The Scottish National Gallery displays some of the greatest art in the world, including masterpieces by Botticelli, Raphael, Titian, El Greco, Velázquez, Rembrandt, Vermeer, van Dyck, Tiepolo, Landseer, Gainsborough, Constable, Turner, Angelica Kauffmann, and Elisabetta Sirani amongst many others. The most comprehensive part of the collection covers the history of Scottish painting – including Ramsay, Raeburn and Wilkie.
The Scottish National Gallery comprises both the National Gallery Building and the Royal Scottish Academy Building. Both, designed by William Henry Playfair, stand in the heart of Edinburgh.
Open daily, 10am–5pm (6pm for August only). Thursdays until 7pm. Closed 25th and 26th December and open on 1st January from 12 noon. Admission is free. A charge may be made for special exhibitions.