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Two women stand in a garden, with an Edwardian glasshouse behind them. The lady on the left wears a navy National Trust for Scotland jacket. The lady on the right wears a floral dress.
17 Aug 2023

Trust secures new funding for buildings conservation work

The award of over £1 million from Historic Environment Scotland will allow us to undertake vital conservation activity.

Some letterpress type blocks, spelling out Ps & Qs with a right-pointing arrow beneath, are displayed against pale wooden boards.
16 Aug 2023

Caring for industrial collections, part 1: minding your Ps & Qs

In the first of this four-part series, we explore the challenges and opportunities involved in caring for dynamic collections.

Scraps of old wallpaper are laid upon a table. Most have some sort of floral pattern and are a deep red or dark green in colour.
11 Aug 2023

Tenement style

We’re exploring wallpaper history at the Tenement House to build a picture of interior decoration, tenement-style.

A large tree looms over a collection of shrubs in the foreground. The tree is covered in large white flowers, which especially stand out against the deep blue sky.
4 Aug 2023

The PLANTS project: three tree highlights

After spending time at Arduaine Garden, Lucrezia Rossi (PLANTS Inventory Officer) describes a few of her favourite trees.

A lady stands in the 17th-century bedchamber at Gladstone's Land, solemnly looking at a portrait on the wall.
4 Aug 2023

Love Scotland podcast – Season 6

Listen to the sixth season of the Trust’s podcast, which explores some of the stories behind our people and places.

Two puffins stand on a lichen-covered rock, facing each other. Both have fish in their stripy beaks.
2 Aug 2023

End sandeel fishing to protect Scotland’s seabirds

National Trust for Scotland members and supporters can play an important role in helping to end sandeel fishing.

Looking across a calm Village Bay, just above the rocky beach and stone pier. A large cruise ship is at anchor in the middle of the bay, and several smaller boats are anchored closer to shore. A RIB is alongside the jetty, filled with passengers, and another two RIBs wait out in the bay.
28 Jul 2023

From the edge of the world 2023: part 2

From birthday parties to handling sudden medical emergencies, our St Kilda ranger shares some extracts from her daily log, giving a flavour of what life on the islands is really like.

21 Jul 2023

Meeting the new PLANTS project team

An introduction to the new PLANTS project team for our places across Edinburgh and the East, recruited in April 2023.

6 Jul 2023

Preparing frames and prints for Raeburn’s Edinburgh

Regional Conservator Lesley Scott talks about the opportunity the exhibition at the Georgian House gave her to involve and train staff, volunteers, and our Bute Icon intern in the conservation of nine framed engravings.