Little-seen treasures linked to Robert Burns, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Ludwig van Beethoven, Charles Darwin and JK Rowling have been brought together for a major new celebration of Scottish history and culture.

The ground-breaking contributions of violinist and composer James Scott Skinner, publisher George Thomson and explorer Isobel Wylie Hutchison are explored in a dedicated new “Treasures” gallery at the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh.

Visitors will be able to see one of the oldest surviving books published in Scotland, more than 500 years ago, a Gaelic manuscript dating back to the 15th century and some of the earliest colour film footage shot in Scotland, which documents hillwalking in the 1930s.

Rare treasures linked to Robert Burns, Bonnie Prince Charlie and JK Rowling brought together for new celebration of Scottish history