Ten leading ladies behind one of the world’s largest tapestries share their inspiring story to help people through Covid-19 isolation

Ten of the leading ladies behind The Great Tapestry of Scotland shared their story to help people across the globe through the Covid-19 crisis. Together the ten ladies successfully coordinated the completion of the Great Tapestry of Scotland (which tells Scotland’s story from 8500BC to present day) by building a strong community bond in person, […]
New Iconic Scotland Trail coming soon

Stars of stage, screen, music, sport and science told Scotland’s stories in the Iconic Scotland exhibition. The Great Tapestry of Scotland visitor centre’s first temporary exhibition in Gallery 1420 The exhibition has now closed but due to its popularity and its celebration of Scotland and the Scottish Borders the centre will use images from the […]
Making Scotland’s history accessible to all

A new Scottish national gallery, opening in 2021, has revealed its aim to make the nation’s history, heritage and culture more accessible to all through “wonderfully visual” storytelling. It also hopes to help address the findings of new research, published today (30 November 2020), which suggest that many people in Scotland (including those who said […]