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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art museum
museum building
architecturalStyle Gothic Revival architecture NERFINISHED
Neo-Gothic architecture
collectionType paintings
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
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

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Robert Rowand Anderson notableWork Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Robert Rowand Anderson notableWork Scottish National Portrait Gallery
this entity surface form: National Portrait Gallery of Scotland building
Royal Museum hasNeighbour Scottish National Portrait Gallery
this entity surface form: Scottish National Portrait Gallery (city-wide museum network)
Queen Street, Edinburgh hasNotableBuilding Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Edinburgh New Town World Heritage Site contains Scottish National Portrait Gallery