Scottish National Portrait Gallery

Part of the National Galleries of Scotland and home to the collection of Scottish portraits and the National Photography Collection. Reopening in December 2011 after a major refurbishment.

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1 Queen St Edinburgh City of Edinburgh EH2 1JD United Kingdom

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Richard McFarlane

The SNPG is a wonderful place. Beautifully laid out and easy to navigate. Some spectacular paintings ! You must see them first hand. Photographs don't cut it.

Keith Burns

The cafe is well worth a visit even if you only pop in to see a few pics. Lovely salad range.

Trinity Gee

If you haven't been for a while, this is definitely the time to go. The Gallery looks magnificent after extensive restoration work and the exhibition layouts have been very well thought out.

Michael B.

Free and top notch museum . Great collection of paintings . Nice restaurant too.

Ambush Predator

Just going into the gallery on the ground floor is worth seeing. Lovely cafe and gift shop too!

Julie Whittaker

Building and gallery are wonderful to wander around quietly . Cafe lovely for tea or lunch

Stuart Win

The cafe here is great but there is a neurotic woman who will barge past the cue to get to the scones in the late afternoon and the staff let her :(

Grahame Buss

Three salads in a bowl, a chocolaty thing and a cappuccino . Delicious - and some paintings

Julie Whittaker

A calm and serene place to wander through. Great cafe for lunch

Denis Akhapkin

Free admission , better to start from top floor and moving down

Alex Curiel

Great museum dedicated to Scottish portraits! It’s free entry and always worth a visit

Aubin

Beautiful museum . Free (students love it).

Ian Patterson

Get there for opening at 10 and head straight upstairs. Enjoy the galleries almost alone for a while!

Trish T

A must visit and in a beautiful building.

Ian Patterson

Start at the top and work down. Oldest first. And cafe at bottom to finish with !

Sheila Sato

Nice museum , within 2 hours you can see everything.

Richard Carter

Cafe is great - friendly staff and wry good scones !

Jo Russell

Awesome place to spend half a day

Btxa Muñío Robles

Amazing building. Perfect for a rainy day

Camille Hebert

Great for lunch , loads of tables and lovely salads

Faith Wong

Some interesting collections but not all.

Jan

Try the cafe for a selection of yummy cakes .

Dave Fitch

Fabulous brownies in the cafe ... The coffee ... not so good.

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Document Scotland: The Ties That Bind exhibition until April 2016

Richard Carter

Free wifi ; connect to NGS-Guest

María

Don't Miss The Old Woman Cooking Eggs , by Velázquez.

Tom Freeman

they should rename the place- too many landscapes hanging

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Marcio Navarro

Grande museu e com um excelente acervo. É uma parada obrigatória para quem vem a Edimburgo.

Renato

Excelentes obras de arte , olhem toda galeria.

Yanira Torres

Preciosa la galería

Luis Urea

La sala central es muy fotogénica

Cy Thomas

Ne pas rater l exposition des portraits de Man Ray et visiter les salles du XVIII

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