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National Gallery of Scotland

Address: The Mound, Old Town, Edinburgh
Phone: 0131/624-6200 general inquiries; 0131/332-2266 recorded information
www.nationalgalleries.org

Category: Museums/Galleries
Location: Old Town

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Fodor's Review:

Opened to the public in 1859, the National Gallery presents a wide selection of paintings from the Renaissance to the postimpressionist period within a grand neoclassical building designed by William Playfair. Most famous are the old-master paintings bequeathed by the duke of Sutherland, including Titian's Three Ages of Man. All the great names are here; works by Velázquez, El Greco, Rembrandt, Goya, Poussin, Clouet, Turner, Degas, Monet, and van Gogh, among others, complement a fine collection of Scottish art, including Sir Henry Raeburn's Reverend Robert Walker Skating on Duddingston Loch and other masterworks by Ramsay, Raeburn, and Wilkie. The Weston Link connects the National Gallery of Scotland to the Royal Scottish Academy and provides expanded gallery space as well as a restaurant, bar, café, information center, and shop. The free galleries bus stops here daily on the hour from 11 to 4.

Cost: Free
Open: Fri.-Wed. 10-5, Thurs. 10-7. Print Room, weekdays 10-12:30 and 2-4:30 by appointment

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