Explore our Heritage Collections You can now explore our Heritage Collections in one place with the launch of our Heritage Collections Discovery page! From this page you can: Search by keyword across all our Heritage Collections items. Follow the links to each individual collection to find out what the collection is about. On each individual […]
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Framing the Past: A work placement photographing the Heritage Collections. From February to May 2024, the Heritage Collections welcomed Rebbecca Cram, a third-year student from the BA (Hons) in Photography, for a trimester-long work placement. As part of the placement, Rebbecca photographed unique objects from the University’s collections and took images to help promote […]
Preserving the Past: My Journey Volunteering with the University Heritage Collections Forewords Delve into the captivating world of heritage preservation through the eyes of one talented high school volunteer. Join Charlie as he unveils his unique experiences and insights gained during his enriching half-term adventure with the Edinburgh Napier University Heritage Collections team. If you […]
National Poetry Day 2026 The first Thursday in October is the UK’s National Poetry Day, a day dedicated to celebrating poetry in all its forms and giving us all the chance to come together and share in the pleasure of poetry. As Scotland has such a rich history of poetry, we thought we’d take today […]
Campus guide At Napier, we have three university campuses spread across the city of Edinburgh, each of them outfitted with state-of-the-art facilities to assist you in your studies, and each of them serving as the central hub to our different academic schools, with the library catalogue of each campus being focused on that campus’s academic […]
History of Napier Ever wonder how the name Napier in Edinburgh Napier University? Ever wonder about the old tower on Merchiston Campus? Or the statue placed by the tower? Well, wonder no more. We are going to look at the History of Napier. John Napier John Napier, eighth Laird of Merchiston, was born in Merchiston […]
World Goth Day May 22nd is World Goth Day – a chance to celebrate all things gothic from music and film to fashion. It all began in 2009 when BBC Radio 6 Music ran a series which spotlighted different subcultures. Goth music was featured on 22nd May, and the event has taken place on that date each year since. There will be events locally, such as Midnight […]
International Museum Day The 18th of May marks International Museum Day, an event organised by the International Council of Museums to celebrate local museums and raise public awareness of the role museums play in society. Observed since 1977, International Museum Day is celebrated in hundreds of countries and tens of thousands of museums worldwide. These […]
Edinburgh Beltane Fire Festival Your Complete Guide to Scotland’s Ancient Celtic Celebration Every year since 1988, the Edinburgh Beltane Fire Festival draws up to 15,000 people to Calton Hill for a spectacular celebration marking the arrival of summer. The Beltane fire festival honours an ancient Celtic tradition that began on the evening before May 1st, […]
Merchiston Tower In the centre of Merchiston Tower, you will find Merchiston Tower. Have you ever wondered what’s inside? What’s its history? Want to peek inside? Let us take you on a brief digital walk through the Tower in the blog post. History of Merchiston Tower Merchiston Tower has stood firm for over 500 years. […]
