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National War Museum, Edinburgh Castle

National War Museum, Edinburgh Castle

Image credit: Robert Wilson

Open to the public

Museum or gallery in Edinburgh

39 artworks

Part of National Museums Scotland

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Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH1 2NG Scotland

p.babes@nms.ac.uk

0131 247 4181

Entry to the museum is included in admission to Edinburgh Castle. National Museums Scotland members get 10% off adult admission on production of valid membership card. Full admission details are available from the Edinburgh Castle website. The National War Museum is open from 9.45am–5.45pm from 1st April to 30th September, and from 9.45am–4.45pm from 1st October to 31th March.

http://www.nms.ac.uk/our_museums/war_museum.aspx

Artworks

  • Portrait of an Unknown Officer
    Portrait of an Unknown Officer John Bulloch Souter (1890–1971)
    National War Museum, Edinburgh Castle
  • The Storming of Tel el Kebir
    The Storming of Tel el Kebir Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville (1835–1885)
    National War Museum, Edinburgh Castle
  • Captain Henry Gee Boulders Barnard
    Captain Henry Gee Boulders Barnard William Owen (1769–1825)
    National War Museum, Edinburgh Castle
  • Robert Grant of Lurg
    Robert Grant of Lurg unknown artist
    National War Museum, Edinburgh Castle
  • Lieutenant Colonel William Robertson (1865–1949), VC, OBE
    Lieutenant Colonel William Robertson (1865–1949), VC, OBE John Rankine Barclay (1884–1964)
    National War Museum, Edinburgh Castle
  • Closing the Gates at Hougoumont, 1815
    Closing the Gates at Hougoumont, 1815 Robert Gibb (1845–1932)
    National War Museum, Edinburgh Castle
  • Engagement on Heights above Waterkloof
    Engagement on Heights above Waterkloof Thomas Baines (1820–1875)
    National War Museum, Edinburgh Castle
  • 32 more

Not every artwork is on display – if you would like to see a particular work, contact the venue before your visit

National Museums Scotland has another 1,110 artworks

Artists

  • Head of a Lady
    John Wood (1801–1870)
  • Stanley Gardiner (1888–1952)
    Richard Copeland Weatherby (1881–1953)
  • Elizabeth (1829–1885), Daughter of Sir Thomas Beckett, Bt, Wife of Sir Henry Hickman Bacon, Bt
    Charles Augustus Henry Lutyens (1829–1915)
  • Self Portrait
    William Owen (1769–1825)
  • Sir Alexander Malet and Lady Malet in the Blue Drawing Room at Wilbury
    unknown artist
  • Ca d'Oro, Venezia
    Alberto Morrocco (1917–1998)
  • Saving the Queen's Colour at the Battle of Isandlwana
    Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville (1835–1885)
  • Portrait of an Unknown Pupil of Queen Victoria's School, Dunblane
    Francis Caird Inglis (d.1940)
  • Lieutenant James Irving
    Rajah Sansome
  • Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832), Novelist and Poet
    James Howe (1780–1836)
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