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  • Lecture or talk

    Woohoo! Let’s celebrate the new Scottish galleries at the National (online)

    Online via YouTube

    Tue 23 Apr 2024

    12:45 - 1:30pm

    Free

    Booking essential

  • Course or workshop

    Relaxed afternoons for adults (autism and learning disability friendly)

    Portrait

    Tue 23 Apr 2024

    2 - 3pm

    Free

    Booking essential

  • Our Friends
    Lecture or talk

    Archaeology, Art, Religion and Diamonds

    National

    Wed 24 Apr 2024

    6 - 8pm

    £14, Friends and guests

    Booking essential

  • Course or workshop SOLD OUT

    Gallery Social (dementia-friendly) | Before and After Coal

    Portrait

    Fri 26 Apr 2024

    10:30am - 12 noon

    Free

    Booking essential

  • Tour

    British Sign Language (BSL) tour | Before and After Coal

    Portrait

    Sat 27 Apr 2024

    11am - 12 noon

    Free

    Booking essential

  • Special event SOLD OUT

    Your Art World | Portrait

    Portrait

    Sat 27 Apr 2024

    11am - 12:30pm

    Free

    Booking essential

  • Our Friends
    Lecture or talk

    Rogues and Scholars | The Rise of the London Art Market

    National

    Tue 30 Apr 2024

    6 - 8pm

    £14, Friends and guests

    Booking essential

  • Exhibition

    ARTIST ROOMS | Vija Celmins

    Hatton Gallery, Kings Road, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8QB

    Until Sat 4 May 2024

  • Course or workshop SOLD OUT

    The Drawing Room | Do Ho Suh's Tracing Time

    Modern One

    Wed 8 May 2024

    5:30 - 6:45pm

    Free

    Booking essential

  • Our Friends
    Special event

    Friends Preview | National Treasures: Vermeer in Edinburgh

    National

    Thu 9 May 2024

    6 - 8pm

    Free

    +1 other sessions

    Booking essential

  • Exhibition Coming Soon

    National Treasures | Vermeer in Edinburgh

    National

    Fri 10 May 2024 - Sun 8 Sep 2024

    Open daily, 10am–5pm

  • Special event

    Sensory-Friendly Sundays for families (autism and learning disability friendly)

    Portrait

    Sun 12 May 2024

    10:30 - 10:30am

    Free

    Booking essential

  • Our Friends
    Lecture or talk SOLD OUT

    Vermeer | Biblical Stories to Domestic Scenes

    National

    Tue 14 May 2024

    6 - 8pm

    £14, Friends and guests

    Booking essential

  • Course or workshop

    Visually Impaired Programme Live (in gallery) | Vermeer in Edinburgh

    National

    Wed 15 May 2024

    10:15am - 3:45pm

    Free

    Booking essential

  • Our Friends
    Special event SOLD OUT

    Visit to Alnwick Castle and Gardens

    Alnwick Castle & Garden

    Tue 21 May 2024

    8:45am - 6:45pm

    £95, Friends and guests

    SOLD OUT

  • Our Friends
    Lecture or talk SOLD OUT

    The First Impressionist Exhibition, 1874 | a perspective after 150 years

    National

    Wed 22 May 2024

    6 - 8pm

    £14, Friends and guests

    Booking essential

  • Our Friends
    Special event

    Friends Preview | Women in Revolt

    Modern Two

    Thu 23 May 2024

    5:30 - 8:30pm

    Free, booking essential

    +7 other sessions

    Booking essential

  • Course or workshop SOLD OUT

    Gallery Social (dementia-friendly) | Old Edinburgh

    National

    Fri 24 May 2024

    10:30am - 12 noon

    Free

    Booking essential

  • Exhibition Coming Soon

    Women in Revolt! Art and Activism in the UK 1970–1990

    Modern Two

    Sat 25 May 2024 - Sun 26 Jan 2025

    Open daily, 10am–5pm

    £4 - £14

  • Display

    Between Weathers | Scottish Artists in the Landscape (1760–1945)

    National

    Until Sun 26 May 2024

    Open daily, 10am–5pm

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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.