Museum Represents a museum WC Yes EventsForChildren No Place The town or city Edinburgh HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear Yes DisabledAccess No OpeningTime1 11:00 - 17:00 ArchitectName Robert Adam OpeningDate1 28/9/2019 OpeningDate2 29/9/2019 OpeningTime2 12:00 - 17:00 IsNewThisYear No ID Google Panorama ID 11987 Refreshments No Street The street address South Bridge Postcode EH8 9YL 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 Old College, University of Edinburgh Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived edinburgh Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1748 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,55.94756,-3.186521; Description An account of the resource <p>Old College sits at the heart of the University of Edinburgh. Work on Robert Adam?s original design began in 1789 and was completed by William Henry Playfair who created the magnificent Playfair Library. The dome, added in 1887, bears a 6ft foot high gilded bronze statue of a youth bearing ?the torch of knowledge? and is affectionately nicknamed the ?Golden Boy.? The meeting rooms and main staircase contain many fine paintings, including a dozen by Henry Raeburn.</p><p> </p> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1789