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Make and Resist |​ Art activities inspired by artists of colour

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Ruined | Reinventing Scottish History

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Queer Creatures

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Highlights tour | Scottish National Gallery

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Flashback | The game

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Talk | Sorcha Dallas - Alasdair Gray Magnificent Citizen

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Highlights tour | Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art

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Talks & Lectures | Lessons of the Hour | Isaac Julien in conversation with Celeste-Marie Bernier

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Art Fuel: ideas to fuel your art-making at home

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Scotland and chattel slavery through the lens of art

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In Conversation with Ken Currie

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GIF it a go!

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Remaking our histories | Scotland, Slavery and Empire

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Dismal Thoughts | Thomas Carlyle on Race

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Sensory Sculpture Stories

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Talk | Mary Paulson-Ellis - What makes a hero?

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Artist talk | Katie Paterson answers questions on Future Library 2014-2114

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Lockdown Concerts | Live Music Now

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Sensory trail

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MacKinnon Collection | Cataloguing Dawn of Light and Liberty

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Talk | Maggie Craig - Scotland’s Forgotten Heroes

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Art Around You

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From our archive | La Dame Ovale

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Past event | Friday Night Mixer: Where are the Women?

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Portrait Gallery | Audio tour

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Past event | Joan Eardley: A Private View

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Titan of Cinema | Student competition

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Gallery Social | for anyone affected by dementia

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The MacKinnon Collection | Can you help identify these images?

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You are Here | At home holiday activities

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From our archive | Toyen

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In the Mind’s Eye

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Walk, Talk, Make Sculpture Trail

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From our archive | Artist book of proverbs

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Richard Demarco | 90th birthday interview

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2020: Stories, Portraits, Visions

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From our archive | Penny Slinger

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Talk | Liz Louis - The life and work of James Tassie

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Activities for all at the National Galleries of Scotland

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Visually Impaired Tour | Sculpture Park

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Careers in the visual arts

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Scottish identity: Who decides who we are?

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Fèin-aithne Albannach: Cò aige a tha an co-dhùnadh air cò th’ annainn?

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National Galleries of Scotland Art Competition for Schools and Families

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Vija Celmins Learning Resource

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Roy Lichtenstein Learning Resource

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Registered Address: National Galleries of Scotland, 73 Belford Road, Edinburgh, EH4 3DS National Galleries of Scotland is a charity registered in Scotland (No. SC003728)