The making of a national collection | National Library of Scotland Learn about the history of the National Library of Scotland through unique items and a guided tour of the Advocates Library.

In October 1925 the #FacultyOfAdvocates gifted its non-legal library collections to the nation, forming the #NationalLibraryOfScotland. Experience the historic & ongoing connections between NLS the #AdvocatesLibrary
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Smartify | Audio tour I National Library of Scotland building Welcome to the National Library of Scotland. This year marks 100 years since the Libra...

As part of the @natlibscot.bsky.social centenary celebration, they recently launched an audio tour of their George IV Bridge building (featuring a tiny bit of bonus #AdvocatesLibrary content)

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Scottish lawyers in Leiden For many years, the Advocates Library, normally kept private for its Members, has taken part in Doors Open Day. We offer guided tours of the Library, and put on small exhibitions of our materials to be viewed in Parliament Hall. Extract from Catriona by Robert Louis Stevenson, 1893, p.131-132 In 2019 the theme was "Global Connections". I was fascinated by the idea - mentioned in Stevenson's…

Blog post: Scottish lawyers in Leiden

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The last letter of Mary Queen of Scots, presented to #Scotland in 1923 and held by the #AdvocatesLibrary until 1925.