Marking the 400-year anniversary of King James’s death, this exhibition will chart his remarkable reign through stories of friendship, family, feuds and ambition. Son of Mary, Queen of Scots, ...
Our Research Facilities comprise a number of study spaces and storage facilities across the city, where visitors are able to view collections not on display. This includes works of art, as well as ...
Welcome! On this page you will find information about our Deaf-led tours in British Sign Language (BSL) as well as resources created for visitors with BSL as a first or preferred language. We run a ...
Welcome! On this page you will find information about sensory-friendly events and resources created for and with autistic visitors, visitors with learning disabilities and those with additional ...
As a charity we rely on generous support from people like you to help us in our mission to make art work for everyone. By supporting the National Galleries of Scotland, you can help us to deliver ...
Royal Scottish Academy of Art & Architecture collections, David Laing Bequest (on loan to the Scottish National Gallery) ...
This vast collection of Scottish photography is shared by the National Galleries of Scotland and the National Library of Scotland. More than 16,000 images were bought in the special collaboration with ...
Arthur Eric Rowton Gill (22 February 1882 – 17 November 1940) was an English sculptor, letter cutter, typeface designer, and printmaker. Although the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography describes ...
Sarah Biffin was born without hands, arms or feet and taught herself to paint by holding a brush between her teeth. Aged about thirteen, she was contracted to a travelling showman who persuaded her ...
John Kay was a portrait etcher and miniature painter who was born near Dalkeith. Self-taught, he originally started working as a barber in Edinburgh but devoted his spare time to art. In 1785 he left ...