Museum Represents a museum WC Yes EventsForChildren No HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear Yes DisabledAccess No OpeningTime1 10:00 - 17:00 OpeningDate1 28/9/2019 IsNewThisYear No ID Google Panorama ID 19064 Refreshments No Street The street address 137 Dundee Street Postcode EH11 1BG Parking No DisabledWC Yes LimitedAccess Yes NotAccessible No Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Fountainbridge Library Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived edinburgh Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1624 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,55.86362,-4.261207; Description An account of the resource Fountainbridge Library is an icon of modern Scottish architecture. It was funded by the publisher Thomas Nelson Jr, and designed by the architect John A. W. Grant (1887 – 1959). It also features friezes on its façade by the sculptor Charles d’Orville Pilkington Jackson. Completed in 1940, the building was designed to house a state-of-the-art library and community hall, embodying the concerns of architects, librarians and social policy makers of the period. The building remained open during the blackout and still serves the community today. GLOBAL CONNECTIONSFountainbridge Library is an important example of Scottish Modernism, with links to the international modern movement in sculpture and architecture, particularly relating to Art Deco features. ACTIVITIESRefreshmentsGuided Tours at 10:30, 12:30 and 2:30 of both the inside and outside of the Library. Advance booking essential via <a href="mailto:fountainbridge.library@edinburgh.gov.uk">fountainbridge.library@edinburgh.gov.uk</a> or 0131 529 5616