The Hippodrome in Eyemouth is currently hosting an exhibition celebrating the work of James Hutton, who farmed at Slighhouses during the eighteenth century. The exhibition will be open from 10.00am – 3.00pm every day until the end of August, in association with an exhibition on marine life from the Berwickshire Marine Reserve. By knowing the […]
Scotland’s unique character and cultures are rooted, quite literally, in the rocks that lie beneath our feet and under the sea. These rocks have directly influenced our landscapes, built heritage and industry, and are intrinsically linked with our sense of place. The Scottish Geology Festival will give you the opportunity to learn about these incredible […]
Step back to the 1700s and walk through Edinburgh's landscape with philosopher James Hutton and his famous Scottish enlightenment companions, exploring Hutton’s theory of a dynamic Earth. Born in Edinburgh in 1726, Hutton saw how the Earth developed over a vast time scale. We now know this as deep time. With interests in agriculture, chemistry, […]
Monday 6 October 2025, 7:00 to 9:00pm Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh Join us at this public event to launch the James Hutton Tercentenary celebrations. James Hutton (1726-1797) is widely acknowledged as the Father of modern geology, a self-taught Edinburgh philosopher who made significant contributions to the understanding of Earth processes and agriculture. As we approach 2026, […]
We invite all of our followers and supporters to attend an upcoming online event about the Deep Time Trail and plans for the Tercentenary Celebrations. Learn all about the Deep Time Trail and the Crowdfunder, which runs until the end of November - see https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/siccar-point and the plans for celebrating James Hutton's 300th birthday next year! Contact […]
A talk to the Auchterarder and District Local History Society by Alan McKirdy. Aytoun Hall, Auchterarder. Visitors welcome. https://www.auchterarderlocalhistory.com/events
An exhibition of sculpture, drawing and photography from Glasgow based artist Ilana Halperin, whose art seeks to make geological time human; to map the incomprehensible vastness of geological time and the natural world through the knowable familiarity of human experience. The earliest work in this exhibition, Boiling Milk Solfataras (1999), shows the artist heating milk […]
Join us for an afternoon with artist Amanda Thomson as she reflects on her microresidency as part of Collective’s 2025 Panorama programme. The residency invited Thomson to respond to the world’s first panorama (1788), created by Robert Barker on Calton Hill. Thomson’s research explored how Baker’s panorama explicitly and intrinsically captured the different layers of Edinburgh: its […]
Join us for the Edinburgh premiere screening of the film As Old As The Hills – made for the Orkney Science Festival. The film is timely – the celebrations of the 300th anniversary of the birth of James Hutton, the father of modern geology, start in June. Slovenian filmmaker, Selena S. Kuzman, takes us on an epic […]
'The Great Instauration' (2026) is a newly commissioned installation by artist Dr Gayle Chong Kwan in the Grand Gallery of the National Museum of Scotland. Exploring historical collections including those of National Museums Scotland, the artwork connects scientific instruments to the darker stories behind some of the Scottish Enlightenment's revelations. The installation includes large scale […]
Step into the 1700s and walk through Edinburgh's landscape with philosopher James Hutton and his famous Scottish Enlightenment companions, exploring Hutton's theory of a dynamic Earth. Born in Edinburgh in 1726, with interests in agriculture, chemistry, medicine and natural science, Hutton is regarded as the founder of modern geology. Join theatre maker Jane Westhead and […]