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This summer's landmark exhibition is Impressionism & Scotland, featuring world-class art by the French Impressionists and the Scots they inspired.
The show includes over 100 paintings by many of the greatest names in Western art: Manet, Monet, Renoir, Sisley, Pissarro, Degas, Whistler, Van Gogh, Cézanne, Gauguin, Toulouse-Lautrec, Matisse, the Glasgow Boys, the Scottish Colourists, and many more.
Filling the beautiful, spacious galleries of the Royal Scottish Academy Building on Princes Street, Impressionism & Scotland is an unmissable opportunity to see so many masterpieces under one roof.
Mary Kilpatrick, the National Galleries' Community Education Officer, has drawn attention to the Royal Scottish Academy's new audio guide of the Impressionism & Scotland exhibition.
The exhibition tickets cost £8 and £6 concessions.
If someone is registered disabled they get the concession
price and their carer/ companion goes free into the exhibition.
The audio guide costs £2 and if the visitors ask for the special VI audio guide, the audio guide staff will change the handset to that tour and then there is additional information about each of the works on the tour.
It is the first time in many years that funding has been made available for this sort of provision; use it or lose it!
Access:
It is recommended that people who are visually impaired come along with a sighted person to help negotiate
the building and the busy exhibition and to help spot the numbers on the wall which indicate information on the audio
guide.
Visitors can enter the RSA up the steps from Princes St and then the ticket desk and audio guide desk are in a gallery
on the left at the top of the stairs.
Or
they can enter via the rear accessible entrance of the RSA and take the lift upstairs. A member of staff will
then accompany them to the ticket desk.
Or
they can enter via Princes St Gardens where the cloakroom and café are and buy tickets at the Information desk
and then head straight ahead through the IT gallery then turn right and take the lift up to the top floor to
the exhibition. Again a member of staff will direct them or accompany them to the audio guide desk.
The Galleries have offered education events for people who are visually impaired since 2001. We offer descriptive tours conducted in
small groups, followed by relevant hands-on workshops. During 2005-6 the scale of this programme was increased with
support of the Miss Agnes H. Hunter Trust. For example, sculpture workshops using clay, plaster and polystyrene, were
inspired by 20th century sculptures in Out of Place and Baroque sculpture in Choice ....
To read more about this programme click
here,
or for more information on current events contact Mary Kilpatrick, Community Education Officer, on 0131 624 6428.
To read about Tracey Emin click here
(Gallery of Modern Art, 75 Belford Road, Edinburgh);
Wednesday 8 October & Wednesday 5 November, 10am-3.30pm;
Descriptive tour and practical workshop led by Juliana Capes and Jennie Temple;
Meet at the main entrance to
the Gallery of Modern Art;
Free: To book a place, please contact the Community Education Officer, on 0131 624 6428.
To read about Gerhard Richter click here
(Royal Scottish Academy Building, the Mound, Edinburgh);
Wednesday 10 December, 10am-3.30pm;
Descriptive tour and practical workshop led by Juliana Capes and Jennie Temple;
Meet at the rear entrance of
the Royal Scottish Academy Building.
Free: To book a place, please contact Mary Kilpatrick, Community Education Officer,
on 0131 624 6428.
click National Galleries of Scotland
The National Museum of Scotland:
Chambers Street, Edinburgh EH1 1JF.
Telephone 0131 247 4422.
Opening hours - Monday to Saturday 10am to 5pm, Tuesday 10am to 8pm and Sunday 12noon to 5pm. Admission is free, but there
is a charge for special exhibitions. See below for directions and access details.
The National Museum of Scotland is situated in Chambers Street, in the heart of the Old Town, a few minutes
walk from Princes Street and the Royal Mile. Chambers Street links George IV Bridge and North Bridge.
By bus - service numbers 23, 27, 35, 41, 42 and 45 (Lothian Buses) go via the city centre and stop at George IV Bridge.
Service numbers 3,3A,5,7,8,14,29,30,31,33,37A,37,49,X31,X37,X47 (Lothian Buses) and 77/X77, X78, X81, 86/86A/86B/X86
(First Bus) stop on South Bridge.
By train - the nearest train station is Edinburgh Waverley. Chambers Street is a few minutes walk from here up Market
Street to The Mound and down George IV Bridge. The road is quite steep - visitors with mobility difficulties may wish to
use the taxi rank at the station.
By car - head for Edinburgh City Centre. There is pay and display parking nearby on Chambers Street and a number of
off-street car parks are signposted elsewhere in the city centre.
Four designated public parking spaces are available for disabled visitors in Chambers Street. There is no charge for these spaces. However, please note that they are not bookable. There is a level entrance to both museums from Chambers Street via the Tower entrance of the Museum of Scotland. There is also a ramped entrance, which is locked, at the back of the Royal Museum, in Lothian Street. It has an intercom for requesting admission and can be used for entrance to The Lumiere/Lecture Theatre. Wheelchairs are available for loan at no charge at both of these entrances. Public lifts are available to all floors.
Guide dogs, hearing dogs and other recognised assistance dogs are admitted.
Free sound guides are available for the Museum of Scotland. Some Royal Museum exhibits have large-print and Braille labels. For those who have difficulty seeing the exhibits or reading the information about them, a Personal Access Guide can be booked by telephoning 0131 247 4206. There is no charge for this service. At least two weeks' notice is appreciated.
To arrange a special tour with handling sessions for visitors with visual impairments, ring 0131 246 4206.
The Royal Museum Project is a £46.4 million initiative to renew and reinvent the magnificent Victorian building and its facilities. Some areas of the building will have to close from 28 April 2008 for three years to protect visitors and objects, but more than half of the building on Chambers Street in the heart of Edinburgh's Old Town will stay open during the development work, so you will still be able to discover the collections, enjoy the varied programme of events and visit popular galleries like Connect throughout the transformation work.
Prospective visitors are advised to phone ahead to get up-to-date information on what exhibitions and activities are available. Ring 0131 246 4206.
For further information or to add your name to the mailing list, please contact
National Museum of Scotland,
Chambers Street,
Edinburgh EH1 1JF.
Telephone: +44 (0) 131 247 4422
Typetalk: 18001 0131 247 4422
Fax: +44 (0) 131 220 4819
Email: info@nms.ac.uk
Web site: www.nms.ac.uk
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum,
Argyle Street,
Glasgow G3 8AG
Phone 0141 276 9599.
Braille booklets are available, as well as cassette tapes for your own casette player.
To arrange tours, phone Nicola on 0141 276 9541.
Glasgow Museum of Transport,
1 Bunhouse Road, Kelvinhall,
Glasgow G3 8DP
Phone 0141 287 2692.
To arrange a tactile tour, phone Ian Simpson on 0141 287 2651.
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