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The gallery houses Scotland's national collection of fine art, spanning Scottish and international art from the beginning of the Renaissance up to the start of the 20th century. The National is run by National Galleries Scotland, a public body that also owns the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
The gallery was a success, and in response to increasing public demand for the celebration of Scottish history and culture, the Scottish National Portrait Gallery (SNPG) was opened in 1889 to display portraits of noted Scots.
The National Portrait Gallery building is a large edifice at the east end of Queen Street, built in red sandstone from Corsehill Quarry, outside Annan in Dumfriesshire.It was designed by Robert Rowand Anderson in the Gothic Revival style with a combination of Arts and Crafts and 13th-century Gothic influences, and is a Category A listed building.
National Galleries Scotland: Modern (the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art) is part of National Galleries Scotland, which is based in Edinburgh, Scotland.The Modern houses the collection of modern and contemporary art dating from about 1900 to the present in two buildings, Modern One and Modern Two, that face each other on Belford Road to the west of the city centre.
Local history, art gallery, history of the house, culture Paxton House: Paxton: Scottish Borders: Scottish Borders Historic house 18th-century country house, features gallery of paintings from the National Galleries of Scotland: Robert Smail's Printing Works: Innerleithen: Scottish Borders: Scottish Borders Media
It was formed in 2006 with the merger of the new Museum of Scotland, with collections relating to Scottish antiquities, culture and history, and the adjacent Royal Scottish Museum (opened in 1866 as the Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art, renamed in 1904, and for the period between 1985 and the merger named the Royal Museum of Scotland or ...
The Talbot Rice Gallery houses both old masters and contemporary Scottish works, and the Stills Gallery is the major gallery devoted to Scottish photography. [126] Glasgow galleries include the Burrell Collection , housing the extensive and eclectic collection of art left to the city by shipping magnate Sir William Burrell .
Perth Museum and Art Gallery: Perth: Perth and Kinross: Pier Arts Centre: Stormness: Orkney: Playfair Project: Edinburgh: Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts: Glasgow: Royal Scottish Academy Building: The Mound: Edinburgh: Scottish Flair Victorian Art Gallery [1] Inverness: Scottish Highlands: Scottish National Gallery: The Mound ...