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    Exhibition Coming Soon

    Grayson Perry | Smash Hits

    Royal Scottish Academy

    Sat 22 Jul 2023 - Sun 12 Nov 2023

    Open daily, 10am-5pm

    £19 - £5

  • 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

  • Must see
    Exhibition

    Conversations with the Collection

    Modern One

    Open daily, 10am-5pm

    Admission free

  • Lecture or talk

    Walter Geikie | The Life and Labour of Scottish Streets (in person)

    National

    Tue 6 Jun 2023

    12:45 - 1:30pm

    Free

    Booking essential

  • Lecture or talk

    Walter Geikie | The Life and Labour of Scottish Streets (online)

    Tue 6 Jun 2023

    12:45 - 1:30pm

    Free

    Booking essential

  • Our Friends
    Special event SOLD OUT

    Arniston House

    Arniston House

    Thu 1 Jun / Thu 8 Jun, 2.30pm

    £20

    Friends only, booking essential

  • Course or workshop

    Art Stomps | Summer

    Modern One

    Sat 10 Jun 2023
    11am & 11:45am

    Free

    Booking essential

  • Our Friends
    Tour SOLD OUT

    Dean Cemetery

    Dean Cemetery

    Sun 11 Jun, 2.30-4.30pm

    £12

    Friends only, booking essential

  • Course or workshop

    The Drawing Room | Decades

    Modern Two

    Wed 14 Jun 2023

    5:30 - 6:45pm

    Free

    Booking essential

  • Our Friends
    Lecture or talk

    Rediscovering Phoebe Anna Traquair

    National

    Thu 15 Jun 2023

    6 - 8pm

    £14, Friends and guests

    Booking opens Wed 7 June, 10am

  • Lecture or talk

    Taylor Wessing | Curator talk: Eva Eicker and Cian Oba-Smith (in person)

    National

    Fri 16 Jun 2023

    12:45 - 1:30pm

    Free

    Booking essential

  • Lecture or talk

    Taylor Wessing | Curator talk: Eva Eicker and Cian Oba-Smith (online)

    Online via YouTube

    Fri 16 Jun 2023

    12:45 - 1:30pm

    Free

    Booking essential

  • Exhibition Coming Soon

    Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2022

    Portrait

    Sat 17 Jun 2023 - Sun 10 Sep 2023

    Open daily, 10am-5pm

    Admission free

  • Our Friends
    Tour SOLD OUT

    Granton Art Centre Visit (June)

    Granton Art Centre

    Tue 20 Jun or Wed 21 Jun 2023
    2:30pm - 4pm / 10:30am - 12 noon

    £12, includes tea/coffee | Friends only

    Fully booked

  • Course or workshop

    Visually Impaired Programme Online | Conserving Scotland’s Art

    Online via Zoom

    Wed 21 Jun 2023

    2 - 3:30pm

    Free

    Booking essential

  • Our Friends
    Lecture or talk

    The new Scottish Galleries at the National

    National

    Wed 21 Jun 2023

    6 - 8pm

    £14, Friends and guests

    Booking opens Wed 7 June, 10am

  • Our Friends
    Tour

    Powderhall Bronze Visit

    Powderhall Bronze

    Thu 22 Jun & Thu 29 Jun 2023
    5 - 7pm

    £26, Friends only

    Booking opens Wed 7 June, 10am

  • Course or workshop SOLD OUT

    Gallery Social (dementia-friendly) | Alberta Whittle: Create Dangerously

    Modern One

    Fri 23 Jun 2023

    10:30am - 12 noon

    Free

    Booking essential

  • Course or workshop

    Your Art World

    Modern One

    Sat 24 Jun 2023

    11am - 12:30pm

    Free

    Booking essential

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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.