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  • Must see
    Exhibition

    Alberta Whittle | create dangerously

    Modern One

    Until Sun 7 Jan 2024

    Open daily, 10am–5pm

    Admission free

  • Must see
    Exhibition

    Decades | The Art of Change 1900–1980

    Modern Two

    Until Sun 7 Jan 2024

    Open daily, 10am–5pm

    Admission free

  • Book your tickets now
    Exhibition Just Opened

    The Printmaker's Art | Rembrandt to Rego

    Royal Scottish Academy

    Until Sun 25 Feb 2024

    Open daily, 10am–5pm

    £14 - £4 | Friends go free

  • Must see
    Exhibition

    Making Space | Photographs of Architecture

    Portrait

    Until Sun 3 Mar 2024

    Open daily, 10am–5pm

    Admission free

  • Must see
    Exhibition

    Your Art World

    National

    Until Sun 14 Apr 2024

    Open daily, 10am–5pm

    Admission free

  • Must see
    Exhibition

    Conversations with the Collection

    Modern One

    Open daily, 10am–5pm

    Admission free

  • Course or workshop SOLD OUT

    The Drawing Room Kitchen Table #40 (online)

    Online via Zoom

    Wed 6 Dec 2023

    6 - 6:45pm

    Free

    Booking essential

  • Our Friends
    Special event SOLD OUT

    Friends Christmas Party

    Portrait

    Wed 6 Dec 2023

    6:30 - 9:30pm

    £60, Friends and guests

    Booking essential

  • Lecture or talk

    Sir John Leighton | Some Moments to Remember (and a few to forget) Highlights from a Career in Museums (in person)

    National

    Thu 7 Dec 2023

    12:45 - 1:30pm

    Free

    Booking essential

  • Lecture or talk

    Sir John Leighton | Some Moments to Remember (and a few to forget) Highlights from a Career in Museums (online)

    Online via YouTube

    Thu 7 Dec 2023

    12:45 - 1:30pm

    Free

    Booking essential

  • Music concert SOLD OUT

    Stephen Morrison | Portraits In Sound

    National

    Thu 7 Dec 2023

    6 - 6:30pm

    Free

    Booking essential

  • Drop-in event

    Family Fridays

    National

    Every Fri during term time (until Dec 15)
    10am - 12noon (ages 0–3) & 2 - 4pm (ages 4+)

    Free

    Free, drop-in

  • Music concert SOLD OUT

    From Advent to Christmas

    Portrait

    Fri 8 Dec 2023

    1:15 - 1:45pm

    Free

    Booking essential

  • Course or workshop SOLD OUT

    Art Stomps | Winter

    Modern One

    Sat 9 Dec 2023
    11am & 11:45am

    Free

    Booking essential

  • Tour SOLD OUT

    Scottish Art in Focus | Thematic Tours of the Scottish Collection

    National

    Every Second Saturday of the month
    3 - 3.30pm

    Free

    +3 other sessions

    Booking essential

  • Tour

    British Sign Language (BSL) tour | Festive tour at the National

    National

    Sat 16 Dec 2023

    11am - 12 noon

    Free

    Booking essential

  • Course or workshop SOLD OUT

    Your Art World

    Modern One

    Sat 16 Dec 2023

    11am - 12:30pm

    Free

    Booking essential

  • Special event SOLD OUT

    Winter Wonders | A Christmas Concert for Wee Ones

    Portrait

    Wed 20 Dec 2023
    10:15am (non-walking babies) & 11:15am (toddlers)

    Free

    Booking essential

  • Lecture or talk

    Visually Impaired Programme Online | Explore the details: John Duncan’s Saint Bride

    Online via Zoom

    Wed 20 Dec 2023

    2 - 2:30pm

    Free

    Booking essential

  • Exhibition Coming Soon

    Turner in January

    Royal Scottish Academy

    Mon 1 Jan 2024 - Wed 31 Jan 2024

    Open daily, 10am–5pm

    Admission free

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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.