In April 2009 the Scottish National Portrait Gallery will close to let work start on our Portrait of the Nation project. Portrait of the Nation has two main aims: to restore and reveal much more of our magnificent building and to show many more works of art – and display them better.

This section gives a brief introduction to what is involved, what plans we have for the building, how the collection will be looked after during closure, and what you can expect to see when we reopen in the autumn of 2011.