National Galleries Scotland
National Galleries Scotland is the executive non-departmental public body that controls the three national galleries of Scotland and two partner galleries, forming one of the National Collections of Scotland.
The three galleries owned by National Galleries of Scotland: (left to right) the Scottish National Gallery, the Scottish National Portrait Gallery and the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
Scottish National Gallery
The National is the national art gallery of Scotland. It is located on The Mound in central Edinburgh, close to Princes Street. The building was designed in a neoclassical style by William Henry Playfair, and first opened to the public in 1859.
The National building and Royal Scottish Academy building, viewed from the South (2005)
Edinburgh Castle and National Gallery (c. 1865)
Twin porticoes at the main entrance with the original name inscribed on the frieze.
Playfair's ionic columns