 | AUDIO DESCRIPTION IN SCOTLAND |
| AUDIO DESCRIPTION IN SCOTLAND |
To book a place or for more information contact Susan at Artlink.
Further information will be sent to you before the event.
Phone 0131 229 3555
or email susan@artlinkedinburgh.co.uk
For all events numbers are limited, booking is essential. Please call Artlink to book or for more information.
Tuesday 31 August 2pm.
This event is the first public reading of a new piece of writing by poet Ken Cockburn. The subject of the writing is the gallery itself and it is envisaged the description will act as a creative route into the gallery’s history, architecture and the experience of the space for future visitors.
To develop the writing, Cockburn led workshops with a group of visually impaired gallery visitors whose observations and discussions informed the final piece. The project has been developed in partnership with Artlink and is part of a series of Artlink projects providing creative access to the arts for a wide range of audiences.
To book or for further information contact Susan at Artlink 0131 229 3555 option 1
or email susan@artlinkedinburgh.co.uk.
If you require directions to the gallery or information on transport, please contact Artlink.
This exhibition brings together 42 remarkable works, including paintings by Jacob van Ruisdael, Aelbert Cuyp, Nicolaes
Berchem and Meyndert Hobbema.
Tuesday 7 September or Saturday 30 October 10:30 - 12.
These events for blind and partially sighted visitors explore key landscapes in the exhibition and consider the symbolism
and historical context behind them.
Before the tour, meet in the foyer of the gallery, there will be staff there to greet visitors. The main, large arched
doorway takes you straight into the foyer and ticket desk.
To book or for further information contact Susan at Artlink 0131 229 3555
or email susan@artlinkedinburgh.co.uk.
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.
To read more about this programme click
here,
or for more information on current events contact 0131 624 6428.
Tours and Workshops for the Visually Impaired - Impressionist Gardens.
Royal Scottish Academy : Free.
Descriptive Tour and Workshop of Impressionist Gardens.
Wednesday 13 October 2010.
A major international exhibition of around 90 works examining the significance, origins, and influence of the Impressionist
garden. This is the first exhibition ever to be devoted to this subject.
Events and activities devised in collaboration with Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
Exhibition organised by the National Galleries of Scotland and Museo Thyssen–Bornemisza, Madrid.
Meet and collect at the rear of the Royal Scottish Academy building.
To book a place, please contact the Information Desk in the Weston Link/ Garden level of the National Gallery Complex
in person or by ringing 0131 624 6560.
Tours and Workshops for the Visually Impaired - Robert Therrien.
Gallery of Modern Art (Modern Art Galleries) : Free.
Tour & Workshop of Artist Rooms: Robert Therrien.
Wednesday 10 November 2010.
The American artist Robert Therrien presents a world of the unexpected filled with objects that are both familiar and
strange. Apparently ordinary things are transformed through scale, material, colour or their juxtaposition with one another.
Therrien's works explore the space between reality and the world of dreams, drawing the viewer into the realm of fables and
fairytales, childhood games and unfinished narratives.
Meet at the main entrance to the Gallery of Modern Art and collect at the rear entrance of the Dean Gallery.
To book a place, please contact the Information Desk in the Weston Link/ Garden level of the National Gallery Complex
in person or by ringing 0131 624 6560.
Tours and Workshops for the Visually Impaired - French Drawings.
Royal Scottish Academy : Free.
Tour & Workshop of French Drawings.
Wednesday 23 February 2011.
Meet and collect at the rear of the Royal Scottish Academy building.
To book a place, please contact the Information Desk in the Weston Link/ Garden level of the National Gallery Complex
in person or by ringing 0131 624 6560.
click National Galleries of Scotland
How to find it:
The Gallery is at the foot of the Royal Mile, to the south of the Palace gates and directly facing the Scottish Parliament.
Buses: Numbers 35 and 36, and open-top buses.
Nearest railway station: Edinburgh Waverley.
There is free coach parking beside the Palace, and metered car parking just inside the Queen's Park.
Click here for web site
Forthcoming exhibition:
Dutch Landscapes
30 April 2010 – 9 January 2011
This exhibition brings together 42 remarkable works, including paintings by Jacob van Ruisdael, Aelbert Cuyp, Nicolaes
Berchem and Meyndert Hobbema.
The 17th-century saw the demand of religious art in the Dutch Republic decrease and a new genre emerge, that of landscape painting, which gained an independent status and currency in its own right. While some painters turned to the countryside and to the sea to convey a pride in their homeland, others travelled further afield for inspiration, to the mountainous vistas and golden light of Italy.
Guided Tours
Introductory and themed Verbal Description Tours are available. Tours last 90 minutes and must be
pre-booked. Please contact the Education Bookings team on 020 7766 7323 or
email adulteducation@royalcollection.org.uk for further details.
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.
Full information about disability access to the museums can be found at National Museums Scotland: Access for people with disabilities and The DisabledGo website.
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, call Caroline White on 0131 246 4041. Please give two weeks' notice.
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.
Closed pending re-location
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