The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art

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Home to Scotland's outstanding national collection of modern and contemporary art, the Modern Art Galleries include the Gallery of Modern Art and the nearby Dean Gallery.

Both Galleries are set in extensive parkland, where visitors can discover sculpture works by important artists like Ian Hamilton Finlay, Henry Moore, Rachel Whiteread and Barbara Hepworth. The lawn to the front of the Gallery of Modern Art was re-landscaped in 2002 to a design by Charles Jencks. This dramatic work, or 'landform', comprises a stepped, serpentine mound reflected in three crescent-shaped pools of water.

The Gallery of Modern Art shows special exhibitions and works from c.1900 to the present day, while the Dean Gallery shows works from the Galleries internationally renowned Dada and Surrealist collection alongside pieces by Eduardo Paolozzi.

Open daily 10am-5pm.

Festive period opening hours:
Closed 25 and 26 December only.

Open 1 January from 12 noon-5pm.

Admission is free. A charge may be made for special exhibitions.