Established | 1960 |
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Location | Edinburgh, Scotland, UK |
Coordinates | 55°57′03.09″N 3°13′39.23″W / 55.9508583°N 3.2275639°W |
Visitors | 356,895 – Modern One 213,042 – Modern Two (2018)[1] |
Director | Simon Groom (Director) Anne Lyden (Director General) |
Website | nationalgalleries.org |
National Galleries Scotland: Modern (the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art) is part of National Galleries Scotland, which is based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Modern houses the collection of modern and contemporary art dating from about 1900 to the present in two buildings, Modern One and Modern Two, that face each other on Belford Road to the west of the city centre.
The Modern has a collection of more than 6000 paintings, sculptures, installations, video work, prints and drawings and also stages major exhibitions.