History Events in Edinburgh

Check out happening history events all around Edinburgh, SC

Stonehaven and Dunnottar Castle Day Trip

Sat, 07 Feb at 08:40 am University of Edinburgh GBP 49

Edinburgh Dungeon Standard Admission

Wed, 14 Jan at 11:00 am The Edinburgh Dungeon

United for YES- 8th May 2026

Fri, 08 May at 12:30 pm Scottish Parliament Edinbugh

Edinburgh Dungeon - Anytime Entry

Sat, 24 Jan at 12:00 am The Edinburgh Dungeon

Edinburgh Dungeon - Anytime Entry

Sat, 07 Mar at 12:00 am The Edinburgh Dungeon

Edinburgh Dungeon - Anytime Entry

Sat, 14 Feb at 12:00 am The Edinburgh Dungeon

Edinburgh Dungeon - Anytime Entry

Sat, 21 Feb at 12:00 am The Edinburgh Dungeon

Edinburgh Dungeon - Anytime Entry

Sun, 18 Jan at 12:00 am The Edinburgh Dungeon

Edinburgh Dungeon - Anytime Entry

Tue, 07 Jul at 12:00 am The Edinburgh Dungeon

Edinburgh Dungeon - Anytime Entry

Sun, 25 Jan at 12:00 am The Edinburgh Dungeon

Edinburgh Dungeon - Anytime Entry

Sun, 01 Feb at 12:00 am The Edinburgh Dungeon

Edinburgh Dungeon - Anytime Entry

Sat, 31 Jan at 12:00 am The Edinburgh Dungeon

Edinburgh Dungeon - Anytime Entry

Sun, 08 Feb at 12:00 am The Edinburgh Dungeon

Edinburgh Dungeon - Anytime Entry

Thu, 09 Jul at 12:00 am The Edinburgh Dungeon

Edinburgh Dungeon - Anytime Entry

Wed, 08 Jul at 12:00 am The Edinburgh Dungeon

Edinburgh Dungeon - Anytime Entry

Sun, 05 Jul at 12:00 am The Edinburgh Dungeon

Edinburgh Dungeon - Anytime Entry

Sat, 23 May at 12:00 am The Edinburgh Dungeon

Edinburgh Dungeon - Anytime Entry

Mon, 06 Jul at 12:00 am The Edinburgh Dungeon

Harry Potter Bridge, Glencoe and the Highlands Day Trip

Sat, 24 Jan at 07:00 am University of Edinburgh GBP 49

Edinburgh Dungeon - Anytime Entry

Sun, 15 Feb at 12:00 am The Edinburgh Dungeon

Edinburgh Dungeon - Anytime Entry

Sun, 22 Feb at 12:00 am The Edinburgh Dungeon

Edinburgh Dungeon - Anytime Entry

Sun, 01 Mar at 12:00 am The Edinburgh Dungeon

Edinburgh Dungeon - Anytime Entry

Sat, 28 Feb at 12:00 am The Edinburgh Dungeon

Edinburgh Dungeon - Anytime Entry

Sun, 24 May at 12:00 am The Edinburgh Dungeon

Edinburgh Dungeon - Anytime Entry

Sun, 08 Mar at 12:00 am The Edinburgh Dungeon

Edinburgh Dungeon - Anytime Entry

Sun, 15 Mar at 12:00 am The Edinburgh Dungeon

Edinburgh Dungeon - Anytime Entry

Sat, 21 Mar at 12:00 am The Edinburgh Dungeon

Edinburgh Dungeon - Anytime Entry

Sun, 22 Mar at 12:00 am The Edinburgh Dungeon

At the Far End of Everything: A Likely Ahrensburgian Presence on Skye

Thu, 12 Mar at 06:00 pm Augustine United Church GBP 0 to 15

Edinburgh Dungeon Experience

Thu, 29 Jan at 02:00 pm 31 E Market St GBP 0 to 6

Edinburgh Dungeon - Anytime Entry

Sat, 28 Mar at 12:00 am The Edinburgh Dungeon

Edinburgh Dungeon - Anytime Entry

Sun, 29 Mar at 12:00 am The Edinburgh Dungeon

Edinburgh Dungeon - Anytime Entry

Sat, 14 Mar at 12:00 am The Edinburgh Dungeon

Edinburgh Dungeon - Anytime Entry

Sat, 17 Jan at 12:00 am The Edinburgh Dungeon

Edinburgh Dungeon - Anytime Entry

Sat, 07 Feb at 12:00 am The Edinburgh Dungeon

The Big Gay Quiz

Wed, 14 Jan at 07:00 pm Leith Depot Free

The Science of Guilt

Fri, 23 Jan at 07:00 pm Surgeons' Hall Museum GBP 16 to 19

Women's History tour - Canongate (1.5 hours)

Sat, 24 Jan at 11:00 am Moubray House GBP 17

Campaigning women: Chrystal Macmillan, Helen Crawfurd and Helen Steven

Thu, 05 Mar at 05:30 pm National Library of Scotland Free

Scotland’s BSL Act: Where are we now?

Thu, 02 Apr at 06:00 pm Deaf Action Free

Global Constitutionalism and Enlightenment Ideas

Thu, 05 Mar at 05:00 pm Edinburgh Law School Free

Geddes and the Scottish Generalist Tradition

Thu, 22 Jan at 04:30 pm Edinburgh Futures Institute Free

Zoofari Tours: Scottish History

Sun, 25 Jan at 03:00 pm 134 Corstorphine Road, EH12 6TS Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Historic Building Legislation and Curtilage in Scotland

Fri, 23 Jan at 10:30 am Grassmarket Community Project & Coffee Saints Cafe GBP 15 to 50

A Nation At The Crossroads

Fri, 16 Jan at 02:30 pm Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities Free

HCS Febuary Meeting

Sun, 01 Feb at 11:00 am CATS (Creative Arts Therapies Space) GBP 7 to 14

Portraits & Patterns

Sat, 07 Mar at 11:00 am Surgeons' Hall Museum GBP 8 to 10

Ghosts of Gracemount Mansion

Sat, 21 Feb at 08:00 pm Gracemount Mansion Development Trust

SPIRITUEUSES – Women and Whisky

Fri, 06 Mar at 06:30 pm French Institute of Scotland

Women's history walking tour of Edinburgh New Town (2.5 hours)

Sun, 22 Feb at 02:00 pm Saint Andrew Square GBP 14

Lunch Time Talk: Catching the Clap-A History of Gonorrhoea

Thu, 12 Feb at 01:15 pm Surgeons' Hall Museum GBP 3

Drop-in Activity: Make a Pomander

Thu, 19 Feb at 11:00 am Physicians' Gallery

Rosslyn Chapel Spiritual Day Trip

Sun, 08 Mar at 09:45 am Rosslyn Chapel

Women's History Tour - from castle to palace (3 hours)

Sat, 17 Jan at 10:00 am Edinburgh Castle GBP 28

History of Art Research Seminar Series | Dr Theo Gordon

Thu, 15 Jan at 05:15 pm Hunter Lecture Theatre Free

The history of Scots and English in 10 objects | In-person

Fri, 06 Mar at 06:00 pm The Royal Society Of Edinburgh Free

History of Art Research Seminar Series | Dr Victoria Horne

Thu, 29 Jan at 05:15 pm Hunter Lecture Theatre Free

Women's history walking tour of Edinburgh New Town (2.5 hours)

Sat, 24 Jan at 02:00 pm Saint Andrew Square GBP 28

IWD 2026 - Women of the Enlightenment Walking Tour

Sat, 07 Mar at 02:00 pm Edinburgh Castle Free

IWD 2026 - Women of the Enlightenment Walking Tour

Sat, 07 Mar at 10:00 am Edinburgh Castle Free

Women's History tour - heart of Edinburgh Old Town (1 hour)

Sat, 07 Feb at 12:00 pm Moubray House GBP 7

Women's History Tour - from castle to palace (3 hours)

Sat, 14 Feb at 10:00 am Edinburgh Castle GBP 14

Mother's Day: A History of Tea

Sun, 15 Mar at 01:00 pm Gladstone's Land GBP 18

History of Art Research Seminar Series | Dr Laura Bissell

Thu, 26 Feb at 05:15 pm Hunter Lecture Theatre Free

Play of the Dead: Unearthing Día de los Muertos Games and History from Nine

Tue, 20 Jan at 05:30 pm Old College, The University of Edinburgh, Teaching Room 07 Free

Scottish women writers in Edinburgh walking tour

Sat, 28 Feb at 10:00 am Meadows GBP 13

Drawing the Italian Renaissance: Curator’s Introduction

Thu, 29 Jan at 07:00 pm The King's Gallery, Edinburgh

Book Talk: Classical Taste in the Architectural World of Thomas Jefferson

Tue, 20 Jan at 06:00 pm 15 Rutland Square Free

The Lost Royal Lodgings of Edinburgh Castle and the Birthplace of Britain

Thu, 15 Jan at 06:00 pm Augustine United Church GBP 0 to 15

History of Art Research Seminar Series | Dr Yusen Yu

Thu, 19 Mar at 05:15 pm Hunter Lecture Theatre Free

Scottish Art and the Academy: SSAH conference 2026 for RSA200

Thu, 05 Feb at 10:00 am National Galleries of Scotland: National GBP 36 to 48

Changing the world one mistake at a time

Thu, 19 Feb at 05:30 pm National Library of Scotland Free

Robert Burns and the Glenriddell Manuscripts

Thu, 22 Jan at 05:30 pm National Library of Scotland Free

HoA RSS | Prof. Angela Dimitrakaki, Dr Kirsten Lloyd and Dr Tamara Trodd

Thu, 26 Mar at 05:15 pm Hunter Lecture Theatre Free

DOMINATION: The Fall and Rise of an Empire with Alice Roberts

Sun, 01 Mar at 07:00 pm Capital Theatres - Festival Theatre, Studio & King's Theatre

Writing the French Caribbean: an Introduction

Tue, 03 Mar at 05:00 pm West Parliament Square, EH1 1 Edinburgh, United Kingdom

17th Annual National Undergraduate Surgery and Trauma Conference

Sat, 21 Mar at 09:00 am The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh GBP 5 to 15

Exhibition Launch of Rag: A History of Blood

Thu, 26 Feb at 06:00 pm Physicians' Gallery

King Arthur and the Holy Fail - at Lauriston Castle

Tue, 30 Jun at 07:00 pm Lauriston Castle GBP 0 to 67

The story of the Cashmere shawl and the ‘Paisley’ pattern with a French twist to the tale

Wed, 28 Jan at 05:30 pm West Parliament Square, EH1 1 Edinburgh, United Kingdom

PALaEoScot: New Approaches to Scotland’s Oldest Archaeology

Thu, 16 Apr at 06:00 pm Augustine United Church GBP 0 to 15

John Henry Newman and the Ends of Art

Sat, 31 Jan at 04:10 pm Martin Hall, New College, The University of Edinburgh Free

“Sappho Was Right”: Gravestones and Afterlives

Thu, 12 Feb at 06:00 pm Augustine United Church GBP 0 to 15

Racializing the Ummah

Fri, 15 May at 02:30 pm Violet Laidlaw Room, 6.02 Chrystal MacMillan Building Free

‘Girl Conchies’: British women pacifists in WWII with Steven Illingworth

Mon, 09 Feb at 06:00 pm Lecture Theatre B 40 George Square, The University of Edinburgh Free

Edinburgh Dungeon - Anytime Entry

Fri, 27 Jun at 11:00 pm The Edinburgh Dungeon

Edinburgh Dungeon - Anytime Entry

Fri, 27 Jun at 11:00 pm The Edinburgh Dungeon

Lunch Time Talk: A Legacy in Pages- The History of the RCSEd Library

Tue, 24 Mar at 01:15 pm Surgeons' Hall Museums GBP 3

Showcase: Ripley Alchemical Scroll

Wed, 28 Jan at 12:30 pm Physicians' Gallery, Queen Street, Edinburgh, UK

St Giles' Audio Tour

Thu, 01 Jan at 10:00 am St Giles' Cathedral GBP 6

Showcase: Banned Books

Wed, 25 Feb at 12:30 pm Physicians' Gallery, Queen Street, Edinburgh, UK

25% OFF! Edinburgh Historical Gems Tour With Whisky & Local Flavours

Sat, 10 Jan at 01:00 pm Caffè Nero GBP 32 to 33

Edinburgh Dungeon - Anytime Entry

Fri, 27 Jun at 11:00 pm The Edinburgh Dungeon

Edinburgh Dungeon - Anytime Entry

Fri, 27 Jun at 11:00 pm The Edinburgh Dungeon

Edinburgh Dungeon - Anytime Entry

Sun, 07 Jun at 12:00 am The Edinburgh Dungeon

Niddry Street Vaults Ghost Hunt Edinburgh Scotland With Haunting Nights

Sat, 20 Feb at 11:00 pm Edinburgh Vaults GBP 49