Scottish National Portrait Gallery
- October 12, 2006
- Rated 4 of 5 by
Mandan Lynn from Smithwick, South Dakota
Scottish National Portrait Gallery
10-5pm daily (Thurs till 7pm)
Free!
The Portrait Gallery is another of Scotland's free museums. It's made up of portraits of the people who have shaped Scotland's history, and I found it surprisingly fascinating. It's a fairly large collection; you should be able to spend quite a bit of time here if you want to. It wasn't at all crowded.
My favorite portraits included those of J.M. Barrie, Andrew Carnegie, the beautiful young Queen Elizabeth II, and a painting called The Oncologists. This was an eerie work of three doctors whose research is helping to battle cancer. You won't want to miss that painting. In fact, I'm going to recommend going to the Portrait Gallery just to see that work. It's moving.
Definitely visit the Portrait Gallery before the National Gallery, and if you only have time for one of those -- this one is it.
From journal Taking the High Road to Scotland