The Guardian’s Scotland correspondent Severin Carrell was at the opening of the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum last week. Let him take you on a tour in this post. The Burns feature starts around three minutes into the clip.

Scotland’s first minister Alex Salmond marked the anniversary of the bard’s birth by calling for all schoolchildren to visit the museum. He said:

“This new museum cost £21 million, and it is worth every penny even in these tough times.

“Not only will it quickly become one of the great tourist attractions in Scotland, but our ambition is that every school child in the country will have the opportunity to visit and be touched by Robert Burns.”

Joan McAlpine gives her verdict of Salmond’s 2011 Burns message on her blog.

The Scottish Storytelling Centre has a series of Burns suppers as part of its Burnsfest programme.

Leith Dockers Club holds its Burns supper on Thursday. See the poster here. Here’s a recipe for haggis.

Local blogger Donna McGrory has a recipe for vegan haggis on her blog.

Some of Burns’ deep connections to Edinburgh in particular are weaved throughout this round-up on the BBC Scotland site.

Students are invited to the EUSA Burns Night ceilidh tonight.

Leith’s Deadline press agency have been checking out haggis burritos at Illegal Jack’s on Lothian Road, on sale for Burns’ day only.

Today’s Google doodle pays tribute to Burns – great publicity.

If you can’t get enough, his complete works are now available for free on an iPhone app.

There are lots more local Burns events listed on the City of Literature events page and on Informed Edinburgh.

In this opinion piece for STV News, Michael MacLennan says the “terminally tedious annual ‘celebration'” should be killed off and played out by a piper.

If you have a Burns event you would like to share, feel free to add it in the comments below.