Mineral Minds: Orkney Geologists Under the Microscope Stromness Museum's summer exhibition centres on the work of two under-celebrated geologists: Ted Kellock and Matthew Forster Heddle. Ted Kellock's collection of over 4000 thin section rock slides has been the subject of a year-long project to digitise the catalogue, with help from volunteers to transcribe and photograph […]
The Hippodrome in Eyemouth is currently hosting an exhibition celebrating the work of James Hutton, who farmed at Slighhouses during the eighteenth century. The exhibition will be open from 10.00am – 3.00pm every day until the end of August, in association with an exhibition on marine life from the Berwickshire Marine Reserve. By knowing the […]
The Lost Villages of East Ayrshire Exhibition - National Mining Museum Scotland. Sat 03 Aug - Sat 26 Oct. 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. ‘The ‘miners’ row villages’ in the Ayrshire coalfield are a remarkable and distinctive man-made feature in the landscape and transformed the upland areas where they were set. The Lost Villages of […]
The Scottish Geology Trust and Angus Alive provide a display of gorgeous Arbroath beach pebbles in the Signal Tower Museum Courtyard! Come along and see how many you can match with the identification guide! Venue: Signal Tower Museum Courtyard, Ladyloan, Arbroath DD11 1PU. This is a free drop-in event, no booking required. The Courtyard is […]
@scottishagates is an X account solely dedicated to sharing a different Scottish agate specimen from the National Museums Scotland’s mineral collections every day. It is run by by Emily Brown, NMS Earth Systems Assistant Curator and SGT Secretary. To celebrate this year's #ScotGeolFest24 the account will once again be bringing you bonus agates throughout the […]
Scotland has been home to many pioneering women geologists, whose important work has helped us to understand the Earth. Despite this the history of geology has largely been told through the accomplishments of male scientists. The women have often gone unacknowledged and their contributions have been lost to history. Until very recently, women with an […]
In early 2024, Dingwall Museum undertook an assessment and rationalisation of their collections and uncovered a series of fossils that came from the North and East coasts of the Black Isle. Being out with the museum’s location jurisdiction, they kindly offered to donate these amazing objects to Hugh Miller’s Birthplace Museum! For this year's Scottish […]
Travel the realms between fact and folklore and discover the superstitious explanations behind fossils in our new temporary exhibition To commemorate the 190th anniversary of Hugh Miller's book "Scenes and Legends of the North of Scotland", join us in Cromarty and traverse the boundary between fact and folklore to discover the fascinating superstitious explanations behind […]
Fife-based jewellers Two Skies will feature Scottish sapphires and Scottish gold at their shop on the Royal Mile Edinburgh throughout September. See their newly unveiled brand new cabinet dedicated to Scottish Sapphire heirloom jewellery, a collection that showcases some of the rarest and most beautiful sapphires ever found in the Highlands. Ethically sourced by Two […]
The Scottish Geology Trust and Angus Alive provide a display of gorgeous Arbroath beach pebbles in the Signal Tower Museum Courtyard! Come along and see how many you can match with the identification guide! Venue: Signal Tower Museum Courtyard, Ladyloan, Arbroath DD11 1PU. This is a free drop-in event, no booking required. The Courtyard is […]
Montrose Museum presents some highlights of our collection of rocks, pebbles and fossils laid out in our natural history gallery for visitors to handle, and little ones can test their skills with our Dig & Discover activity. Drop -in free activity, available during museum opening hours This is a free drop-in event, no booking required. […]
The 200th edition of the Annual Exhibition will be a melting pot of contemporary art from across Scotland and further afield, with all artworks shown side by side in the Academy’s grand Neoclassical galleries in the heart of Edinburgh. This year’s Exhibition Convenor is artist Annie Cattrell RSA, assisted by Architecture Convenor Fergus Purdie RSA. […]
Exhibition of drawings, prints and film which explore Scottish Geology along the Highland Boundary and Great Glen fault lines. The Ground Shakes presents new works by Dundee-based artist Calum Wallis, created over the past two years with funding from Creative Scotland and The Geologists' Association. Tracing a geological journey across Scotland, Wallis follows the Highland […]
Exhibition of Christina Riley's year long photography project 'The Beach Today' at the Scottish Maritime Museum in Irvine, Ayrshire. The Beach Today began as a daily photography project developed during lockdown walks along the Ayrshire coast, and evolved into a year long photo series pairing a photographic seascape taken from an Ayrshire beach with a […]
Join us in celebrating the Scottish Geology Festival 2026 as we explore the modern-day research inspired by Hugh Miller's most famous book! To commemorate the 185th anniversary of Hugh Miller's book "The Old Red Sandstone", explore the modern-day science taking place here in Cromarty following in the footsteps of the town's most famous historic figure! […]
This year marks the 300th birthday of Scottish geologist James Hutton; widely regarded as the founding father of geology. As we celebrate this milestone, help Hugh Miller track down the perfect birthday present from the selection of objects housed at the museum! 🎂 Inspire the young geologists in your life with a fun and engaging […]
This exhibition will explore James Hutton’s influence on the processes leading to the formation of rocks and on the concept of geological time in a series of interpretation panels, which tell of Hutton's life in Edinburgh during the period of the Scottish Enlightenment as well as the development of his Theory of the Earth. His […]