The Scottish Galleries at the National opened on 30 September 2023, and since then visitors have flocked to the newly created space.
There have been three times as many people visiting in the last year than in previous years. The estimate is that one million people have been to see the new gallery and yesterday Edinburgh’s Royal Scottish Country Dance Society got their dancing shoes on and danced a jig to celebrate.
The new layout was designed to make art more accessible than ever to visitors. Among the one million visitors, 86% of visitors to the new Scottish galleries said that their visit had a positive impact on their wellbeing. 94% of visitors felt that the Scottish art was presented in an accessible way and 95% left feeling they had learned more about Scottish art.
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