Event Archive

Scriptorium: Gothic creative writing workshop

Develop your creative writing skills with this free workshop on writing Gothic fiction

'Dark ingredients' : M. R. James and Gothic Bloodlines at Aberdeen

Aberdeen University Library is rich in Gothic literature, from classics by Clara Reeve and Mary Shelley to M. R. James's celebrated ghost stories. This illustrated lecture examines how this came to be so, alongside consideration as to what 'Gothic' actually means, before discussing one of the best-known of James's spine-chillers.

Bookbinding Workshop and Talk

Learn some elementary bookbinding skills and discover the historic rare book bindings in the Special Collections

Ötzi the iceman - 25 years on

Evening Lecture in association with University of Aberdeen Museums and Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

Exhibition: COVER STORIES - What bindings say about books

A book cover can tell its own story. During the early history of book production, the manner in which a book was bound was unique. Each hand-crafted binding reveals information about the individuals who owned books, their social status, professions and how they valued the texts within. The type of...

People and Water in Neolithic Orkney

Evening lecture in association with University of Aberdeen Museums

Exhibition: Being and Becoming

Exhibition in MacRobert ArtSpace

The Aberdeen Bestiary: made in Bridlington?

The new Aberdeen Bestiary website, with images of startling clarity, prompts a new enquiry into the source of the manuscript. Can tiny clues within the book point towards its place of production? Why suggest Bridlington Priory? The lecture examines shreds of evidence within the manuscript, and the overwhelming interest in...

CANCELLED Family Fun: Stormy Weather

This event was cancelled

We regret that this event is cancelled. Free, fun-filled afternoon of art and poetry activities for children and their adults

Film @ The Ice Cube: Lure of the Lost

Film Screening