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  • Special event SOLD OUT

    Tracing Time | Easter holidays

    Modern One

    Wed 10 Apr 2024

    2 - 4pm

    Free

    +2 other sessions

    booking essential

  • Course or workshop

    The Drawing Room | Paolozzi at 100

    Modern Two

    Wed 10 Apr 2024

    5:30 - 6:45pm

    Free

    Booking essential

  • Our Friends
    Tour SOLD OUT

    Friends Tour | Do Ho Suh: Tracing Time

    Modern One

    Wed 10 Apr 2024

    6 - 7pm

    £14, Friends only

    +1 other sessions

    Booking essential

  • Tour SOLD OUT

    Scottish Art in Focus | Thematic Tours of the Scottish Collection

    National

    Second Saturday of the month
    3 - 3.30pm

    Free

    Booking essential

  • Special event

    Sensory-Friendly Sundays for families (autism and learning disability friendly)

    Portrait

    Sun 14 Apr 2024

    10:30 - 11:30am

    Free

    Booking essential

  • Tour

    Mertoun House Tours 2024

    Mertoun House, near Melrose

    Mon Apr 15 - Fri May 17 2024
    9am - 1:45pm

    £20 - £15

    +24 other sessions

  • Our Friends
    Lecture or talk SOLD OUT

    Alexander Herman on the Parthenon Marbles

    National

    Tue 16 Apr 2024

    6 - 8pm

    £14, Friends and guests

    Booking essential

  • Course or workshop

    Visually Impaired Programme Online | Music, art and sight loss

    Online via Zoom

    Wed 17 Apr 2024

    2 - 3:30pm

    Free

    Booking essential

  • Drop-in event

    Family Fridays

    National

    Every Fri during term time
    10am - 12noon (ages 0–3) & 2 - 4pm (ages 4+)

    Free

    Free, drop-in

  • Lecture or talk

    Woohoo! Let’s celebrate the new Scottish galleries at the National (in person)

    National

    Tue 23 Apr 2024

    12:45 - 1:30pm

    Free

    Booking essential

  • Lecture or talk

    Woohoo! Let’s celebrate the new Scottish galleries at the National (online)

    Online via YouTube

    Tue 23 Apr 2024

    12:45 - 1:30pm

    Free

    Booking essential

  • Course or workshop

    Relaxed afternoons for adults (autism and learning disability friendly)

    Portrait

    Tue 23 Apr 2024

    2 - 3pm

    Free

    Booking essential

  • Our Friends
    Lecture or talk

    Archaeology, Art, Religion and Diamonds

    National

    Wed 24 Apr 2024

    6 - 8pm

    £14, Friends and guests

    Booking essential

  • Course or workshop SOLD OUT

    Gallery Social (dementia-friendly) | Before and After Coal

    Portrait

    Fri 26 Apr 2024

    10:30am - 12 noon

    Free

    Booking essential

  • Tour

    British Sign Language (BSL) tour | Before and After Coal

    Portrait

    Sat 27 Apr 2024

    11am - 12 noon

    Free

    Booking essential

  • Special event SOLD OUT

    Your Art World | Portrait

    Portrait

    Sat 27 Apr 2024

    11am - 12:30pm

    Free

    Booking essential

  • Our Friends
    Lecture or talk

    Rogues and Scholars | The Rise of the London Art Market

    National

    Tue 30 Apr 2024

    6 - 8pm

    £14, Friends and guests

    Booking essential

  • Tour

    Teachers' private view: Do Ho Suh | Tracing Time

    Modern One

    Thu 2 May 2024

    5:30 - 7pm

    Free

    Booking essential

  • Course or workshop SOLD OUT

    The Drawing Room | Do Ho Suh's Tracing Time

    Modern One

    Wed 8 May 2024

    5:30 - 6:45pm

    Free

    Booking essential

  • Our Friends
    Special event

    Friends Preview | National Treasures: Vermeer in Edinburgh

    National

    Thu 9 May 2024

    6 - 8pm

    Free

    +1 other sessions

    Booking essential

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The National Galleries of Scotland cares for, develops, researches and displays the national collection of Scottish and international art and aims to engage, inform and inspire the broadest possible public.