Scottish National Portrait Gallery
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The Scottish National Portrait Gallery is a major Edinburgh museum renowned for its extensive collection of portraits of significant figures in Scottish history and culture, housed in a distinctive red sandstone neo-Gothic building.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Scottish National Portrait Gallery canonical | 3 |
| National Portrait Gallery of Scotland building | 1 |
| Scottish National Portrait Gallery (city-wide museum network) | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art museum
ⓘ
museum building ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Gothic Revival architecture
NERFINISHED
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Neo-Gothic architecture ⓘ |
| collectionType |
paintings
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photography ⓘ portraiture ⓘ sculpture ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| designedBy | Robert Rowand Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Scottish culture
ⓘ
Scottish history ⓘ notable Scottish figures ⓘ |
| hasCollection |
National Portrait Collection of Scotland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Scottish painting collection ⓘ Scottish photography collection ⓘ Scottish sculpture collection ⓘ |
| hasExhibitionSpace | Great Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
central grand staircase
ⓘ
cloister-like ground floor ⓘ decorative murals ⓘ ornate friezes ⓘ statues of famous Scots on exterior ⓘ twin-towered façade ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
art museum
ⓘ
educational venue ⓘ research centre ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Mary, Queen of Scots portraits
ⓘ
Robert Burns portraits ⓘ Walter Scott portraits ⓘ modern Scottish cultural figures ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.nationalgalleries.org/visit/scottish-national-portrait-gallery ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Category A listed building ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationCountry | Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1889 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Edinburgh
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Queen Street, Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ Scotland ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Europe/London ⓘ |
| materialUsed | red sandstone ⓘ |
| nearby | Princes Street, Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opened | 1889 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | National Galleries of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | National Galleries of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | National Galleries of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reopenedAfterRenovation | 2011 ⓘ |
| significantEvent | major refurbishment 2009–2011 ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
National Portrait Gallery of Scotland building
this entity surface form:
Scottish National Portrait Gallery (city-wide museum network)