Scottish National Portrait Gallery

National Galleries Scotland: Portrait is an art museum on Queen Street, . Portrait holds the national collections of portraits, all of which are of, but not necessarily by, Scots.
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  • Opening hours:
    10:00 AM—5:00 PM
    Thursday: 10:00 AM—7:00 PM
  • Type: Art gallery
  • Description: art museum in Edinburgh, Scotland
  • Also known as: “National Galleries of Scotland”, “National Galleries Scotland: Portrait”, “Portrait”, and “Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Queen Street, Edinburgh”
  • Address: 1 Queen Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1JD

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Edinburgh Castle and St Andrew Square.

Photo: Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a historic castle in , Scotland. It stands on , which has been occupied by humans since at least the Iron Age. There has been a royal castle on the rock since the reign of Malcolm III in the 11th century, and the castle continued to be a royal residence until 1633. is situated 2,800 feet southwest of Scottish National Portrait Gallery.

Garden
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a garden square in , Scotland, located at the east end of George Street. The construct of began in 1772, as the first part of the , designed by James Craig. is situated 470 feet south of Scottish National Portrait Gallery.

Photo: Schatir, Public domain.
The is a Victorian Gothic to Scottish author Sir Walter Scott. It is the second-largest monument to a writer in the world after the in Havana. is situated 1,100 feet south of Scottish National Portrait Gallery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include New Town and Bellevue.

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
of is 250 years old, in contrast to the settled for over a thousand years. It was laid out on a grid pattern in the late 18th century with elegant Georgian townhouses, and the intervening loch was drained to become Princes Street Gardens.

Neighborhood
is a district of , the capital of . It lies to the south east of , west of Leith Walk and south of , incorporating the easternmost extent of Edinburgh's UNESCO heritage site.

Suburb
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an area of , . was an ancient feudal barony that existed outside of Edinburgh before it was later incorporated into the city as urban development took place in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Scottish National Portrait Gallery

Latitude
55.95548° or 55° 57′ 20″ north
Longitude
-3.1936° or 3° 11′ 37″ west
Wheelchair access
yes
Operator
National Galleries Scotland
Open location code
9C7RXR44+5H
Open­Street­Map ID
way 73090302
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q2441562
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Scottish National Portrait Gallery” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “معرض الصور الوطني الاسكتلندي”
  • Chinese: “蘇格蘭國立肖像美術館”
  • Czech: “Skotská národní portrétní galerie”
  • Danish: “Scottish National Portrait Gallery”
  • Dutch: “Nationale Portret Gallery van Schotland”
  • Dutch: “Scottish National Portrait Gallery”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “معرض الصور الوطنيه الاسكتلنديه”
  • Esperanto: “Skota Nacia Portretgalerio”
  • French: “National Galleries of Scotland”
  • French: “Scottish National Portrait Gallery”
  • German: “National Galleries of Scotland”
  • German: “National Portrait Gallery of Scotland”
  • German: “Scottish National Portrait Gallery”
  • Hebrew: “גלריית הדיוקנאות הלאומית של סקוטלנד”
  • Italian: “Scottish National Portrait Gallery”
  • Japanese: “スコットランド国立肖像画美術館”
  • Korean: “스코틀랜드 국립 초상화 미술관”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Scottish National Portrait Gallery”
  • Norwegian: “Scottish National Portrait Gallery”
  • Portuguese: “Galeria Nacional Escocesa de Retratos”
  • Portuguese: “Scottish National Portrait Gallery”
  • Russian: “Национальная портретная галерея Шотландии”
  • Slovenian: “Scottish National Portrait Gallery”
  • Slovenian: “Škotska narodna portretna galerija”
  • Spanish: “Galeria Nacional Escocesa del Retrato”
  • Spanish: “Galería Nacional Escocesa del Retrato”
  • Swedish: “Scottish National Portrait Gallery”
  • Ukrainian: “Національна портретна галерея Шотландії”
  • Welsh: “Oriel Bortreadau Genedlaethol yr Alban”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Embassy of Romania and The Stand Comedy Club.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Café Portrait and Royal Garden Apartments.

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