Scottish National Gallery
Edinburgh · founded 1859
The National (formerly the Scottish National Gallery) is the national art gallery of Scotland. It is located on The Mound in central Edinburgh, close to Princes Street. The building was designed in a neoclassical style by William Henry Playfair, and first opened to the public in 1859.
- Visitors a year
- 2MVisitors a year
- Founded
- 1859Founded
What to see
Christ in the House of Martha and Mary
Johannes Vermeer, 1650.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
The Skating Minister
Henry Raeburn, 1795.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Bust of Carlo Antonio del Pozzo
Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1622.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Niagara Falls, from the American Side
Frederic Edwin Church, 1867.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
A Woman in Bed
Rembrandt, 1647.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
An Allegory of the Old and New Testaments
Hans Holbein the Younger, 1530.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Plan your visit
Hours
Published on the museum’s own site. Confirm on www.nationalgalleries.org/visit/scottish-national-gallery before you travel.
Getting there
Belford Road.
On their own site
Opening hours, tickets and current exhibitions are on the museum’s own site.
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