Queen's Gallery, Edinburgh

The Queen's Gallery is an art gallery in Edinburgh, Scotland. It forms part of the Palace of Holyroodhouse complex. It was opened in 2002 by Queen Elizabeth II, and exhibits works from the Royal Collection. It is open to the public daily.

This Victorian building was originally built as Holyrood Free Church (a congregation of the Free Church of Scotland, then from 1900 United Free Church of Scotland), but was last used for worship in 1915. Prior to its conversion to become the Queen's Gallery the building was used as a storeroom.

Scotland´s heraldic lion above the entrance of the Queen's Gallery in Edinburgh

External links

The Royal Collection: The Queen's Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse

Museums and Art Galleries of Scotland

National Museums of Scotland	National Museum of Scotland National Museum of Costume National Museum of Flight National Museum of Rural Life National Museums Collection Centre National War Museum

National Galleries of Scotland	Dean Gallery Duff House Paxton House Royal Scottish Academy Building Scottish National Gallery Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Scottish National Portrait Gallery

Art galleries and collections	Aberdeen Art Gallery Burrell Collection Dick Institute Dundee Contemporary Arts Fruitmarket Gallery Gallery of Modern Art Georgian House Gracefield Arts Centre Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery Inverness Museum and Art Gallery Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum Kirkcaldy Museum and Art Gallery Meigle Sculptured Stone Museum McManus Galleries McLellan Galleries Montrose Museum Perth Museum and Art Gallery Pier Arts Centre Stirling Smith Museum and Art Gallery Queen's Gallery Talbot Rice Gallery Tramway

History	Alloa Tower Broughty Castle Museum David Livingstone Centre Museum of Childhood Provand's Lordship St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art Surgeons' Hall Writers' Museum

Local history	Aberdeenshire Farming Museum Angus Folk Museum Biggar Museum Trust Campbeltown Heritage Centre Dumfries Museum Fife Folk Museum Gladstone's Land Highland Folk Museum Highland Museum of Childhood Inveraray Jail John Knox House King's Museum Montrose Museum Museum of Ayrshire Country Life and Costume Museum of Edinburgh Museum of the University of St Andrews New Lanark Newhaven Heritage Museum North Lanarkshire Heritage Centre People's Palace People's Story Museum Provost Skene's House Scotland Street School Museum Signal Tower Museum St Andrews Museum Stewartry Museum The Tolbooth

Maritime	Aberdeen Maritime Museum Discovery Point HMS Unicorn Museum of Scottish Lighthouses Scottish Fisheries Museum Scottish Maritime Museum

Military	Black Watch Museum Gordon Highlanders Museum Montrose Air Station Heritage Centre

Natural history	Dick Institute Marischal Museum McManus Galleries

Science and Industry	Mills Observatory Museum of the University of St Andrews Museum on the Mound Prestongrange Industrial Heritage Museum Scotland’s Jute Museum @ Verdant Works Summerlee, Museum of Scottish Industrial Life

Sport	British Golf Museum Scottish Football Museum

Transport	Dundee Museum of Transport Glasgow Museum of Transport Grampian Transport Museum Myreton Motor Museum Scottish Industrial Railway Centre Scottish Railway Museum

Royal Collection

Administration

Trustees	Chairman HRH The Prince of Wales Deputy Chairman William Peel, 3rd Earl Peel Richard Scott, 10th Duke of Buccleuch Dame Rosalind Savill Peter Troughton Sir Christopher Geidt Sir Alan Reid

Management	Director of the Royal Collection Jonathan Marsden Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures Desmond Shawe-Taylor Surveyor of the Queen's Works of Art Jonathan Marsden Mike Stevens Nuala McGourty Frances Dunkels Kerry François Jemima Rellie

Collection

Paintings

Caravaggio, A Boy Peeling Fruit (1593)
Anthony van Dyck, Cupid and Psyche (1639–40)
Benjamin West, Edward III Crossing the Somme (1788)
Canaletto, Entrance to the Grand Canal, Looking East (1744)
Godfrey Kneller, Hampton Court Beauties (c. 1675)
Raphael, St Paul Preaching in Athens (1515)
Johann Zoffany, The Tribuna of the Uffizi, (1772–78)
Andrea Mantegna, The Triumphs of Caesar, IX, (1484–92)
Peter Lely, Windsor Beauties (c. 1660)

Decorative arts

Fabergé, Basket of Wild Flowers Egg (1901)
Fabergé, Colonnade Egg (1910)
Fabergé, Mosaic Egg (1914)
Edwin Lutyens, Queen Mary's Dolls' House (c. 1924)

State coaches

Jewellery

Crown Jewels	Crown of Mary of Modena (1685) Crown of Queen Elizabeth (1937) Imperial State Crown (1937) Sceptre with the Cross (1661) Sceptre with the Dove (1661) Sovereign's Orb (1661) St Edward's Crown (1661)

Other	Crown of Queen Mary (1911) Imperial Crown of India (1911)

Textiles

The Story of Abraham series (1540–43)
Wedding dress of Queen Victoria (1840)
Wedding dress of Princess Alexandra of Denmark (1863)

Locations

Coordinates: 55°57′09″N 3°10′26″W / 55.9526°N 3.1739°W / 55.9526; -3.1739

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Queen's Gallery, Edinburgh

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