Wales & Scotland’s national collections

Wales

Wales is equally blessed with an extensive collection of national museums. In 2007 the National Museums Wales (www.nmgw.ac.uk ) celebrates its centenary. Visit the National Museum Cardiff (www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/cardiff/) in Europe’s youngest capital city to enjoy Faces of Wales, an exhibition of portraits and sculptures of people who have contributed to the cultural, political and economic face of Wales over the past 500 years.

More about Cardiff’s museums and galleries

Exterior of Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art

Scotland

In Scotland, the National Museums of Scotland (www.nms.ac.uk) will reveal a treasure trove of collections that have been built up over more than two centuries. Visit the Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh and find out about the story of this great country and people including a special exhibition on Islamic Art from The State Hermitage Museum.

Provided by the Trustees of the National Museums of Scotland

Scottish history

At the Royal Museum wander around international collections of decorative arts, science, industry, archaeology and the natural world. Some exhibits are millions of years old, and others less than a decade. At Scotland’s National Galleries (www.nationalgalleries.org) you can find magnificent collections of art from the 14th century to the present day.

Inside the National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh

Edinburgh's top five galleries

In Edinburgh there are five main galleries alone including the Dean Gallery (www.natgalscot.ac.uk/visit/page/2:118:4), National Gallery of Scotland, Scottish National Portrait Gallery (www.natgalscot.ac.uk/visit/page/2:298:3) which provides a unique visual history of Scotland, told through portraits of the figures who shaped it: royals and rebels, poets and philosophers, heroes and villains. 

More about Edinburgh and Glasgow’s museums and galleries

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