Tag : collections

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  Last chance to view trio of rarely seen artworks

  14th Nov 2018

  Visitors to Abbotsford, the home of Sir Walter Scott between Melrose and Galashiels, have only a short time left to see three rarely seen watercolour paintings before they disappear back into private ...

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  A Glimpse into Turner's Mind

  17th Oct 2018

  As a legacy of the Turner Bequest in 1856, the Tate became home to a vast collection of sketchbooks that belonged to the artist J. M. W. Turner. These private notebooks offer a unique insight into the...

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  It wouldn’t be a birthday without embarrassing baby pictures...

  15th Aug 2018

  Like many of us, Scott was not terribly enthusiastic about growing old. In his diary, he remarked disapprovingly that ‘the outside of my head is waxing grizzled but I cannot find that the snow has ...

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  And Time Stood Still...

  24th Nov 2016

  We've reached that time of the year when many take a few moments to reflect on their experiences. We take so many aspects of our time for granted, yet as we reach the final months, it all seems to...

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  A Tale of Two Harps

  16th Jun 2016

  Our collections tend to be fairly static because of their very nature; we are not a Walter Scott museum and don't buy filler material on a theme or on the man as a general rule. We exist to showcase ...

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  Rave Reviewer: On the Evolution of an Exhibition

  28th Mar 2016

  My apologies for going completely dark; the closure season seemed to go past in the blink of an eye! We achieved a great deal over the winter, hand-cleaning all of Scott’s books, waxing all of the ...

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