Ten Pound Notes
Open Howf
The Beehive Inn 8:00PM - 9:00PM More info
25 Descend and Discover
Descend and Discover
Blair Street Underground Vault 10:00AM - 10:30AM More info
Heriot Watt Trailblazers Exhibition
Events
Heriot-Watt University 10:00AM - 4:00PM More info
75 Years of The Saltire Society
People and Places in Time
The Saltire Society, Fountain Court 10:30AM - 4:00PM More info
Descend and Discover
Descend and Discover
Blair Street Underground Vault 10:30AM - 11:00AM More info
Jock Tamson's Bairns
Jock Tamson’s Bairns
Axolotl Gallery 11:00AM - 6:00PM More info
The War Poets Collection Guided Tours
The War Poets Collection Guided Tours
Edinburgh Napier University Craiglockhart Campus 11:00AM - 12:00PM More info
Descend and Discover
Descend and Discover
Blair Street Underground Vault 11:00AM - 11:30AM More info
Descend and Discover
Descend and Discover
Blair Street Underground Vault 11:30AM - 12:00PM More info
Discover St Triduana's Chapel
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St Triduana's Chapel 12:00PM - 3:30PM More info
Your Country (and Library) Needs You!
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Leith Library 1:30PM - 3:30PM More info
The War Poets Collection Guided Tours
The War Poets Collection Guided Tours
Edinburgh Napier University Craiglockhart Campus 2:00PM - 3:00PM More info
The Man Who Caused the Boer War: Talk by David I Harvie
People and Places in Time
Penicuik Town Hall 2:30PM - 4:00PM More info
The Kosmoid Enigma
People and Places in Time
Penicuik Town Hall 7:00PM - 9:15PM More info
Guid Crack at the Waverley Bar
Historical Tales
Waverley Bar 7:30PM - 10:00PM More info
26 The Edible Archive - A Taste of History
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Captain Taylors Coffee House 10:00AM - 2:00PM More info
A Family Edwardian Christmas
A Family Edwardian Christmas
Lauriston Castle 10:00AM - 12:30PM More info
75 Years of the Saltire Society (Exhibition)
People and Places in Time
Penicuik Town Hall 10:00AM - 2:00PM More info
Descend and Discover
Descend and Discover
Blair Street Underground Vault 10:00AM - 10:30AM More info
Descend and Discover
Descend and Discover
Blair Street Underground Vault 10:30AM - 11:00AM More info
Fabulous Piggy Banks
Fabulous Piggy Banks
Museum of Childhood 10:30AM - 12:30PM More info
Descend and Discover
Descend and Discover
Blair Street Underground Vault 11:00AM - 11:30AM More info
Jock Tamson's Bairns
Jock Tamson’s Bairns
Axolotl Gallery 11:00AM - 6:00PM More info
Who Do You Think You Were Roadshow
Who Do You Think You Were Roadshow
National Museum of Scotland 11:00AM - 4:30PM More info
Descend and Discover
Descend and Discover
Blair Street Underground Vault 11:30AM - 12:00PM More info
Classic Cartoons Matinee
Classic Cartoons Matinee
Filmhouse 1:00PM - 2:30PM More info
Fabulous Piggy Banks
Fabulous Piggy Banks
Museum of Childhood 1:30PM - 2:30PM More info
Diamonds in the Deli
People and Places in Time
Penicuik Town Hall 2:00PM - 3:45PM More info
Saturday Showcase: Cochrane - The Real Master and Commander - Fact and Fiction
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National Museum of Scotland Seminar Room 2:00PM - 4:00PM More info
Margaret Tait’s Edinburgh Shorts
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Filmhouse 3:00PM - 4:30PM More info
Sir Ernest Shackleton Supper
Time Banquets
Channings 7:00PM - 11:00PM More info
Tales of Old Edinburgh
Historical Tales
Scottish Storytelling Centre 7:00PM - 8:00PM More info
Polish Forces in Scotland
People and Places in Time
Penicuik Town Hall 7:00PM - 9:15PM More info
27 A Family Edwardian Christmas
A Family Edwardian Christmas
Lauriston Castle 10:00AM - 12:30PM More info
Guided Tour of Dean Cemetery
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Meet at Main Cemetery Gate at the crown of Dean Path 11:00AM - 12:30PM More info
Classic Cartoons Matinee
Classic Cartoons Matinee
Filmhouse 11:00AM - 12:30PM More info
Scottish Genealogy Society - Special Sunday Opening
Scottish Geneology Society Library
Scottish Genealogy Society Library & Family History Centre 12:00PM - 4:00PM More info
Darnley must die!
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Craigmillar Castle 12:00PM - 3:00PM More info
Tufting
That was then: This is NOW!
City Art Centre 1:00PM - 4:00PM More info
Rosslyn Chapel Revealed
Open Howf
Captain Taylor’s Coffee House 2:00PM - 3:00PM More info
Take Note - Bank Note Design Past & Present
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Museum on the Mound 2:30PM - 3:30PM More info
Singing in Crichton Collegiate Church
People and Places in Time
Crichton Collegiate Church 3:15PM - 4:30PM More info
St Giles' at Six
St Giles' at Six
St Giles’ Cathedral 6:00PM - 7:00PM More info
The Real Mary King’s Close Architectural History Tour
The Real Mary King’s Close Architectural History Tour
The Real Mary King's Close 6:30PM - 7:30PM More info
The Real Mary King’s Close Architectural History Tour
The Real Mary King’s Close Architectural History Tour
The Real Mary King's Close 8:00PM - 9:00PM More info
28 Patrick Geddes Walk
Patrick Geddes Walk
Meet at General Assembly Hall, The Mound 10:00AM - 12:00PM More info
The History of Contemporary Scottish Tapestry
That was then: This is NOW!
City Art Centre 1:30PM - 2:30PM More info
Scots engineers and architects in Japan in the 19th century
People and Places in Time
Penicuik Town Hall 7:00PM - 9:15PM More info
29 Jock Tamson's Bairns
Jock Tamson’s Bairns
Axolotl Gallery 11:00AM - 4:00PM More info
History Heros & Afternoon Tea - Millicent Bruce Peterkin
Time Banquets
The Howard Hotel 2:00PM - 5:00PM More info
'A New History of the Picts, Tales of the Picts & many more' with Stuart McHardy
Authors at the Dome, New Register House
New Register House 2:00PM - 4:00PM More info
The Edinburgh Graveyards Project
Open Howf
The Beehive Inn 6:30PM - 7:30PM More info
St Andrew's Eve at St Giles
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St Giles’ Cathedral 8:00PM - 11:59PM More info
30 Great Scottish Speeches with David Torrance
Authors at the Dome, New Register House
New Register House 10:00AM - 11:00AM More info
Scottish Genealogy Society - Special Late Opening
Scottish Geneology Society Library
Scottish Genealogy Society 10:30AM - 9:00PM More info
Bodysnatchers to Lifesavers: Three Centuries of Medicine in Edinburgh
Authors at the Dome, New Register House
New Register House 2:00PM - 4:00PM More info
The Devine Judgement
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Stand Comedy Club, 5 York Place, Edinburgh EH1 3EB 5:00PM - 7:00PM More info
St Andrew’s Day Lecture Knife Men: The Scottish Anatomists
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The Surgeons Hall Museum 6:00PM - 9:00PM More info

All-Festival Events

Portobello Architecture Heritage Trail 17/11 to 30/11 More Info
Portobello
The Edinburgh World Heritage Graveyard Trail 17/11 to 30/11 More Info
Multiple Sites
Scotland’s Ain Kingly Hooses – a history of Scotland’s royal dynasties in Scots 17/11 to 30/11 More Info
Listen Online
Capital Collections 17/11 to 30/11 More Info
Available online
Edinburgh on the Move 17/11 to 30/11 More Info
Edinburgh Tour
History of Scotch Whisky 17/11, to 27/11, More Info
WHISKI Rooms
Tea Time at the Museum of Childhood 17/11, to 30/11, More Info
Museum of Childhood
Exhibition: The New Town of Edinburgh 17/11, to 30/11, More Info
Museum of Edinburgh