Presenting the MacKinnon Collection

Blake Milteer, curator of the MacKinnon Collection of Scottish photography, discusses this fascinating collection.

This talk by the Library’s Blake L. Milteer will provide a view into the MacKinnon Collection of Scottish photography - jointly acquired by the National Library of Scotland and the National Galleries of Scotland. The collection, originally amassed by Aberdeenshire collector Murray MacKinnon, represents Scottish life and identity from the 1840s through to the 1940s, revealing a century of dramatic transformation, innovation, and upheaval in Scotland.

The talk accompanies our Treasures Display, At the Water's Edge: Photographs from the MacKinnon Collection, and is part of an ongoing series of programmes offered by us and the National Galleries of Scotland.