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Art in Edinburgh
The collections and galleries worth planning a day around.
Old Town
National Museum of Scotland
Scotland’s story from geology to Dolly the sheep, in a Victorian Grand Gallery joined to a sandstone 1990s wing. Free; go up to the roof terrace for the view.
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New Town
Scottish National Gallery
Playfair’s temple of art on the Mound, with Raeburn, Titian and Vermeer, and newer Scottish galleries opening onto Princes Street Gardens. Free.
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New Town
Scottish National Portrait Gallery
A red sandstone Gothic palace with a gilded frieze of Scottish history in its Great Hall. Free.
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West End
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
Two galleries facing each other across lawns, with sculpture in the grounds; a short walk from Dean Village. Free.
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Southside
Surgeons’ Hall Museums
Medical history in Playfair’s 1832 building; fascinating but graphic in places.
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Calton Hill
Collective
Contemporary art in the restored City Observatory on top of Calton Hill.
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