Modern One

Over het museum

The first Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art opened in August 1960 in Inverleith House in the Royal Botanic Garden. In 1984 the collection moved to the former John Watson's Institution on Belford Road, a neoclassical building designed by William Burn in 1825 as a school for fatherless children. Since 2012 this building has been known as Modern One, while the former Dean Orphan Hospital opposite became Modern Two.

The collection covers modern and contemporary art from about 1900 to the present. It includes European art from Cubism and Expressionism, work by Matisse and Picasso, the Scottish Colourists, and an internationally renowned collection of Surrealism with works by Dalí, Magritte, Max Ernst and Dorothea Tanning. The post-war holdings feature artists such as Francis Bacon, David Hockney, Andy Warhol and Joan Eardley, and the collection also contains Scottish art and the ARTIST ROOMS display.

The building stands in a sculpture park with works by Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore and Rachel Whiteread, and a striking landform in front of the gallery by the landscape architect Charles Jencks. Since 2023 the group has called the two Belford Road buildings together the Modern.

Hoogtepunten

• Surrealism collection with works by Dalí, Magritte, Ernst and Tanning
• Picasso’s La Femme qui pleure and Louise Bourgeois’s Spider
• Ron Mueck’s sculpture A Girl
• Landform by Charles Jencks in front of the gallery
• Sculpture park with works by Hepworth, Moore, Whiteread and Miró

Vaste collectie

• Surrealism: Picturing the Strange – A free display from the national Surrealism collection with works by Dalí, Magritte, Ernst, Tanning and Toyen.
• Ron Mueck, A Girl – A free long-term display of the huge hyperreal sculpture of a newborn girl by Ron Mueck.
• Spider by Louise Bourgeois – A free display of the large spider sculpture by Louise Bourgeois.

Opgericht

1960

Beheerder

National Galleries of Scotland

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

De toegang is gratis.

Admission to Modern One is free. The shared sculpture park around the two buildings is free to visit. Charged exhibitions are mostly held in Modern Two.

Toegankelijkheid

• Rolstoeltoegankelijk
• Lift
• Aangepast toilet
• Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats
• Hulphonden welkom
• Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten: geen informatie
• Rondleidingen in gebarentaal
• Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
• Audiodescriptie

The main entrance is reached by a permanent ramp or 3 steps, and staff open the manual front door (there is also a doorbell); the accessible entrance is through the café. Lifts with audio announcements serve all floors. A full Changing Places toilet is in the rear car park and opens with a radar key, available from the information desk. Four Blue Badge bays stand beside the main entrance and two more in the rear car park; parking is free for disabled visitors. Wheelchairs can be borrowed free of charge. A welcome wall offers ear defenders, communication badges, magnifying glasses, sunglasses, reading overlays, sensory maps and large print labels. A BSL introduction and an audio-described introduction can be used on a smartphone. Guide, hearing and assistance dogs are welcome; other dogs are allowed in the grounds on a lead.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
• Speurtocht, doeboekje of kinderaudiotour
• Doe- en voelstations
• Kinderwagenvriendelijk
• Verschoonruimte
• Speeltuin / speelhoek

Free family trails for all ages (including a sculpture trail and Art Stomps for under-5s), free monthly workshops (Saturday-morning workshops for older children) and a drop-in Learning Space for picnics, play and making on level 2 of Modern One. The grounds invite visitors to stomp around the sculpture park. There are baby changing facilities and buggy parks at both buildings.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

Cycling takes about 10 minutes from the west end of Princes Street. Modern One and Modern Two stand opposite each other on Belford Road, set in a shared sculpture park.

Service & horeca

• Café
• Restaurant: niet aanwezig
• Museumwinkel
• Kluisjes
• Wifi

Free visitor wifi is listed among the facilities. Café Modern One serves lunches, coffee and cakes indoors and on a sun terrace; visitors may also picnic in the grounds. Coin-operated lockers cost £1 or £2. Gallery shop with limited editions, homeware, fashion and stationery.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

• Ruimtes te huur
• Privéfeesten
• Zakelijke evenementen

Tot 60 personen.

The café, terrace and kitchen garden of Modern One can be hired in the evenings for up to 60 guests at a reception or 50 at a dinner; the sculpture park (see Modern Two) holds far larger events.

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