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Here are some things to help you, and your family, get the most from a visit to the gallery - or support your art-making wherever you are!
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Fun for families whatever the weather!
Designed for families aged 6+ this guide helps you explore the different artworks in our Conversations with the Collection exhibition and encourages you to make your own. Available to pick up in gallery or download.
Designed for families aged 6+ this guide helps you explore the different artworks in our New Arrivals exhibition and encourages you to make your own. Available to pick up in gallery or download.
What... or who will you spot - when you take a visit to the Scottish National Portrait Gallery?
You and your family can find out about the artists, their artworks and follow prompts to make your own art with this outdoor trail.
Sculpture-hunting, leaf-kicking, outdoor art-making at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, specially made for the under fives!
Stories to encourage you to use your senses to enjoy and experience the sculptures in the grounds of Modern One.
Draw & explore your way around the Scottish National Gallery with this downloadable sketchbook. Download here or pick up your copy at the gallery.
Join in! We have a year round programme of free family activity for all ages and stages.
If you need to take a break, there are seats throughout the galleries and portable folding stools that you can take with you – just ask if you’re unsure.
For the safety of the artworks, eating and drinking in the galleries is not allowed. The grounds of Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art also make a perfect picnic spot. Princes Street Gardens, next to the Scottish National Gallery, is also a great place for a picnic. Children are also welcome in all our gallery cafés.
Access for buggies and wheelchairs is available at the main entrances of the Scottish National Gallery, Scottish National Portrait Gallery and Modern One. For the Academy Building and Modern Two, please use the back entrance. All galleries have lifts.
We have lockers available (£1/£2) and buggies are welcomed as are baby carriers.
There is pay and display parking at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. Charges apply. The Scottish National Gallery and the Scottish National Portrait Gallery are served by city centre parking.
There is so much to discover at all our galleries in the centre of Edinburgh.
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Modern Two is currently closed. Our research facilities are open by appointment.
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Your Art World is an online community by and for 3-18 year olds: a place to think, wonder, create and share your art online. Find resources and open-ended challenges to inspire critical thinking, play and individual voice.
Activities to help inspire your art-making, wherever you are. They require absolutely NO ART MATERIALS - just lots of creative thinking and imagination!
A selection of new activity prompts and videos to help keep your family creative over the holidays, and beyond. They are inspired by the idea 'You Are Here' - let's make art that celebrates our time at home, with the people we care about most.
This video series was made to accompany a series of live workshops at the gallery. We hope you enjoy the ideas, wherever you are! You can upload your art to the Your Art World gallery.
Outdoor art-making inspiration for you and your little one. In this film we look closely at a sculpture by Tracey Emin - and make gifts inspired by the marks, textures and shapes that we can see..
Outdoor art-making inspiration for you and your little one. In this film we'll be zooming up close to spot different marks and textures in this sculpture by Barbara Hepworth, and then creating our own!
Outdoor art-making inspiration for you and your little one. In this film we'll be using our whole bodies to make art with chalk, toy cars, balls, paint, straws and marbles!
Outdoor art-making inspiration for you and your little one. In this film we'll be giving you tips to create your own nature-inspired installations in your nearest green space.
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