EXHIBITION

Old Ways New Roads: Travels in Scotland 1720-1832, until 9 May

A major exhibition that address the impact of Scotland’s new transport infrastructure on the development of travel, tourism and topographical descriptions of the nation between 1720 and 1832. The exhibition features paintings, prints, drawings, maps and manuscript tours from The Hunterian and other public and private collections.

Discover how ‘improvements’ to the Scottish landscape created by the military roads constructed by General George Wade and Major William Caulfield were variously documented, planned and imagined in word and image.