National Library of Scotland pairs Hutton's rainfall science with 'Singin' in the Rain' cinema

Scotland's National Library opened its *Rain* exhibition in June 2026, juxtaposing James Hutton's 18th-century manuscript on rainfall—which underpins modern geology—against a 1952 press book for the film *Singin' in the Rain*. The pairing spans two centuries and two ways of seeing: rain as measurable phenomenon versus rain as spectacle. The exhibition draws across poetry, literature, music, film, and sound, surfacing archival holdings normally kept separate by discipline.