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Guided Looking: An Artwork Audio Described

Join Fiona Johnston, audio describer, as she describes various artwork and objects from the Royal Collection at the Palace of Holyroodhouse.

Guided Looking: An Artwork Audio Described

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25th September 2025
23rd October 2025
20th November 2025
plus 1 more date(s), see below for more info
2pm - 2.30pm
The Palace of Holyroodhouse
The Palace of Holyroodhouse Canongate, Edinburgh East EH8 8DX
Included in Palace ticket or 1-Year Pass
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These sessions offer the chance to explore the paintings and objects in a calm environment and discover the stories behind them.

This session is suitable for blind and partially sighted audiences as well as visitors who wish to explore historic artworks in a mindful way.

20 February - "Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting (La Pittura)", Artemisia Gentileschi

20 March - "Pleasure Garden with a Maze", Lodewijk Toeput

24 April - "The Apotheosis of Hercules", by Jacob De Wet

29 May - "Susanna and the Elders", Artemisia Gentileschi

19 June - "The Fish Market", workshop of Peter and Franz van der Borght

24 July - "The Funeral of Marie Therese, Queen of France, 10 August 1683", Adam-François van der Meulen

21 August - "Prince Charles Edward Stuart", Louis Gabriel Blanchet

25 September - "The King and Queen of Bohemia dining in Public", Bartholomeus van Bassen.

23 October - "Anne of Demark", Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger

20 November - "Bacchanalian Feast"

18 December - "Mary, Queen of Scots", François Clouet

Additional Dates: 23 October 2025, 20 November 2025, 18 December 2025

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