National Galleries of Scotland are offering a free descriptive gallery tour and art workshop for blind and partially sighted people centred on Johannes Vermeer's 'A Young Woman Standing at a Virginal'. The event takes place on Wednesday 15 May from 10.15am to 3.30pm.

This piece comes Scotland as part of National Treasures, a programme celebrating the National Gallery’s bicentenary. To celebrate 200 years of the National Gallery, 12 of the UK’s most iconic and well-loved paintings from the gallery's outstanding collection are being lent to 12 venues across the UK.

Amelia talked to Meg Faragher from the National Galleries of Scotland to learn more.

Learn more by going to the National Galleries of Scotland Website - https://www.nationalgalleries.org/event/visually-impaired-programme-live-gallery-vermeer-edinburgh

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