The King’s Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh

Visit The Kings's Gallery at the Palace of Holyroodhouse.

Additional Information

• Address: Canongate, Edinburgh EH8 8DX
• Please bring a printed copy of your ticket
• Tickets are valid for entry anytime during regular opening hours on the date
• Recommended visit time: approximately 1 hour
• As The King’s Gallery is part of a working royal palace, security and opening arrangements may change at short notice. Please check prior to visiting
• Your ticket includes a multimedia guide in English. You may bring your own headphones to use with the multimedia guide
• Visitors and their belongings may be subject to security checks
• For safety reasons pushchairs cannot be taken inside and must be checked in at the entrance
• The King's Gallery was formerly known as The Queen's Gallery

What's included

Entrance Ticket
Multimedia Guide (in English)
Transportation

Overview

The King’s Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse shows changing exhibitions of works of art from the Royal Collection, one of the largest and most important art collections in the world. The Royal Collection is held in trust by the Sovereign for his successors and the nation. The King's Gallery in Edinburgh is located at the entrance to the Palace of Holyroodhouse and was built in the shell of a former church and school of the 19th-century. The gallery was opened in its current form by the late Queen as part of the Golden Jubilee celebrations in 2002 and was formerly named The Queen’s Gallery until 2024.

EXHIBITIONS

Drawing the Italian Renaissance
17 October 2025 – 8 March 2026

Widest-ranging exhibition of Italian Renaissance drawings in 50 years to be staged at The King’s Gallery in Edinburgh.

Following a successful run in London, the exhibition will explore how drawing was key to artistic practice in all fields during the Italian Renaissance and will reveal how dynamic the art of drawing became during this revolutionary artistic period.

Visitors will see drawings by Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Titian, among 45 drawings going on display in Scotland for the first time.

Exploring the diversity and accomplishment of drawing across Italy between 1450 and 1600, the exhibition will feature around 80 works by over 50 artists, all drawn from the Royal Collection, which holds one of the world’s greatest collections of Italian Renaissance drawings.

The Edwardians: Age of Elegance
24 Apr 2026 - 6 Dec 2026

Explore the opulence and glamour of the Edwardian age through the lives and tastes of two of Britain’s most fashionable royal couples – King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, and King George V and Queen Mary – from their family lives and personal collecting to their glittering social circles and spectacular royal events.

Discover works by the most renowned contemporary artists of the period, including Carl Fabergé, Frederic Leighton, Edward Burne-Jones, Rosa Bonheur and John Singer Sargent.

The exhibition covers the period from Edward and Alexandra's wedding in 1863 up to the end of the First World War.

Opening times 2025/2026

1 November – 8 March 2026
Open Thursday to Monday, 09:30-16:30 (last admission 15:30)

24 April - 14 September
Open daily, 09:30-18:00 (last admission 17:00)

17 September – 31 October
Open Thursday to Monday, 09:30-18:00 (last admission 17:00)

1 November - 6 December
Open Thursday to Monday, 09:30-16:30 (last admission 15:30)

Exhibitions
Drawing the Italian Renaissance
17 October 2025 – 8 March 2026

The Edwardians: Age of Elegance
24 April – 6 December 2026

Closures

The King's Gallery is part of a working royal palace so sometimes closures can happen at short notice. Any closure dates will be listed here.

Monday, 9 March - Thursday, 23 April 2026 - Gallery closed

Images: Royal Collection Trust / © HM King Charles III 2026. Photographer: Giulia Sansone