The most-visited free attractions after Kelvingrove were the National Gallery of Scotland and the National Museum of Scotland.

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The National Gallery of Scotland was closed by a security staff strike, while only the ground floors of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, the Scottish Portrait Gallery and the Dean Gallery were open.

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As a result of lottery lolly the National Portrait Gallery, the Museum of Scotland, the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, the Dulwich Picture Gallery, the Wallace Collection and many others have had a makeover, bringing them up to modern standards in terms of access, educational facilities, exhibition space and more.

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"She is very particular about materials and there is a huge amount of crafting going on and she has to constantly think in reverse, " says Patrick Elliott of Scotland's National Gallery of Modern Art who is co-curating an exhibition of her work.

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