Children & Families
Events
All events are free and suitable for ages 4-12 unless otherwise stated.
Regular Drop-In Art Maker
Sundays: 1 Jun; 6 Jul, 2-4pm, SNG. Join the Art Maker Club and make your own masterpieces.
Portrait Detectives!
Sundays: 8 Jun; 13 Jul, 2-4pm, PG. Follow clues and solve a mystery from history.
Bags of Art
Meet the Ancestors - WWI Scottish Tales of Adventure (Ages 7+)
Sun 24 Aug, 2pm, 2.45pm & 3.30pm (30 mins), PG. Allan Burnett brings the First World War vividly to life with colourful costumes and amazing real-life stories.
Special & Holiday Activities Sleepover Under the Stars Spy School! (Ages 7-11)
Sundays: 15 Jun MOD TWO; 20 Jul, 2-4pm, MOD ONE. Cool and creative fun with artists Tessa Asquith-Lamb and Louise Fraser.
Sat 26 Jul, 6.45pm-8.30am. £35. PG. See preview. For more details, go to: nationalgalleries.org/sleepovers
Meet the Ancestors Macastory do the Commonwealth Games (Ages 7+)
Mon 21 Jul-Sun 17 Aug, 2-4.30pm, SNG Clore. Drop into our art lab this summer. See preview.
Sun 22 Jun, 2pm & 3pm (45 mins), PG. Join Macastory and hear all about Donald Dinnie, one of Scotland’s greatest champions and keep fit with sporting challenges, singing, dancing and more!
The GENERATOR! (Ages 4+)
Exhibitions Tesco Bank Art Competition for Schools 2014
Sat 7 Jun-Tue 28 Oct, IT Gallery, SNG. See this year’s 53 winning artworks from schools all over Scotland.
Sleepover under the Stars – Spy School! Think you’d make a good secret agent? This summer holiday, treat your family to an unforgettable sleepover adventure! Get hands-on with some super-secretive art; follow clues in the gallery to create a character profile; experiment with disguise and code-cracking and invent your own spy identity. As night falls, it will be time to snuggle down in our Great Hall and hear bedtime stories beneath our magnificent ceiling of stars. Tickets include a ‘midnight’ snack and reviving breakfast. Suitable for children aged 7-11 and accompanying adults. Find out more: nationalgalleries.org/sleepovers
© Andy McGregor
Sat 26 July, 6.45pm. £35. Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
Friends
Regular Drop-in family activities supported by the Friends of the National Galleries of Scotland.
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