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Scottish National Portrait Gallery

City of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Edinburgh's red sandstone Portrait gallery tells Scotland's story through the faces of its people, housed in a striking Gothic Revival building on Queen Street.

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Illustrative photo, not Scottish National Portrait Gallery. Photo: Amy-Leigh Barnard / Unsplash
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LOCATIONCity of Edinburgh

United Kingdom

About Scottish National Portrait Gallery

The Scottish National Portrait Gallery, now known as National Galleries Scotland: Portrait, is an art museum on Queen Street in Edinburgh. It holds the national collection of portraits, all of Scots though not necessarily painted by Scots, as well as the Scottish National Photography Collection.

Since 1889 it has occupied a red sandstone Gothic Revival building designed by Robert Rowand Anderson and built between 1885 and 1890. The building was a gift from John Ritchie Findlay, owner of The Scotsman newspaper, and originally also housed the collection of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.

Highlights

  • National collection of portraits of Scots
  • Home of the Scottish National Photography Collection
  • Red sandstone Gothic Revival building from 1890
  • Indoor, good for rainy days

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