Health and Wellbeing
To Absent Friends Exhibition
- Tickets
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Free - Drop-in - no ticket required
- Dates and times
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Saturday 1st - Sunday 30th Nov 2025
12:00am
- Age
- Adult
- Venue
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People who have died remain a part of our lives – their stories are our stories, yet many Scottish traditions relating to the expression of loss and remembrance have faded over time. Good
Life, Good Death, Good Grief have made an exhibition in words and
pictures describing some of the ideas behind To Absent Friends and
why it is important. The To Absent Friends festival takes place across
Scotland from 1-7 November 2025 and the exhibition is going to be on display
in the Mitchell for the full month of November 2025. To Absent
Friends gives people across Scotland a time to remember, to tell stories, to
celebrate and to reminisce about people we love who have died. To Absent
Friends, a People’s Festival of Storytelling and Remembrance is an
opportunity to revive lost traditions and create new ones. Join us at
Castlemilk Library for a warm cup of tea or coffee and gentle conversation at
our Café
of Reminiscence on the 6th November.
Explore our
specially curated reading list on death, dying, and bereavement, created in
partnership with Good Life, Good Death, Good Grief. Join our Death Café in the Mitchell with Creative Conversations. Find out about
hospice care with Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice at a library
near you.
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Accessibility guides
Read the accessibility guide for The Mitchell Library on AccessAble
Read our autism-friendly guide to the Mitchell Library
We also have a supply of books in Braille, large print and audio.
Accessible toilets
This accessible toilet is approximately 26m (28yd 1ft) from the main entrance. This accessible toilet is located to the rear right as you enter.
Assistance dogs
Guide and assistance dogs are welcome and a bowl of water can be provided.
Hearing loop
There is a fixed loop hearing assistance system.
This venue does not play background music.
Wheelchair access
There is a wheelchair to borrow. To borrow the wheelchair, please contact a member of staff.
Motorised scooters are allowed in public parts of the venue.
Baby changing
Baby feeding
Cafe or restaurant
The Café is open Monday to Saturday 9am to 4.15pm.
Click here to see the Café menu
Computers
PC's and printing services are available for public use.
Parking
Please note that there is on-street parking surrounding The Mitchell Library. This is metered from 8am-6pm. Monday to Friday. As this is a local residential area, please use these spaces considerately. Alternatively, there is a NCP Car Park on India Street next to Charing Cross Train Station which is a 2 minute walk away.
Photography and video recording
On occasion, Glasgow Life will be on the premises to film and take photos.
Free wifi
We provide free WIFI access and further access to over 50 PCs for public use
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