Historic Environment Scotland

Associate Member

Historic Environment Scotland is the lead public body set up to investigate, care for and promote Scotland’s historic environment. It is a non-departmental public body with charitable status, governed by a Board of Trustees, who were appointed by Scottish Ministers.

Leading and enabling Scotland’s first historic environment strategy ‘Our Place in Time’, which sets out how our historic environment will be managed, it ensures our historic environment is cared for, valued and enhanced, both now and for future generations.

Historic Environmental Scotland is responsible for more than 300 properties of national importance. Buildings and monuments in their care include Edinburgh Castle, Skara Brae, Fort George and numerous smaller sites, which together draw more than 5 million visitors per year. Also, they are responsible for internationally significant collections including more than 5 million drawings, photographs, negatives and manuscripts, along with 20 million aerial images of locations across the world.