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Ensure you have the group register and emergency contact numbers for all leaders and students
Wear yellow shirt for easy identification
Charge your phone fully and bring a power bank
Review the risk assessment for the day’s route and activities
Once you arrive, walk into the main hall and admire the ceiling and decorated walls (more information below)
Then, climb the stairs to the top of the gallery and cover Level 2 first, giving a brief overview of the theme and assigning them Task 1, before allowing the students to explore
You can then enter Level 1 and allow the students to explore this floor. Give the students free time to explore and assign them Task 2, before regrouping and leaving.
14:00 Meet your CES group, teacher, and activity leader; head count
14:10 Take Lothian Bus #23 or 27
14:30 Arrive at the Scottish National Gallery
14:35 Free time for exploration and activity
16:15 Regroup and head count
16:30 Release to host families
Main Hall
Main Hall
Around the first-floor balustrade, a processional frieze against a rippled, gold backdrop shows 155 figures from Scottish history.
They march around the hall in reverse chronological order, from the nineteenth century through to Stone Age man. It includes royalty, military, religious and political figures as well as explorers, inventors, poets and artists all from Scotland’s past. The procession starts with the author and historian Thomas Carlyle, who played a significant role in the establishment of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, and the National Portrait Gallery in London.
Look up! There is a night sky painted on the ceiling of the hall
Level 2- Scottish figures and revolutions
Level 2- Scottish figures and revolutions
On level 2, there are some more historic paintings depicting important figures from the Victorian age. A lot of Scottish history is covered here, from the Jacobite revolution to Reformation.
Level 1- Modern Portraits
Level 1- Modern Portraits
Find other familiar faces when you discover contemporary portraits of pop culture icons like Billy Connolly, Emeli Sandé and Tilda Swinton in the galleries above. You will spot recent pioneers in science, sport and the arts and sit alongside famous historical figures such as Mary Queen of Scots, Robert Burns and Charles Edward Stuart.
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