Scottish National Portrait Gallery

Local nameScottish National Portrait Gallery
LocationCity of Edinburgh, UK

National Galleries Scotland: Portrait is an art museum on Queen Street, Edinburgh. Portrait holds the national collections of portraits, all of which are of, but not necessarily by, Scots. It also holds the Scottish National Photography Collection.

Since 1889 it has been housed in its red sandstone Gothic revival building, designed by Robert Rowand Anderson and built between 1885 and 1890 to accommodate the gallery and the museum collection of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. The building was donated by John Ritchie Findlay, owner of The Scotsman newspaper. In 1985 the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland was amalgamated with the Royal Scottish Museum, and later moved to Chambers Street as part of the National Museum of Scotland.

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Opening hours

Daily: 10 am - 5 pm

Closed: 25 and 16 December

Admission

Admission to the gallery is free.
A charge may be made for special exhibitions.

More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_National_Portrait_Gallery

Official Website https://www.nationalgalleries.org/portraitgallery

Twitter https://twitter.com/NatGalleriesSco

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/nationalgalleries

Email pginfo@nationalgalleries.org

Phone +44 131 624 6200

Address 1 Queen Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1JD, UK

Coordinates 55°57'19.67" N -3°11'36.929" E

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