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February 16 2024

Chapel celebrates win in Business Awards

16 February 2024

The Chapel has been named ‘Best Tourism Business’ in Midlothian and East Lothian Chamber of Commerce’s Business Awards 2024. The Coffee Shop was a finalist in the ‘Best Eatery’ category. The winners were announced at a ceremony on Thursday 7th March.Ā Ā The awards are described as ‘a highlight of the business calendar’ and offer East Lothian…

January 23 2024

Junior Tour Guides give final performances

23 January 2024

The Chapel’s Junior Tour Guides have hosted two special evening visits, for parents, families and friends, to complete their year. The Junior Tour Guides (JTG) programme is a key aspect of the Chapelā€™s Learning and Outreach work. It has been running from August to January each year for the past 14 years. It sees children…

December 1 2023

Midlothian’s Young People Awards presented in Chapel ceremony

1 December 2023

The winners have been announced for The Midlothianā€™s Young People Awards (MYPA) 2023 at a special ceremony held in the Chapel. These awards are open to young people living, working or studying in Midlothian whose contribution to their local community deserves to be recognised. There are five categories of awards which are organised by Midlothian…

November 20 2023

Antique guidebooks acquired

20 November 2023

Rosslyn Chapel Guide Maureen Moffat with an antique guidebook for the Chapel, dated 1827. The guidebook, which has just been acquired by Rosslyn Chapel Trust, was published in Edinburgh by Oliver & Boyd and J & I Johnstone and is priced 4s 6d. It was purchased in a bookshop in Germany in 1990 and recently…

November 15 2023

Tribute to Joe Tilson, RA (1928-2023)

15 November 2023

Rosslyn Chapel Trust would like to pay tribute to the leading British artist Joe Tilson, RA, who has died at the age of 95 and whose wonderful stained-glass window in the Chapel was commissioned by the Trust in 2021 to mark its 25th anniversary. Joe Tilson was one of the leading lights of the British…

November 1 2023

Lighting up red for Remembrance

1 November 2023

Rosslyn Chapel is being lit red every evening until Remembrance Sunday to support the Scottish Poppy Appeal’s ‘Light Up Red’ campaign for 2023. The campaign encourages buildings big and small to be lit up in red and other nearby participants include Roslin Parish Church, in the village.

October 17 2023

New lighting shows up Chapel’s green credentials

17 October 2023

New lighting, which has just been installed inside Rosslyn Chapel, will enhance the visitor experience and highlight the Chapelā€™s commitment to green tourism. The new lights illuminate twelve of the Chapelā€™s arches and will help visitors appreciate more of the Chapelā€™s medieval Ā stone carvings, which were previously in shadow. Ā The LED lights have been specifically…

September 29 2023

Archive collection digitised and on display

29 September 2023

A collection of drawings, manuscripts and engravings relating to the Chapel has been conserved and digitised by staff at Historic Environment Scotland (HES) and has now gone on display for the first time. The collection, assembled by prominent architectural publisher and antiquarian John Britton (1771-1857), reveals contemporary thoughts from the likes of architects William Burn…

August 3 2023

Let there be light!

3 August 2023

The first phase of a programme of improvements to the Chapel’s lighting is underway. Fifteen bespoke chandeliers are being renewed and refurbished to improve the Chapel’s energy efficiency and help visitors appreciate more of the ornate stone carvings.Ā  The work includes new LED fittings and improved spotlights installed and is being undertaken by Stoane Lighting…

May 16 2023

Beesā€™ return causes a buzz

16 May 2023

Rosslyn Chapel has taken delivery of four hives and re-established a connection between the historic building and bees, which stretches back nearly 600 years. The hives have been provided by Webster Honey, a company based in Kinross, which was set up by Daniel Webster and his partner Emily-Kate in 2016. Through their sponsorship programme, schools,…

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