All Stories
The Hill House: antimacassars
If you already know what an antimacassar is, give yourself a gold star! Find out more about these beautiful and ornate items designed by Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh.
From café to compost
During Recycle Week 2020, we find out about a win-win initiative at Inverewe that helps the plants and saves us money.
New willow sculptures at Culzean
The sculptures celebrate the garden as a productive space that generates a wide variety of fruit and vegetables, which are both sold and used in the café on the estate.
Looking good
We take a look at the history of beauty through some of the items in our collections.
Bannockburn benefits from heritage emergency fund
Bannockburn received £250K from the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
An autumn apple feast at Brodie Castle
As we prepare to celebrate ‘International Eat an Apple Day’ (19 September), we delve into the past at Brodie Castle to find out the story behind their apple collection.
Shanah Tovah! (Good Year!)
Tonight (18 September) marks the start of the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah, typically regarded as the Jewish New Year.
Pests in collections – silverfish
Pests can cause irreversible damage in historical collections. Silverfish are very hard to eradicate, so we keep them in check with integrated pest management programmes.
The ‘Spanish flu’ and the Tenement House
We take a look at how the 1918 flu pandemic might have affected Miss Agnes Toward, who lived in Glasgow at that time.