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Inspring Walter Scott, 6 August 2021 to 9 January 2022
On the 250th anniversary of Sir Walter Scott’s birth, experience his novels through objects that inspired him. This small exhibition explores how the iconic novelist drew upon real objects for inspiration, placing these alongside Scott’s words, and the stories in which they feature.
Exhibition Gallery 4, National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh EH1 1JF; tel: 0300 123 6789; website: www.nms.ac.uk
International Slavery Remembrance Day, 23 August
The National Maritime Museum presents an on-site and online commemoration of the lives lost and brutality people endured as part of the transatlantic slave trade and its legacies. The day acts as ‘a reminder of the resistance that enslaved people and their ancestors have continuously demonstrated throughout history and today’. Runs 11am to 4pm, free.
National Maritime Museum, Romney Road, London SE10 9NF; tel: 0208 858 4422; website: www.rmg.co.uk/national-maritimemuseum