Basic Site Details Name: | National Portrait Gallery and Museum of Antiquities | City or county: | Edinburgh | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | A Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Sculptors: W Birnie Rhind, W H Paton, C McBride, D W & W Grant Stevenson, John Hutchison, A McFarlan Shannan, Pittendrigh MacGillvray and H S Gamley. | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | National Portrait Gallery and National Museum | | | | Scottish National Portrait Gallery | Yes | |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Museum | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | National Portrait Gallery and National Museum, Queen Street | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1884 | 1890 | | | | October 1884 | | | First schemes | | 15 July 1889 | | Opened | | | 1906 | | | Sculpture completed | | 1979 | | Restoration | | | 30 November 1993 | | Proposed | Trustees of the National Galleries propose the collection of the Portait Gallery is merged in a Gallery of Modern Art. Multiple interested parties call on the Secretary of State to reject the proposals following a meeting on 18/01/1994. | | Mid 2000s | November 2011 | Restoration | |
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Allen, Nic (ed.) | | Scottish Architects in Conservation | | | p55 | | Smailes, Helen | 1985 | A Portrait Gallery for Scotland | | National Gallery of Scotland | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | British Architect | 11 January 1889 | | | | | Builder | 3 January 1885 | XLVIII | | | | Builder | 1 January 1898 | LXXIV | | | | Builder | Late 1916 | CXI | | p84 | | The Times | 29 November 2011 | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Edinburgh University Library | Anderson Collection (Plans and drawings) | | Drawings | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 27764 | | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Drawings Collection | | Copies of Area Copies of drawings from Works Office Dept of the Environment | | Personal Post-War Archive (held at ECA) | Miles Glendinning | | edin misc articles post 1975 non hsg
Flyer titled "Save the Portrait Gallery Public Meeting", held on 18/01/1994 at Edinburgh College of Art. | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | Joseph Marr Johnston: L v18 no1372; David Peacock: L v15 no1009; Thomas Rollo Walker Mossman: L v10 no586 (microfilm reel 32); David Peacock: L v15 no1009; James Forbes Smith: L v11 no656 (microfilm reel 33); George Mackie Watson: L v21 no1659 |
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