nationalgalleries
We are the National Galleries of Scotland and our three Edinburgh galleries are the National, Modern and Portrait. We house and look after Scotland’s amazing world-class art collection. Step inside and discover international masterpieces from Botticelli and Titian to the very best modern art and contemporary portraits of pop culture icons. And, as you’d expect, the world’s best collection of Scottish art.
We’re a space for thinking, dreaming, doing and playing. Soak up the art. Meet friends in the cafés. Have a family picnic around the sculptures in the Modern grounds. Watch our amazing art films. Choose your own experience. There is no one way to enjoy Scotland’s national collection.
The Art of Defiance: Queer Scotland
The World of King James VI & I
Coordinating Art: working as an exhibitions registrar
Sam Ainsley: Passion, Imagination, Conscience
Printmaking Techniques & Processes: Monoprint
Photographing Art: working as a photography assistant
Interior Designer Banjo Beale shares his love for the Hebrides
Turner in January | Scotland & Ireland Exchange Vaughan Bequests
Dürer to Van Dyck | Drawings from Chatsworth House
Scottish poet and academic Meg Bateman shares her love for the Isle of Skye and the Gaelic language
Peter MacQueen discusses what draws him to Peter Graham's Wandering Shadows
Women in Revolt! Penny Slinger
Crime writer Denise Mina on the Murder of David Rizzio by William Allan | Perspectives
An Irish Impressionist | Lavery on Location
Making Space For Art: working as an art store manager
Moving Art: working as an art handler
Preserving Art: working as a paintings conservator
Danny North: A Portrait of Eigg
This painting 'evokes a smell to me and what I want to cook with it' | Tony Singh | Perspectives
How Artists Respond to Conflict
Taking inspiration from mid 1800s photography | Sara Sheridan | Perspectives
How Artists Respond to Class
Do Ho Suh, Tracing Time
Karine Polwart explores the connection between art, language, poetry and song.
Graham McTavish and The Sailing of the Emigrant Ship | Perspectives
Etching | The Printmaker's Art #shorts
Lioncut | The Printmaker's Art #shorts
Richard Long's A Line Made by Walking | Amanda Thomson | Perspectives
Printmaking Techniques & Processes: Screenprinting
Printmaking Techniques & Processes: Etching