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July
Rob Roy Limited Edition Copy
22.07.2021 - 31.12.2021
A new leather-bound limited edition published to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the author’s birth.
Sir Walter Scott 2021 UK £2 Uncirculated Coin
22.07.2021 - 31.12.2021
The Royal Mint commemorates Sir Walter Scott on a £2 coin, to mark the 250th Anniversary of his birth
August
Read to Death
01.08.2021 - 31.10.2021
Innerpeffray, by Crieff, PH7 3RF
History books, historic fiction; travel and tourism; poetry; dramatic landscape; books – Scotland has it all and in our exhibition this year we look at all of these, through the eyes of poet, novelist, antiquarian and collector Sir Walter Scott.
Inspiring Walter Scott
06.08.2021 - 09.01.2022
National Museum of Scotland
Discover how Scott drew upon real historical objects for inspiration in his writing. This free exhibition showcases iconic objects from the National Collection and places them alongside Scott's words, and the stories in which they feature.
A Walk in Walter's Woods
10.08.2021 - 19.10.2021
Abbotsford
Join Abbotsford's Ranger Anna on a guided walk around the Abbotsford Estate to learn more about wildlife, specimen trees and Scott’s designed landscape.
Walter Scott and Song: Retuning the Harp of the North
13.08.2021 - 31.03.2022
on-line
Exploring ballads, opera, and theatrical and popular songs, this online exhibition showcases the University of Aberdeen’s Walter Scott collections alongside musical recordings.
Head for the Hills: What we can learn from walking with Walter Scott
15.08.2021 - 30.04.2022
North-east Scotland
A series of local hill walks led by Hillgoers in partnership with the Walter Scott Research Centre at the University of Aberdeen
Biodiversity Walks
24.08.2021 - 28.09.2021
Abbotsford
These 1 hour guided walks around Abbotsford's estate with our Ranger Anna focus on a different theme each month, highlighting the biodiversity at Abbotsford.
September
Walter Scott and Song: Musical Events
01.09.2021 - 31.03.2022
Online
A number of talks, performances and other events will be held to explore Scott’s relationship to song.
Sir Walter Scott's Courtroom
01.09.2021 - 31.10.2021
Selkirk
Sir Walter Scott's Courtroom is one of our direct links to the great Scottish writer. In the museum building, Sir Walter Scott sat as Sheriff of Selkirkshire, dispensing justice for nearly 30 years until his death in 1832.
Souters' Routes Guided Walks
01.09.2021 - 27.10.2021
Selkirk
Take a step back in time and walk the steps that Sir Walter Scott once did himself through the town of Selkirk.
Look Back and Smile
02.09.2021 - 14.11.2021
Hawick Museum
Look Back and Smile is a new exhibition of contemporary mosaics inspired by the life and work of Sir Walter Scott.
Walter Scott. Racconto e immagine
04.09.2021 - 31.10.2021
Accademia TadiniLovere, via Tadini 40
A sketch of the Italian reception of Walter Scott's works in the library of the Accademia Tadini, in Lovere.
Walter Scott: The Man Behind the Monument
06.09.2021 - 29.10.2021
Online
Join the Walter Scott Research Centre at the University of Aberdeen for a free online course with Abbotsford and Futurelearn.
Sir Walter Scott 250 Exhibition
09.09.2021 - 06.12.2021
The Caledonian Club, London
A new exhibition for Caledonian Club members celebrating Walter Scott 250.
Scott at 250: The Dundee Showcase
23.09.2021
Online
A creative showcase in celebration of Sir Walter Scott. Free books galore! Poetry readings, and more!
October
Sweet Sounds in Wild Places
01.10.2021 - 01.04.2022
An exhibition of work from a new community project, which aims to harness the power of music, creative writing, film and photography to empower women struggling with personal life challenges.
Sir Walter Scott in the HES Archives
04.10.2021
John Sinclair House
An exhibition of drawings, photographs and sketches selected from the HES Archives showing buildings and monuments associated with Sir Walter Scott.
The Gothic Rocket: The Scott Monument with Historic Environment Scotland
04.10.2021
Online Event
A talk by Jackie Sangster, HES Learning Officer.
Scottish International Storytelling Festival
15.10.2021 - 31.10.2021
Scotland
The Scottish International Storytelling Festival will celebrate Walter Scott 250 with a selection of live storytelling events.
Haunted Scott
29.10.2021
Online
For Hallowe’en, Penny Fielding will talk about ghosts, visions and prophecies in Scott’s novels and poetry.
Sir Walter Scott Grand March and Commemoration
30.10.2021
St Giles Cathedral
Join us to celebrate Scott's life and legacy with a special service at St Giles Cathedral followed by a Grand March through the city of Edinburgh, from St Giles Cathedral to the Scott Monument.
November
'From the Baskets of Travelling Pedlars' to Abbotsford: Scott’s Lifelong Love of Popular Print
01.11.2021 - 31.10.2022
Online
Scott's library at Abbotsford contains around 3000 popular print items, on topics such as fairy-tales, superstition, politics and song. This exhibition showcases this material and its significance for Scott’s work.
Scott’s Chapbooks and the Supernatural: A Halloween Tale
01.11.2021
Online
Those involved with developing the exhibition 'From the Baskets of Travelling Pedlars' to Abbotsford: Scott's Lifelong Love of Popular Print will discuss the ways in which Scott’s popular print material engages with the supernatural and how the topic is explored in his creative work.
Baillie Gifford Borders Book Festival
02.11.2021 - 07.11.2021
Abbotsford House, Melrose , TD6 9BQ
Abbotsford House, the home of Sir Walter Scott, stages this year's Baillie Gifford Borders Book Festival in November, as part of the 250th anniversary celebrations of the life and work of Scotland's greatest writer.
December
SIR WALTER SCOTT (1771-1832) a 250th anniversary concert
17.12.2021
Parliament House, Edinburgh
A 250th anniversary concert celebrating the world-famous Scots poet, creator of the historical novel, advocate and judge.
January
Sir Walter Scott’s Abbotsford: “The Delilah of his Imagination”
20.01.2022
Join Kirsty Archer-Thompson, Collections and Interpretation Manager of the Abbotsford Trust, to explore one of the most important literary houses in the world; a nineteenth century blueprint that has travelled the globe.
February
Walking with Walter Scott
01.02.2022 - 30.06.2022
on-line
A number of events will take place on the University of Aberdeen's King’s College Campus and in the Cruikshank Botanic Garden to celebrate and explore Scott’s ideas about the restorative power of the natural world. to find out more visithttps://www.hillgoers.com/guided-walks-events/sir-walter-scott-celebrating-250-years-14th-may-2022
'From the Baskets of Travelling Pedlars' to Abbotsford: Scott’s Lifelong Love of Popular Print
01.11.2021 - 31.10.2022
Online
Scott's library at Abbotsford contains around 3000 popular print items, on topics such as fairy-tales, superstition, politics and song. This exhibition showcases this material and its significance for Scott’s work.
A Walk in Walter's Woods
10.08.2021 - 19.10.2021
Abbotsford
Join Abbotsford's Ranger Anna on a guided walk around the Abbotsford Estate to learn more about wildlife, specimen trees and Scott’s designed landscape.
Baillie Gifford Borders Book Festival
02.11.2021 - 07.11.2021
Abbotsford House, Melrose , TD6 9BQ
Abbotsford House, the home of Sir Walter Scott, stages this year's Baillie Gifford Borders Book Festival in November, as part of the 250th anniversary celebrations of the life and work of Scotland's greatest writer.
Biodiversity Walks
24.08.2021 - 28.09.2021
Abbotsford
These 1 hour guided walks around Abbotsford's estate with our Ranger Anna focus on a different theme each month, highlighting the biodiversity at Abbotsford.
Haunted Scott
29.10.2021
Online
For Hallowe’en, Penny Fielding will talk about ghosts, visions and prophecies in Scott’s novels and poetry.
Head for the Hills: What we can learn from walking with Walter Scott
15.08.2021 - 30.04.2022
North-east Scotland
A series of local hill walks led by Hillgoers in partnership with the Walter Scott Research Centre at the University of Aberdeen
Inspiring Walter Scott
06.08.2021 - 09.01.2022
National Museum of Scotland
Discover how Scott drew upon real historical objects for inspiration in his writing. This free exhibition showcases iconic objects from the National Collection and places them alongside Scott's words, and the stories in which they feature.
Look Back and Smile
02.09.2021 - 14.11.2021
Hawick Museum
Look Back and Smile is a new exhibition of contemporary mosaics inspired by the life and work of Sir Walter Scott.
Read to Death
01.08.2021 - 31.10.2021
Innerpeffray, by Crieff, PH7 3RF
History books, historic fiction; travel and tourism; poetry; dramatic landscape; books – Scotland has it all and in our exhibition this year we look at all of these, through the eyes of poet, novelist, antiquarian and collector Sir Walter Scott.
Rob Roy Limited Edition Copy
22.07.2021 - 31.12.2021
A new leather-bound limited edition published to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the author’s birth.
Scott at 250: The Dundee Showcase
23.09.2021
Online
A creative showcase in celebration of Sir Walter Scott. Free books galore! Poetry readings, and more!
Scottish International Storytelling Festival
15.10.2021 - 31.10.2021
Scotland
The Scottish International Storytelling Festival will celebrate Walter Scott 250 with a selection of live storytelling events.
Scott’s Chapbooks and the Supernatural: A Halloween Tale
01.11.2021
Online
Those involved with developing the exhibition 'From the Baskets of Travelling Pedlars' to Abbotsford: Scott's Lifelong Love of Popular Print will discuss the ways in which Scott’s popular print material engages with the supernatural and how the topic is explored in his creative work.
SIR WALTER SCOTT (1771-1832) a 250th anniversary concert
17.12.2021
Parliament House, Edinburgh
A 250th anniversary concert celebrating the world-famous Scots poet, creator of the historical novel, advocate and judge.
Sir Walter Scott 2021 UK £2 Uncirculated Coin
22.07.2021 - 31.12.2021
The Royal Mint commemorates Sir Walter Scott on a £2 coin, to mark the 250th Anniversary of his birth
Sir Walter Scott 250 Exhibition
09.09.2021 - 06.12.2021
The Caledonian Club, London
A new exhibition for Caledonian Club members celebrating Walter Scott 250.
Sir Walter Scott Grand March and Commemoration
30.10.2021
St Giles Cathedral
Join us to celebrate Scott's life and legacy with a special service at St Giles Cathedral followed by a Grand March through the city of Edinburgh, from St Giles Cathedral to the Scott Monument.
Sir Walter Scott in the HES Archives
04.10.2021
John Sinclair House
An exhibition of drawings, photographs and sketches selected from the HES Archives showing buildings and monuments associated with Sir Walter Scott.
Sir Walter Scott's Courtroom
01.09.2021 - 31.10.2021
Selkirk
Sir Walter Scott's Courtroom is one of our direct links to the great Scottish writer. In the museum building, Sir Walter Scott sat as Sheriff of Selkirkshire, dispensing justice for nearly 30 years until his death in 1832.
Sir Walter Scott’s Abbotsford: “The Delilah of his Imagination”
20.01.2022
Join Kirsty Archer-Thompson, Collections and Interpretation Manager of the Abbotsford Trust, to explore one of the most important literary houses in the world; a nineteenth century blueprint that has travelled the globe.
Souters' Routes Guided Walks
01.09.2021 - 27.10.2021
Selkirk
Take a step back in time and walk the steps that Sir Walter Scott once did himself through the town of Selkirk.
Sweet Sounds in Wild Places
01.10.2021 - 01.04.2022
An exhibition of work from a new community project, which aims to harness the power of music, creative writing, film and photography to empower women struggling with personal life challenges.
The Gothic Rocket: The Scott Monument with Historic Environment Scotland
04.10.2021
Online Event
A talk by Jackie Sangster, HES Learning Officer.
Walking with Walter Scott
01.02.2022 - 30.06.2022
on-line
A number of events will take place on the University of Aberdeen's King’s College Campus and in the Cruikshank Botanic Garden to celebrate and explore Scott’s ideas about the restorative power of the natural world. to find out more visithttps://www.hillgoers.com/guided-walks-events/sir-walter-scott-celebrating-250-years-14th-may-2022
Walter Scott and Song: Musical Events
01.09.2021 - 31.03.2022
Online
A number of talks, performances and other events will be held to explore Scott’s relationship to song.
Walter Scott and Song: Retuning the Harp of the North
13.08.2021 - 31.03.2022
on-line
Exploring ballads, opera, and theatrical and popular songs, this online exhibition showcases the University of Aberdeen’s Walter Scott collections alongside musical recordings.
Walter Scott. Racconto e immagine
04.09.2021 - 31.10.2021
Accademia TadiniLovere, via Tadini 40
A sketch of the Italian reception of Walter Scott's works in the library of the Accademia Tadini, in Lovere.
Walter Scott: The Man Behind the Monument
06.09.2021 - 29.10.2021
Online
Join the Walter Scott Research Centre at the University of Aberdeen for a free online course with Abbotsford and Futurelearn.