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MAKE HISTORY THIS WINTER
The Year of History, Heritage and Archaeology 2017 has explored Scotland’s distinct culture and traditions alongside its historic landscapes, hidden gems and amazing stories.
From Viking festivals to Highland Games, World Heritage Sites to spectacular jousting - a programme of events and festivals celebrating Scotland’s fascinating past has attracted
both visitors and locals alike. With plenty more activity still set to take place, all that’s left to decide is where you’ll be making your own history this winter!
With a packed programme of events in store, Previously…Scotland’s History Festival (17-26 November) will bring history to life throughout a variety of venues in Edinburgh. From a day dedicated to the impact history has had on computer games at ‘Gaming History’ to an afternoon dedicated to the memory of Dr Elsie Inglis – there’s set to be something for everyone!
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Programme for World War One, a service celebrating the work of Dr Elsie Inglis and the Scottish Women’s Hospitals will be held in 9 St Giles Cathedral on Wednesday 29 November. The beautiful Colours of Cluny
2017 (8-19 November) will light up the Northern Scotland skies with a dramatic and mesmerising mixture of sound and light. Visitors get the chance to see the natural landscape of Forres’ Grant Park and Cluny Hill in a very different light, with trees, walkways and Nelson’s Tower illuminated for all to enjoy.
If you are looking for a historic Christmas experience, why not pay a visit to Victorian Christmas at Falkland Palace (9 & 10 December). Listen to live festive music in the Chapel Royal, learn about Victorian Christmas traditions, try your hand at
some arts and crafts and listen to Christmas stories! Or head along to Stirling Castle for a fun and exciting adaptation of Dickens’ classic Christmas tale, A Christmas Carol (22 & 23 December). s National Museum of Scotland is serving up all things
silver at Scotland’s Early Silver Exhibition until 25 February 2018. Featuring spectacular objects dating from AD75 to AD1000, discover the part that silver
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pp nnn played in the transformation of society in S Scotland throughout the first millennium a and how silver helped to shape the first k kingdoms. Or if you’re looking for some late night museum fun, Museum Lates is back with a Bonnie Prince Charlie and Jacobite themed evening of fun, music and culture (10 November). With costume capers, a silent disco, gallery ceilidhs and facepainting it’ll be a night out like no other!
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Winding through the historic streets of Edinburgh’s old town Edinburgh’s Hogmanay: Torchlight Procession (30 December) will close out one themed year by welcoming in the next. To mark the launch of Scotland’s Year of Young People 2018, the climax of this year’s procession will see torches spell out one word, #ScotWord, chosen by the young people of Scotland answering the question “What makes you most proud to live in Scotland?” It will be a spectacle to be part of and to behold!
Find more events and festivals at visitscotland.com/HHA2017 18 THE LIST 1 Nov 2017–31 Jan 2018