Talbot Rice Gallery

Fax.: 0131 650 2213

Info Telefon: 0131 650 2210
Besucher-Email: info.talbotrice@ed.ac.uk
http://www.ed.ac.uk/about/museums-galler...

From 19 November 2011 - 18 February 2012:
Tuesday - Saturday, 10am - 5pm.

Festive Closure: 18 December 2011 - 3 January 2012

An outstanding centre for art and ideas, the public art gallery of The University of Edinburgh, Talbot Rice Gallery presents original and relevant exhibitions within a unique historical context. The exhibitions exemplify creativity and ambition, seen through a distinctive programme of Scottish and International artists, with informed interpretation and lively educational events.
 

The Brass Rubbing Centre

Info Telefon: 0131 556 4364
Besucher-Email: museumsandgalleries@edinburgh.gov.uk

The Centre is closed in the moment for the year as we are working with Alchemy EH1 on an exciting project to support local creative writing talent

The Trinity Apse was originally part of Trinity College Church, founded around 1460 and situated near the present Waverley Station. After the Church’s demolition to make way for the railway, the Apse was rebuilt on its current site to form part of a Victorian church, which has since been demolished.

Trinity College Church was founded by Queen Mary of Gueldres, consort of King James II of Scotland. It was possibly built as a memorial to the King, who died in 1460. Following the Reformation, the Town Council of Edinburgh became governors and custodians of the church.

On 2 March 1638, the National Covenant was first read to the people (as opposed to just the nobility) at Trinity College Chapel, an important event in the political and religious life of Scotland.

In the early 1840s, the first railways arrived in Edinburgh, and Trinity College Church stood in the way of the North British Railway Company’s development. In 1845, the Company acquired the area on which the church was built. The church was carefully demolished, and there followed a period of debate about where to re-build it.

In 1872, work began on the current site of Trinity Apse. When it was discovered that many of the original stones from the church were missing or damaged, it was decided to re-build only the apse, on the south end of a new church. The new Trinity College Church opened in October 1877, and was demolished in 1960, leaving the apse. The apse was used as a newspaper reading room and a museum store before the opening of the Brass Rubbing Centre in 1988.
 

The Museum on the Mound (ex: The Bank of Scotland Museum)

Info Telefon: 0131 243 5464
Besucher-Email: info@museumonthemound.com
http://www.museumonthemound.com...

Monetary history.
 

The National Gallery of Scotland

Info Telefon: +44 (0)131 624 6200
Besucher-Email: enquiries@nationalgalleries.org, nginfo@nationalgalleries.org
http://www.nationalgalleries.org/visit/a...

National Galleries Of Scotland

daily from 10am to 5pm (7pm on Thursdays).

The Scottish National Gallery is one of Scotland’s top free visitor attractions and Edinburgh’s second most-visited attraction after the Castle. It is made up of three interconnected buildings, right in the heart of Edinburgh. The Gallery is home to a major part of Scotland’s sensational national collection of fine art; the Academy is one of Europe’s premier venues for international exhibitions; and the Gardens Entrance, which lies beneath the two buildings, connects them together with areas for shopping, learning, eating and drinking.

The National Collection

The Gallery houses the national collection of fine art from the early Renaissance to the end of the nineteenth century. Spend an hour strolling around this peaceful setting and you’ll find masterpieces from Raphael, El Greco, Velázquez and Rubens to Van Gogh, Monet, Cézanne, Degas and Gauguin. For a nation of Scotland’s size, the collection is rightfully regarded as one of the very best in the world. The most comprehensive part of the collection covers the history of Scottish painting. All the major names, including Ramsay, Raeburn, Wilkie and McTaggart, are represented in depth. Works on show include Raeburn’s much-loved The Reverend Robert Walker Skating on Duddingston Loch or, as it has become known, the ‘Skating Minister’.

Special Exhibitions

The newly refurbished Academy, in front of the Gallery, re-opened in 2003 as a world-class venue for special temporary exhibitions. It has two floors of exhibition space.

Visitor Facilities

Both of these buildings give access to the Gardens Entrance – a state-of-the-art space containing a restaurant, café, cloakroom, shop, IT gallery and information desk. The Gardens Entrance also houses a lecture theatre and centre in which we deliver our award-winning educational programmes. The Gardens Entrance also offers spectacular views over Princes Street Gardens.
 

The Russel Collection

The Scottish National Portrait Gallery

Info Telefon: (0) 131 624 6200
Besucher-Email: enquiries@nationalgalleries.org, pginfo@nationalgalleries.org

daily from 10am to 5pm.

Top Foto: Flora Macdonald
 

Whitburn Community Museum

Fax.: 0131 225 3953

Info Telefon: 0131 225 5577
Besucher-Email: curator@grandlodgescotland.org
http://www.GrandLodgeScotland.com...

ATTENTION: Visit by appointment

Writers' Museum

Fax.: 0131 220 5057

Info Telefon: 0131 529 4901
Besucher-Email: museumsandgalleries@edinburgh.gov.uk
http://www.edinburghmuseums.org.uk...

Monday - Saturday 10am - 5pm;
Sunday 12pm - 5pm (during August only).

Lady Stair's House

The Writers’ Museum occupies historic Lady Stair’s House, built in 1622 by an Edinburgh merchant burgess. Its name remains associated with Elizabeth, Dowager Countess of Stair, an early 18th century owner. The building was gifted to the City in 1907.

The Museum

The Writers’ Museum celebrates the lives of three giants of Scottish Literature – Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson. Their stories are told through personal objects, portraits, manuscripts and first editions.

Visitors can see the printing press on which Scott’s famous Waverley Novels were printed, portraits of Robert Burns, and Stevenson’s fishing rod and smoking pipe. There is also a scale model of the Scott Monument and a display about its construction and architect George Meikle Kemp. You don’t need to have read these writers’ works to enjoy the fascinating life stories told in the Writers’ Museum.