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On George IV Bridge in Edinburgh - we're the Central Public Library. Tweets mainly 9-5 Mon-Fri.
Edinburgh
Joined February 2013
Need help with your #FamilyHistory research? We've got the perfect event for you! Come along to the free Family History Fair next Friday, 24 October, between 10am and 4pm @edcentrallib View the full programme of talks and information stall providers at https://t.co/rNIfmwH9nd
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🏛️ Celebrating 150 years of the Cockburn Association – Edinburgh's civic watchdog! Join Prof Richard Rodger on 29 Oct, 6:30pm for a talk on Edinburgh's past, present & future based on his book Campaigning for Edinburgh. 📍 Central Library 🎟️ https://t.co/t04GRwu333
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We were so impressed by the photographs and memories submitted to our 'Unearthed Edinburgh' photography competition that we've decided to put a selection on display this month @edcentrallib But if you can't drop by to see it, you'll find them all online https://t.co/KxWIbgSOFI
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Family History Fair 2025 | Fri 24 Oct | 10am-4pm Central Library, Edinburgh 10+ exhibitors + 4 expert talks on WWI/WWII history, Post-War Edinburgh, CWGC Archives & British POWs 🎟️ Book now: https://t.co/YpLS6sbGFt…
#FamilyHistory #Genealogy #Edinburgh
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In the our latest blog post, colleagues from @edcentrallib give an update on their project to reorganise the closed access Reference Library books stored on the gallery shelves and reveal the 'secret doorways' to this upper shelving level... https://t.co/dqoEJ2duzu
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If you have visited the Reference Library at Central Library, you will likely be familiar with one of the building’s notable architectural features: the gallery shelving. These impressive dou…
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Last day today.
Come to Central Library today or tomorrow to talk to the Royal Scots Museum Outreach Team and find out more about your family who fought in WW2. https://t.co/BaBJHwiuOQ
#VJDay80 #RoyalScots
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I’m cross! Imagine missing out on a selfie with @joydunlop! Joy ran 4 fab choral workshops for us in ‘23. Lovely pic but look - NO Sorley! Grrrr. ‘S not fair. To cheer myself up I stomped off to @edcentrallib - great Gaelic section & v helpful staff. I go on Weds before choir.
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Happening Now! 📢
The Royal Scots Museum will be visiting @edcentrallib next week to host a pop-up Family Research Area. The Research Area will be free to attend and run from Tuesday 12 to Friday 15 August coinciding with #VJDay80 https://t.co/ItS7qZVFyv
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The Royal Scots Museum will be visiting @edcentrallib next week to host a pop-up Family Research Area. The Research Area will be free to attend and run from Tuesday 12 to Friday 15 August coinciding with #VJDay80 https://t.co/ItS7qZVFyv
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Have you visited our new display yet? Called Inspiring the Nation: 300 years of Libraries in Scotland. Produced by @HistEnvScot it contains wonderful images detailing how libraries have become cherished parts of communities across Scotland. Showing until Saturday 20th September.
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Come and see 'A Sense of Place, A Sense of Style', a new exhibition by Angela Moffat in the Art and Design Library @edcentrallib
https://t.co/ZWutHJETPG
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An overview of the history of libraries in Scotland, this event coincides with the opening of a new display by @HistEnvScot showing here at Central Library. https://t.co/6DmX4UvILi
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Tickets are now available for 300 Years of Libraries in Scotland - a talk with Mark Macleod at Edinburgh Central Library, on Tuesday 15th July 2025. Click the link for further information and to...
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Want to find out how to start your family tree? Come along to our beginners’ #FamilyHistory session at @edcentrallib on Thursday 26 June at 2pm to find out how to use the library's free online and physical resources. Book your place by emailing informationdigital@edinburgh.gov.uk
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Read the latest in our series about cataloguing the Edinburgh and Scottish manuscript collection at @edcentrallib in collaboration with @OldEdinClub
https://t.co/dLIqMcw47t
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Our work cataloguing our Scottish manuscripts alongside the Old Edinburgh Club is still very much ongoing, and we are excited to revive our blog post series highlighting significant gems within the…
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Want to find out how to start your family tree? Come along to our beginners’ #FamilyHistory session at @edcentrallib on Thursday 29 May at 2pm to find out how to use the library's free online and physical resources. Book your place by emailing informationdigital@edinburgh.gov.uk
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Join us this Wednesday for this special author event to help celebrate the publication of Renato Cisneros's new book and to mark ten years since the formation of Central Library's Found in Translation book group @CharcoPress @recisneros @elusiveword
https://t.co/HgF6cm8h6z
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Join the @edcentrallib Found in Translation book group to celebrate 10 years and also the launch of the Renato Cisneros's new book! Book your place online at
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Tickets are now available for Found in Translation book group - author event with Renato Cisneros and translator Fionn Petch at Edinburgh Central Library - George Washington Browne Room, on Wednesday...
Join us on the 14th May, for this special author event to help celebrate the publication of Renato Cisneros's new book and to mark ten years since the formation of Central Library's Found in Translation book group @CharcoPress @recisneros @elusiveword
https://t.co/HgF6cm8h6z
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We are proud to be collaborating with @TradDanceScot for this year’s Pomegranates Festival exhibition! ‘Masks’ features 20 of Lorraine Pritchard's hand-crafted Venetian and world dance masks. Until the end of April, 10 of these masks can be viewed here at Central Library.
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Visit the #ArtAndDesignLibrary @edcentrallib this month to see the fantastic new exhibition by Edinburgh LoFi, a photography collective who use traditional, alternative and Lomographic methods. https://t.co/gBL6JUEYcK
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