Art around you
Activities to help inspire your art-making, wherever you are. They require absolutely NO ART MATERIALS - just lots of creative thinking and imagination!
Hello, nice to see you here!
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!
You can:
- Download free family trails (inside and out!) or pick them up when you arrive
- Use your senses to explore the outdoor sculpture park
- Find creative activities to try at home
- Plan your visit
We hope to run face-to-face activities in the gallery again soon - sign up to our email newsletter to make sure you hear from us when we do.
Things to do at home
Your Art World
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.
Holiday activities
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.
Fun for families whatever the weather!
Art Spot
What... or who will you spot - when you take a visit to the Scottish National Portrait Gallery?
Ray Harryhausen Family Guide
Designed for future film legends aged 5 and up, there's things to find, see, draw and play. Pick up or download one when coming to visit Ray Harryhausen | Titan of Cinema.
Walk, Talk, Make Sculpture Trail
You and your family can find out about the artists, their artworks and follow prompts to make your own art with this outdoor trail.
Art Stomps
Sculpture-hunting, leaf-kicking, outdoor art-making at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, specially made for the under fives!
Sensory Sculpture Stories
Stories to encourage you to use your senses to enjoy and experience the sculptures in the grounds of Modern One.
Creature Feature Play Area
Come along to our free, movie-themed adventureland. Inspired by the fantastical creations in our exhibition Ray Harryhausen: Titan of Cinema, our play area is open every day and is FREE! Join us for a play among flying saucers and the mighty Cyclops, slide down a dragon's tail, clamber across a rope bridge and peek into movie cameras to see beasts in the Gallery.
Your Visit
Seats
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.
Food and drink
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
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.
Lockers
We don't currently have lockers for visitors to use, but buggies are welcomed as are baby carriers. Please don't bring any large luggage or bags with you as we have nowhere to store them.
Car parking
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.
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