EDINBURGH WELCOMES BEYOND MONET AND BEYOND VAN GOGH

This past Friday, I attended the press preview of Beyond Monet at Edinburgh's Royal Highland Show. The Royal Highland Centre is Scotland’s biggest indoor and outdoor venue. Located at Ingliston to the west of the city centre. The first time Beyond Monet has exhibited in Scotland! Here is everything you need to know about visiting Beyond Monet and Beyond Van Gogh this month in Edinburgh.

"I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers" - Claude Monet

EDINBURGH WELCOMES BEYOND MONET AND BEYOND VAN GOGH

Beyond Van Gogh and Beyond Monet ©M D Harding Travel Photography

About Beyond Monet

Produced by Annerin Productions and Paquin Entertainment Group, Beyond Monet: The Immersive Experience celebrates the groundbreaking work of the French artist in mesmerising and colourful fashion.

The immersive impressionist extravaganza, cutting-edge technology breathes new life into more than 400 of the legendary French painter’s canvases (including Poppies, Impression: Sunrise and his exquisite Water Lilies series – with lesser-known works which all swirl around the space, offering a fresh and exciting new look at much-loved masterpieces and a deeper connection with Monet, his subjects and his innovative technique), taking you on a spectacular and unforgettable audio-visual journey through his captivating and colourful world.

Inspired by the Musée de l’Orangerie in Paris, the designated home of Monet’s works, you can freely roam the Infinity Room, where you will be transported inside the paintings themselves to the accompaniment of a moving original score.

Meanwhile, Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience brings together more than 300 of the Dutch post-Impressionist icon’s paintings blended with cutting-edge technology and a specially curated musical soundtrack to tell the story of one of history’s most influential artists, while you wander through iconic works - including The Starry Night, Sunflowers and Terrace of a Café at Night - as they come alive around you.

Don't miss the addition of a new ‘reflection’ room. All art lovers will be able to enjoy walking through Waterlily Alley, an enchanting recreation of Monet’s gardens at Giverny, and a bloom-flanked Sunflower Alley paying tribute to Vincent Van Gogh.

Picture Yourself Here, In The Reflection Room ©M D Harding Travel Photography

Where You Can See Beyond Monet

The Royal Highland Centre is Scotland’s biggest indoor and outdoor venue. Located at Ingliston to the west of the city centre, with good transport links including the A8, motorway network and Edinburgh Airport, it welcomes more than one million visitors a year and delivers some of the biggest events in Scotland.

When You Can See Beyond Monet

You can see the two atmospheric multimedia experiences Beyond Van Gogh and Beyond Monet, currently being staged at the Royal Highland Centre until Friday, 2 January 2026. – with Edinburgh hosting the Scottish premiere of Beyond Monet, celebrating the life and work of the ‘Father of Impressionism’.

They will run on different days throughout the five-week residency, and tickets for both are being sold separately. The attraction is closed on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

How To Get To Beyond Monet

A special Lothian Service 98 shuttle will run to the venue on Saturdays and Sundays, departing from the Assembly Rooms in George Street, with stops at Shandwick Place and Haymarket and then following the same route as the number 31 bus. The shuttle will operate every half an hour outbound from 9.15am to 4.45pm, and will make the return journey from 11.10am to 5.40pm. Full details of the exact route and fares are available from www.lothianbuses.com

Plunge yourself into the colourful worlds of a pair of iconic artists: Vincent Van Gogh and Claude Monet, with the stunning 360-degree visual and audio experience in the 10,000sq ft main space. Each experience includes the chance to linger in a captivating new reflection room, which extends the magical world of both artists. Incredible!!

In addition, the residency at the Royal Highland Centre includes two bespoke Relaxed Sessions, designed with support from Scotland’s We Too! Inclusive events charity, to enable neurodivergent visitors to enjoy both experiences to the full. The Beyond Monet Relaxed Session will be between 11am and 2pm on Tuesday, 16 December and the Beyond Van Gogh Relaxed Session on Wednesday, 17 December from 2.30-4.30pm.

Don't miss your chance to immerse yourself in these two breathtaking experiences. Highly recommend!

BEYOND MONET/ BEYOND VAN GOGH

VENUE: Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston, Newbridge, EH28 8NB.

DATE: Saturday 29 November – Friday 2 January 2026 (closed Christmas Eve and Christmas Day)

TIME: Starting from 10am

PRICE: From £23.94 for adults (Concessions are available). VIP entrance from £41.47

Family Ticket and VIP Experience tickets available

Three and under go Free

(Booking fees not included). | Flexible entry ticket types available

Entry is by timed ticket. No change of date or time is permitted unless you have purchased a flexible ticket add-on. Please arrive 15 minutes before your entrance time.

VIP Experience includes flexibility to arrive at any point until 4pm on your selected date, fast track entry and choice of selected merchandise package.

Tickets can be booked via www.beyondvangogh.co.uk/edinburgh

Relaxed sessions can be booked via https://www.beyondvangogh.co.uk/book-tickets-pages/edinburgh?flow=oJ8GACn9