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SUMMARY:Edinburgh Science Festival: Hutton in Edinburgh
DESCRIPTION: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 geologist Angus Miller in this engaging walking theatre show. \nTue 7\, Wed 8\, Thu 9 April\, 2pm\nPresented by Dynamic Earth and the Edinburgh Geological Society\nImage: Amanda Robbins \nTickets £16 – Booking essential dynamicearth.org.uk/event/hutton-in-edinburgh/
URL:https://james-hutton.org/event/edinburgh-science-festival-hutton-in-edinburgh/
LOCATION:Dynamic Earth\, Edinburgh\, Holyrood Road\, Edinburgh\, EH8 8AS\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:The Great Instauration
DESCRIPTION:‘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. \nThe installation includes large scale sculptural forms and large fabric hangings. See scientific instruments transformed into fantastical roots\, representations of Edinburgh geology\, based on the ‘Lost Drawings’ prepared by John Clerk of Eldin for James Hutton’s Theory of the Earth\, archival and painted images\, and steel plinths inscribed with lesser-known histories. \nSaturday 4 – Sunday 19 April\, 10:00 – 17:00. Drop in\, no booking required.
URL:https://james-hutton.org/event/the-great-instauration/
LOCATION:National Museum of Scotland\, Chambers Street\, Edinburgh\, EH1 1JF\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Edinburgh film premiere: As Old As The Hills
DESCRIPTION: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. \nSlovenian filmmaker\, Selena S. Kuzman\, takes us on an epic scenic journey through Caithness and Orkney\, with magnificent drone footage. Along the way\, presenters Mara Gibb and Katy Firth use quirky timelines and models to help the viewer to grasp the immensity of Deep Time. As Old As has been described as the ultimate slow movie. \nEdinburgh geomorphologist\, Adrian Hall\, wrote the script. We find that rock hills have half-lives of tens or even hundreds of millions of years. But soft hills\, like sand dunes and glacial drumlins\, appear and disappear over thousands of years. Watch out for the final Da Vinci code twist supplied by renowned Orkney storyteller\, Tom Muir. \nSelena Kuzman and Adrian Hall will be available after the showing for a Q&A session about the making of the film. \nVENUE: Lecture Theatre G01 – Lister Learning and Teaching Centre\, 5 Roxburgh Place\, Edinburgh\, EH8 9SU \nFREE\, booking essential: book here
URL:https://james-hutton.org/event/edinburgh-film-premiere-as-old-as-the-hills/
LOCATION:Lister Learning and Teaching Centre\, 5 Roxburgh Place\, Edinburgh\, EH8 9SU\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Collective: Panorama Research Presentation
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThomson’s research explored how Baker’s panorama explicitly and intrinsically captured the different layers of Edinburgh: its geology and geography as well as its built environment. Thomson comments that: \n“There is both a timelessness and a restlessness to the city\, where the deep time status of Arthur’s Seat overlooks the castle with its origins in the 11th century\, the medieval High Street and Holyrood Palace\, the Old and New Towns. From where we are now\, we can see the urbanisation and ‘filling in’ of the fields and countryside that were so present in Barker’s panorama. While it’s easy to look into the distance\, I’m interested in the nearer too\, the flora and fauna that inhabit the hill itself\, and how easy it is to overlook what’s immediately before us.” \nThomson will present on her different strategies to explore the city and its surrounding areas from different perspectives; the near and the far\, past to present. Using newer technologies (e.g. trail cameras) and older ways of looking (archives/ historical documents) to consider responses to Barker’s original panorama. \nThomson has also invited geologist and writer Alan McKirdy to present on the geology of Edinburgh and James Hutton’s lost drawings\, an avenue of research that Thomson found particularly intriguing. \nBook now: www.collective-edinburgh.art/programme/amanda-thomson
URL:https://james-hutton.org/event/collective-amanda-thomson/
LOCATION:Collective\, City Observatory\, 38 Calton Hill\, Edinburgh\, EH7 5AA\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Ilana Halperin: What is Us and What is Earth
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe earliest work in this exhibition\, Boiling Milk Solfataras (1999)\, shows the artist heating milk in a small saucepan in a hot sulphur spring in Iceland. Halperin has described the work as like ‘waiting for all the layers of geological time and activity to make their way up to the surface to the point where it’s humanly viable to connect with it. With as little mediation as possible’. Four years after making it\, as she turned 30\, Halperin realised that she was born the same year as the Eldfell volcano off the coast of Iceland. Mapping the timeline of her life onto that of the volcano\, she has celebrated her 30th\, 40th\, 50th and 51st birthdays alongside it\, developing a considerable body of work. This exhibition brings much of that work together\, including watercolours\, drawings\, text and small sculptures made with material gifted to Halperin by the volcano: crystals\, a pair of agates and a lava bomb. \nSharing your birthday with a volcano is a way to speed up deep time\, and several of Halperin’s sculptural series do that too. Boiling milk on the surface of geothermally rich waters led her to investigate ‘fast geology’ further\, and to a collaboration to ‘grow’ sculptures with the calcifying springs of Fontaines Pétrifiantes de Saint-Nectaire in France. The exhibition includes the earliest cave casts Halperin made with the springs\, and a new rock cycle\, with Scottish fossils and marble\, and Herkimer quartz crystals from New York telling an age-old\, brand new ‘diamond story’. \nwww.fruitmarket.co.uk/event/ilana-halperin/ \n 
URL:https://james-hutton.org/event/ilana-halperin-fruitmarket/
LOCATION:Fruitmarket\, 45 Market Street\, Edinburgh\, EH1 1DF\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:James Hutton and the Scottish Enlightenment
DESCRIPTION:A talk to the Auchterarder and District Local History Society by Alan McKirdy. \nAytoun Hall\, Auchterarder. Visitors welcome. \nhttps://www.auchterarderlocalhistory.com/events
URL:https://james-hutton.org/event/james-hutton-and-the-scottish-enlightenment/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251106T163000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251106T173000
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SUMMARY:Building the Deep Time Trail - online information session
DESCRIPTION: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. \nLearn 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! \nContact Angus Miller (promotion@edinburghgeolsoc.org) for details of how to join the meeting.
URL:https://james-hutton.org/event/building-the-deep-time-trail/
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SUMMARY:Introducing James Hutton – public event
DESCRIPTION:Monday 6 October 2025\, 7:00 to 9:00pm\nDynamic Earth\, Edinburgh\nJoin 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\, the “Tercentenary Campaign Group” of organisations and individuals are working together to reintroduce James Hutton to Scotland and the wider world\, learning more and sharing an appreciation of his legacy. \nOur panel of speakers are \n\nProf Colin Campbell\, CEO of the James Hutton Institute\nDr Rachel Walcott\, Head of Mineral\, Meteorite and Rock collections at the National Museums Scotland\nDr Angus Miller\, Promotion Coordinator\, Edinburgh Geological Society\n\nThe event will be chaired by Dr Hermione Cockburn\, Trustee of National Museums Scotland. She will lead the panel in discussion about Hutton’s contributions to agriculture and geology\, and plans for the Tercentenary 2026. There will be opportunities for questions and contributions from the audience. Afterwards\, there will be stalls and information from partners\, and the bar will be open for refreshment and conversation. \nTickets £6 per person – please book in advance via WebCollect \n  \n \nAn event on International Geodiversity Day and in the Scottish Geology Festival. \n 
URL:https://james-hutton.org/event/introducing-james-hutton-public-event/
LOCATION:Dynamic Earth\, Edinburgh\, Holyrood Road\, Edinburgh\, EH8 8AS\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250816
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250826
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SUMMARY:Hutton in Edinburgh
DESCRIPTION: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\, medicine and natural science\, Hutton is recognised as the founder of modern geology. His ideas influenced Darwin’s theory of evolution. From the creators of Darwin in Edinburgh\, join theatre maker Jane Westhead and geologist Angus Miller in this engaging walking theatre show. \nOn every day 16-25 August 2025 (except 20th)\, starts 11am at the Holyrood Park entrance on Holyrood Park Road (next to Pollock Halls). Book now – www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/hutton-in-edinburgh.
URL:https://james-hutton.org/event/hutton-in-edinburgh/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240901
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241007
DTSTAMP:20240805T182422Z
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SUMMARY:Scottish Geology Festival
DESCRIPTION: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 stories hidden within Scotland’s rocks – with events across the country\, including guided walks\, online talks\, boat trips and geological exhibitions – there will be something for everyone to enjoy! \nwww.scottishgeologytrust.org/festival/
URL:https://james-hutton.org/event/scottish-geology-festival/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240724
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240901
DTSTAMP:20240805T182111Z
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SUMMARY:James Hutton and his theory of the Earth: free exhibition at Eyemouth Hippodrome
DESCRIPTION: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. \nBy knowing the soils\, landscapes and the cliffs of Berwickshire\, James Hutton realised that geological time was far longer than the timeline suggested by Bishop Ussher in 1650. At Siccar Point on the Berwickshire coast he found evidence in the rocks that laid the foundations for our present understanding of the age of the planet. Every year many visitors\, including international geologists\, come to Siccar Point\, which is regarded by many as the most important geological location in the world because it gave rise to Hutton’s insight into deep time. \nThe Eyemouth exhibition was opened by Colin Campbell\, director of the James Hutton Institute\, a scientific organisation based in Scotland. During the autumn\, further related events will take place at the Hippodrome so keep an eye out!
URL:https://james-hutton.org/event/james-hutton-and-his-theory-of-the-earth-free-exhibition-at-eyemouth-hippodrome/
LOCATION:Eyemouth Hippodrome\, Harbour Road\, Eyemouth\, TD14 5HS\, United Kingdom
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