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Edinburgh 900 exhibition opens at St James Quarter

There was a grand opening ceremony on Leith Street on Tuesday when the Rt Hon Lord Provost cut the ribbon on the combined Edinburgh 900 exhibition. This is a showcase of the various projects funded to celebrate the 900 years since the capital became a royal burgh under King David 1. Get along and see the 11 displays all created around different themes from now until 31 August. 'Edinburgh 900 is a series of events and activities from a wide range of organisations in the city which tells the story of Edinburgh's through the centuries from the 12th century City of David right up to the 21st century, the City of Diversity. 'Together with partners and community groups across the city, the City of Edinburgh Council is curating a rich programme of events, talks, tours and tales to paint the picture of what has made Edinburgh into the internationally admired city it now is.' More information about what to expect here. Photo Dr Roderick Howlet. Photo Dr Roderick Howlet. Photo Dr Roderick Howlet. Photo Dr Roderick Howlet. As part of the Edinburgh 900 budget, £100,000 was allocated to a community fund and a further £100,000 to a civic fund. The community strand features local events run by community groups in the city over 2024-25 promoting local heritage and initiatives, designed to engage with new local audiences and to showcase the diversity of Edinburgh. The civic strand is an opportunity for cultural and heritage organisations to exhibit Edinburgh and its illustrious past. Successful Community Fund applications: Citadel Arts Group Leith Customs: £5,000.00 Ukraine t Margaret's Saturday School & St Cuthbert's Parish Church 900 Artworks Exhibition for the 900th Anniversary: £3,000.00 The Living Memory Association Our Working City: £4,860.00 Art and Spirituality CIC 'International South West Community Project': £3,466.00 THE MELTING POT Innovation: Past and Present: £4,750.00 Passion4Fusion Black History Month Gala: £5,000.00 Abbeyhill Colony of Artists Colony of Artists 20th Anniversary Celebrations: £5,000.00 Leith walk polisbox Outside the (polis)box: £5,000.00 Newhaven Coastal Rowing Club Seafaring Spirit: Celebrating Newhaven's Coastal Community: £2,396.00 PenPal Productions Tales of the City: £4,116.00 Portobello Toddler Hut Storytelling – The UK's oldest playgroup: £4,685.00 Project Esperanza A City of Diversity: Past, Present, and Future: £5,000.00 The Edinburgh Remakery Ltd Celebrating 900 Year through Art & Stories: £5,000.00 Just Festival: £5,000.00 Edinburgh & Lothians Greenspace Trust Magical Woodland Walk: £4,990.00 Active Inquiry 900 years of Leith – a play: £5,000.00 WHALE Arts WHALE Members' Art-History Trips: £1,875.00 Scottish Historic Buildings Trust Open House: Leith Custom House Festival: £4,953.00 Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive Reading Queer Edinburgh with Lavender Menace Archive: £5,000.00 Gracemount Mansion Development Trust Our Gracemount Community Heritage 900: £5,000.00 Greatway Foundation SCOTAFRICAN Stories: £5,000.00 The Edinburgh Tool Library Edinburgh Tool Library turns 10: Celebrating a Decade of Community and Creativity: £4,812.50 Successful Civic Fund applications: TRACS for The Scottish International Storytelling Festival EDINBURGH: Our Storied Town: £10,000 Multi-Cultural Family Base Heritage, community and wellbeing: £12,380 Edinburgh Leisure Edinburgh Leisure Celebrating Edinburgh 900: 'Your Health Is for Life': £7,000 Edinburgh Printmakers Castle Mills: Then & Now | 900 Stories in Print: £14,736 Push the Boat Out (Arts SCIO) Disrupting the Narrative at Push the Boat Out, Edinburgh's International Poetry Festival: £14,627 F-Bomb Theatre Monumental: £14,987.2 African Connections CIC / Edinburgh Multicultural Festival: £14,883.75 Like this: Like Related