O my! Face up to a grave discovery at City Art Centre

Shedding light on Edinburgh’s murky medical past, the face of an early autopsy patient has been unveiled for the first time. Visitors to the City Art Centre’s new ‘Edinburgh Alphabet’ exhibition, a major display spelling out an A-Z of the City’s Collections, will come face to face with an 18th Century resident under the letter O for ‘Old Town’. Continue reading O my! Face up to a grave discovery at City Art Centre

Edinburgh Alphabet spells out start of Festival of Museums

From the cobbles to the catwalk, this season’s most coveted collection will be shown at the City Art Centre in Edinburgh. The gallery’s major summer exhibition, ‘Edinburgh Alphabet: An A-Z of the City’s Collections‘, will spell out 60,000 years of the Capital over 300 artworks and objects when doors open tomorrow (Friday 19 May). Continue reading Edinburgh Alphabet spells out start of Festival of Museums