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Welcome to Heads and Tales – the first ever StirlingCastle e-newsletter. It’s here to keep you in touch with everything that’s happening,
whether you live or work in the area, or are one of the many people who simply
love the castle. As you’ll see for the stories below it’s an incredibly busy
time, with visits from TV stars, an exhibition of world-class weaving through to
important historical discoveries and an exclusive new tartan. To receive future
editions of the e-newsletter, which we’ve named in honour of the world-famous
Stirling Heads, simply
register here and we will send it to you free each month.
Best wishes,
Gillian
MacDonald
Stirling
Castle
Visitor Services & Business Development Manager
Neil Oliver Book Signing
Scottish TV historian and archaeologist Neil Oliver pulled in the crowds at an
exclusive event in Stirling Castle’s magnificent Great Hall. On the evening of
Tuesday, 20 October, Neil talked to guests about the making of his hugely
popular recent BBC TV series and his new book of the same name –
A History of
Scotland
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Weaving Within Exhibition
Visitors to Stirling Castle have the chance to enjoy – and buy – beautiful and
affordable works by some of the finest weavers in the world. The castle and the
Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum are jointly hosting an exhibition of small
tapestries – under A3 in size – entitled Weaving Within. There are 91 pieces
from 55 exhibitors, with around half in each venue.
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Tartan Launch
Stylish, distinctive and lovely to look at – that’s the exclusive new Stirling
Castle tartan. It has been created to help raise the castle’s profile as one of
Scotland’s great heritage attractions. The tartan is being used to help promote
the castle worldwide, and is at the heart of the redesigned uniforms our staff
are now wearing.
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Secrets of the Bedchamber
In Renaissance Scotland, most folk would never know what lay behind the doors of
the king and queen’s personal apartments. Most private of them all were the
bedchambers, only seen by a few intimates. But Historic Scotland’s refurbishment
of the royal palace will change all that, allowing visitors to experience what
such apartments would have been like.
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St Andrews Ceilidh
Celebrate this important day in style and mark the end of what has been a remarkable year of Homecoming for our nation!
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Christmas Lunches
This year’s Christmas lunch menu looks absolutely superb.
What’s even better is that we have built entry to the castle into the price.
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Customised Tours
We are now offering themed tours which can be specially
tailored to the interests of any particular group.
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Competition
Email us your photo of Stirling Castle and you could win a
Stirling Castle Tartan tie and scarf.
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The discovery of a squad of five hand-carved toy soldiers, and two tiny wooden
horses, was among the latest surprises in our £12-million palace project.
Read more...
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November - December 2009
STIRLING CASTLE GUIDED TOUR
Daily 1000 - 1600
ARGYLL'S LODGING GUIDED TOUR
Daily 1130 - 1545
THE TAPESTRY WALK
Daily 1300
LIVING HISTORY
Weekends 1100 - 1500 |
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King James VI
had the Chapel Royal specially rebuilt for the baptism of his first son, Prince
Henry, in 1594.
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