Opened in 2002 in the shell of the former Holyrood Free Church and Duchess of Gordon's School, the Queen's Gallery hosts changing exhibitions of art from the Royal Collection.

A studio, exhibition and living space in former Victorian swimming baths that is elevating the time-honoured craft of weaving to an artform.

Small local, artist-led gallery, which is supported by the Edinburgh City Council, is a good place to find work by emerging and mid-career visual artists.

The Out of the Blue Drill Hall is a fifteen minutes walk down Leith Walk from Waverley rail station.

The Gallery at Eskmills is an interior space overlooking the piazza supplying a dedicated space and venue for the visual arts.

Contemporary art gallery showing work by both emerging national and international artists.

Contemporary art from Scottish and international artists, just at the corner of Gayfield Square Garden

The Talbot Rice is a University of Edinburgh owned gallery.

Formerly known during the Fringe as the Green Room, this popular venue just off the Cowgate (next door to the gap site of the former Gilded Balloon) has had a major overhaul. Gone is the grunge appeal

As the name of the gallery suggests the focus is on art photography.

Award-winning gallery set in beautiful parkland/sculpture gardens. A visit to the gallery can be combined with a walk using access to the gallery via Water of Leith walkway (see photo).

Situated opposite the Gallery of Modern Art, the National Galleries of Scotland's Dean Gallery houses an extensive collection of Dada and Surrealist art.

The National Gallery Complex incorporates the National Gallery of Scotland (home to Scotland's national collection) and the Royal Scottish Academy Building. Both are connected via an underground link containing visitor facilities. Admission to the Gallery Complex's permanent exhibitions is free.

The Scottish National Portrait Gallery provides a unique visual history of Scotland, told through the portraits of those who shaped it. Admission to the gallery is free, although an entrance charge is made for special exhibitions.

The City Art Centre is a bright modern space in a former warehouse next to Waverley Station.

Exhibitions are often of a more populist tone, accessible and interactive.

Richard Ingleby's new gallery is the largest private gallery in Britain outside of London.

As part of a public art project three pyramids were built of sand on Portobello beach. While maintained for a while the pyramids were intended to return to the beach where they came from.

The current exhibition, in Edinburgh, is Lala Rascic. An exhibition by Stefan Nikolaev starts in September.

Small commercial gallery featuring in particular work by contemporary and up-and-coming Ccottish artists.