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  • Must see
    Exhibition Closing Soon

    Grayson Perry | Smash Hits

    Royal Scottish Academy

    Until Sun 12 Nov 2023

    Open daily, 10am–5pm

    £19 - £5 | Friends go free

  • Must see
    Exhibition

    Your Art World

    National

    Until Sun 14 Apr 2024

    Open daily, 10am–5pm

    Admission free

  • Conference or seminar

    John Michael Wright | New Perspectives and Directions

    National

    Thu 26 Oct 2023

    10am - 5pm

    Free

    Booking essential

  • Tour SOLD OUT

    Spin | Tour and Discussion: Grayson Perry | Smash Hits

    Royal Scottish Academy

    Thu 26 Oct 2023

    6 - 7:30pm

    £10

    Booking essential

  • Drop-in event

    Family Fridays

    National

    Every Fri during term time (until Dec 15)
    10am - 12noon (ages 0–3) & 2 - 4pm (ages 4+)

    Free

    Free, drop-in

  • Course or workshop SOLD OUT

    Gallery Social (dementia-friendly) | Grayson Perry

    Royal Scottish Academy

    Fri 27 Oct 2023

    10:30am - 12 noon

    Free

    Booking essential

  • Music concert SOLD OUT

    SPECIAL EVENT: Sealladh | Rachel Newton

    National

    Fri 27 Oct 2023

    6 - 8pm

    £6

    Booking essential

  • Lecture or talk

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

    National

    Tue 31 Oct 2023

    12:45 - 1:30pm

    Free

    Booking essential

  • Music concert

    Live Music Now | Rosie and Anna

    National

    Thu 2 Nov 2023

    6 - 6:30pm

    Free

    Booking essential

  • Tour SOLD OUT

    Grayson Perry | Smash Hits Sunday Afternoon Tours

    Royal Scottish Academy

    Sun 3 Sept, 1 Oct 5, 8 Oct, 5 Nov 2023
    2 - 2:30pm

    Free

    Booking essential

  • Drop-in event

    BYOB (Bring Your Own Baby/Bump)

    National

    Mon 6 Nov 2023
    10:15am, 11am & 11:30am

    Free

  • Lecture or talk

    Grayson Perry | A House For Essex and Other Stories (in person)

    National

    Tue 7 Nov 2023

    12:45 - 1:30pm

    Free

    Booking essential

  • Our Friends
    Lecture or talk SOLD OUT

    A Scottish Colourist in our Midst | F.C.B. Cadell

    National

    Tue 7 Nov 2023

    6 - 8pm

    £14, Friends and guests

    Booking essential

  • Lecture or talk

    create dangerously | Alberta Whittle and Ekow Eshun (in person)

    National

    Thu 9 Nov 2023

    6 - 6:45pm

    Free

    Booking essential

  • Our Friends
    Lecture or talk

    Old Master Drawings | Lecture Series with Christopher Baker

    National

    Fri 10, Thu 16, Thu 23 Nov 2023
    10.30am - 12 noon

    £33, Friends and guests

    Booking essential

  • Tour

    Scottish Art in Focus | Thematic Tours of the Scottish Collection

    National

    Every Second Saturday of the month
    3 - 3.30pm

    Free

    +4 other sessions

    Booking essential

  • Lecture or talk

    ‘Keen and eager spirits’ | Robert Louis Stevenson and William Brassey Hole (in person)

    National

    Mon 13 Nov 2023

    12:45 - 1:30pm

    Free

    Booking essential

  • Course or workshop

    Visually Impaired Programme Live (in gallery) | Myths and legends at the National

    National

    Wed 15 Nov 2023

    10:15am - 3:30pm

    Free

    Booking essential

  • Our Friends
    Lecture or talk SOLD OUT

    Scottish Art in 100 Works

    National

    Wed 15 Nov 2023

    6 - 8pm

    Booking required, Friends and guests

    Booking essential

  • Lecture or talk

    In Focus | A Portrait of Sir Geoff Palmer by Graham Fagen (in person)

    National

    Tue 21 Nov 2023

    12:45 - 1:30pm

    Free

    Booking essential

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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.