Granton Art Centre

The Granton Art Centre is Scotland’s first purpose-built art store for paintings, drawings and sculptures from the national collection. It provides 1,300 square metres of secure and climate-controlled storage space.

It is a living archive, full of potential inspiration for artists, researchers, schools, and individuals where visitors are able to see artworks up close.

You can request a visit to Granton Art Centre using the form below.

Book a visit

Please fill in the form below to request a visit to Granton Art Centre, specifying which artworks you would like to view. We will be in touch to confirm dates. Please provide three weeks notice.

Please include as many details as possible, artist name, work title, description, accession number if known.
Please include as many details as possible, artist name, work title, description, accession number if known.
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Doors Open Days

In recent years the Art Movement Team has taken part in Edinburgh and East Lothian Doors Open Days, run by the Cockburn Association. Doors Open Days is Scotland’s largest free festival that celebrates heritage and the built environment. It offers free access to over a thousand venues across the country throughout September, every year.

Due to COVID-19, we created digital resources for Doors Open Day 2021 and 2020 that you see below.

Doors Open Days 2021

Doors Open Days, run by the Cockburn Association is Scotland’s largest free festival that celebrates heritage and the built environment. In 2021, due to COVID-19, we created this short film to give viewers a glimpse into the sculpture stores. 

Doors Open Days 2020

Doors Open Days, run by the Cockburn Association is Scotland’s largest free festival that celebrates heritage and the built environment. In 2020, due to COVID-19, we created this film to show you behind the scenes at our painting stores. 

Our resources

Our resources

All visitors are welcome to view these collections in our research facilities, whether for pleasure or for academic study. Visits are free but must be pre-booked.

Library and Print Room at the Portrait

The Library provides access to resources relating to portraiture and Scottish history. The Print Room houses over 50,000 works of art on paper, including the Photography Collection, and a notable collection of portrait miniatures.

Prints and Drawings Study Room at Modern Two

Housing the international and Scottish collections of historic, modern and contemporary works of art on paper, the Prints and Drawings Study Room gives access to over 35,000 works of graphic art not on permanent display.

Reading Room at Modern Two

Home to our library, archive and special collections, the Reading Room is an outstanding resource on the history and theory of art from 1300 to the present. Visitors can access over 100,000 library items, 6,000 artists’ and special books and 140+ archival holdings.

Gabrielle Keiller Library

The Gabrielle Keiller Library was specially designed by the architect Terry Farrell to house two key collections of Dada and Surrealist books and papers acquired in the mid-1990s.