The immersive experience, which is in the Capital for four months, takes visitors through the different periods of the artist’s life and his various works.
Here are 10 pictures which give us an insight into the stunning images on show and what the experience involves.
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A look inside the Van Gogh Alive exhibition which is currently in Edinburgh Photo: Submitted
. Sunflowers
Van Gogh's various paintings of sunflowers are among his best-known works. Painted in 1888 and 1889, Van Gogh said the paintings of the flowers in a vase were created using yellows, green "and nothing else". Picture: Lisa Ferguson Photo: Lisa Ferguson
. Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat
One of his many self portraits, 'Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat' was painted by Van Gogh in 1887. This painting is one of several that are painted on the reverse of an earlier peasant study called The Potato Peeler, which he painted two years earlier. Picture: Lisa Ferguson Photo: Lisa Ferguson
. The Bedroom
Another of Van Gogh's most famous works, The Bedroom is a painting of the artist's bedroom in the Yellow House in Arles, France. Van Gogh is said to have prepared the room himself, with his own work on the wall. Picture: Lisa Ferguson Photo: Lisa Ferguson
5. More self portraits
Van Gogh's self portraits are thought to give an insight into the mental struggles the artist was facing in his life, with some showing him with a bandaged ear after he cut it off. Picture: Lisa Ferguson Photo: Lisa Ferguson
6. Summer flower bouquets
Van Gogh painted flowers throughout his career. It is thought that the struggling artist chose to paint them so often because they were inexpensive and easy to find. Picture: Lisa Ferguson Photo: Lisa Ferguson
7. Portrait of the Postman Joseph Roulin
Van Gogh created around 20 paintings of his close friend Joseph Roulin and his family while he was staying in Arles. They met at the postal station, where Joseph Roulin worked as the postmaster. Van Gogh went there often to send paintings to his brother Theo. Picture: Lisa Ferguson Photo: Lisa Ferguson
8. Irises
Irises was painted in 1890 while Van Gogh was staying in a psychiatric hospital in Saint-Remy. It is one of two paintings of the same bouquet, both of which became studies of contrasting colour. Picture: Lisa Ferguson Photo: Lisa Ferguson