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  • Callum Innes

    1996 - Innes

    Callum Innes: installation view, "Callum Innes, 1990 - 1996", Inverleith House, 1996.   This retrospective exhibition by Callum Innes at Inverleith House was his largest and most significant exhibition to date. It occupied two floors; the…

  • Lothar Baumgarten: Conservatory (The Glass Houses, RBGE)

    1994 - Baumgarten

    Lothar Baumgarten: installation view, "Conservatory", Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 1994.   Lothar Baumgarten's exhibition‘Conservatory' consisted of a collection of over 300 quotations selected from texts published during the last 400…

  • Keg De Souza - Shipping Roots

    2023- De Souza

    Consequences of bygone deeds reverberating down the centuries are explored in Shipping Roots, an exquisite, insightful and globally relevant new exhibition by Keg de Souza at Inverleith House from Friday, March 24 to Sunday, August 27. Occupying…

  • Silent Archive

    2024 - Silent Archive

    Painful truths, surprising revelations and fresh perspectives on humanity’s complex relationships with the botanical world emerge from our exhibition Silent Archive. International artists reveal RBGE’s archives in new ways, challenging us to…

  • Siân Bowen - After Hortus Malabaricus: Sensing and Presencing Rare Plants

    2020 - Bowen

    Plants have been a ‘currency’ of empires, their collection and distribution having had huge social, cultural and political implications. Marking RBGE’s 350th anniversary, After Hortus Malabaricus: Sensing and Presencing Rare Plants references…

  • Rhododendrons: Riddle, Obsession, Threat

    2022 - Rhododendrons

    Coinciding with the peak flowering period of the RBGE’s unique collection of rhododendrons, Inverleith House emerges from hibernation on 9 April to reveal our significant history of collecting, researching, and cultivating this widely discussed…

  • John Chamberlain: Sculptures

    2015 - Chamberlain

    Inverleith House is delighted to present the very first solo exhibition in a UK public gallery by the great American artist John Chamberlain (1927–2011). Best known for creating vibrantly coloured, dynamic metal sculptures made from salvaged…

  • Projects

    Projects

    Current arts and humanities projects include: Dr Siôn Parkinson, Fragrance in the Fungarium: A Creative Approach to the Olfactory Heritage of Mushrooms, AHRC Early Career Fellowship in Cultural and Heritage Institutions. The Ecology of Diversity.…

  • Ecologies of Diversity: Plants, Art, Film

    Ecologies of Diversity

    Ecologies of Diversity: Plants, Art, Film is a collaboration between Koel Gallery, Karachi, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE), and Edinburgh Napier University’s School of Arts and Creative Industries (ENU SACI). This hybrid residency is…

  • The Team

    The Team

    Our Team Dr Olwen Grace, Deputy Head of Science (Collections) Lorna Mitchell, Head of Library Services Dr Siôn Parkinson, AHRC Early Career Research Fellow PhD Students Jack Baker Claire Banks Sarah MacAllister  Research Associates Dr…

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