ESW Members Guided Tour of National Galleries of Scotland: Modern, 26 May

Schedule

Tue May 26 2026 at 02:00 pm to 04:30 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

National Galleries Scotland: Modern One | Edinburgh, SC

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Join us with other ESW Members for a guided tour of the collections at National Galleries Scotland: Modern One and Two, 26 May 2026, 2pm
About this Event

ESW guided tour of National Galleries of Scotland: Modern

Tuesday 26 May, 2-4.30pm

Schedule

Meet at Modern One

2pm: tour of the collection galleries at Modern One, led by Stephanie Straine, Senior Curator, Modern & Contemporary Art

3pm: visit to the Reading Room at Modern Two, introducing the research facilities and collections (with Kirstie Meehan, Senior Archivist)

4pm: time to view the collection exhibition Joan Eardley: The Nature of Painting at Modern Two (with Kerry Gledhill, Senior Librarian and curator of the exhibition)


If you’re not able to join the group visit on 26 May, please see details below on accessing National Galleries of Scotland’s research resources as an individual visitor:

National Galleries of Scotland holds extensive prints & drawings, archive and library collections which are open for anyone to look at. You can find out more about our collections and how to access them here: . If you'd like to visit, just drop us a line at [email protected].


Image credit: Image of the National Galleries of Scotland Reading Room materials from

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National Galleries Scotland: Modern One, 75 Belford Road, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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