To celebrate the bicentenary of Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson‘s birth a programme of events and activities have been planned to take place throughout 2017. We will continue to update this calendar throughout the year with more and more exciting events as these are confirmed so please keep checking back. You can also sign up to our e-mail newsletter here to stay up to date.

Apr 14 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
11:00 am
The Easter bunny has hidden clues at lots of National Trust for Scotland places! Collect your hunt map, follow the clues, solve the puzzle and claim your chocolatey reward! Each hunt is completely different – the perfect excuse to hop along to more than one! £2 per hunt (Usual entry prices apply if you’d like…
Holmwood House
Apr 15 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
11:00 am
The Easter bunny has hidden clues at lots of National Trust for Scotland places! Collect your hunt map, follow the clues, solve the puzzle and claim your chocolatey reward! Each hunt is completely different – the perfect excuse to hop along to more than one! £2 per hunt (Usual entry prices apply if you’d like…
Holmwood House
Apr 16 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
11:00 am
The Easter bunny has hidden clues at lots of National Trust for Scotland places! Collect your hunt map, follow the clues, solve the puzzle and claim your chocolatey reward! Each hunt is completely different – the perfect excuse to hop along to more than one! £2 per hunt (Usual entry prices apply if you’d like…
Holmwood House
Apr 17 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
11:00 am
The Easter bunny has hidden clues at lots of National Trust for Scotland places! Collect your hunt map, follow the clues, solve the puzzle and claim your chocolatey reward! Each hunt is completely different – the perfect excuse to hop along to more than one! £2 per hunt (Usual entry prices apply if you’d like…
Holmwood House
Aug 28 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
6:00 pm
The Alexnder Thomson Society and National Library of Scotland present art historian Anne Lyden (Chief Curator of Photography, National Galleries of Scotland) discussing the work of influential Victorian photographer Thomas Annan.
Kelvin Hall
Feb 21 @ 1:30 pm – 6:00 pm
1:30 pm
The Save Egyptian Halls symposium brings speakers together discuss the significance of this A-listed building and how it might be saved. Timetable tbc, speakers include: Niall Murphy – Glasgow City Heritage Trust Fiona Sinclair – Fiona Sinclair Architects Scott Abercrombie / Mark Baines – The Alexander Thomson Society Ben Adam – David Narro Associates Andrew…
The Lighthouse
6:30 pm
We are delighted that this year’s Alexander Thomson Lecture will be delivered by Amin Taha. The London-based, Stirling Prize nominated architect of buildings such as 15 Clerkenwell Close and Barrett’s Grove will deliver a talk reflecting on his work and his approach to architecture. The Society were interested by Amin’s approach to the use of…
St Vincent Street Church