Museum Represents a museum WC No EventsForChildren No Place The town or city Edinburgh HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear No DisabledAccess No OpeningTime1 05.00-00.00 OpeningDate1 25/9/2011 OpeningTime2 05.00-00.00 IsNewThisYear No ID Google Panorama ID 11982 Refreshments No Street The street address North Bridge to Market Street Postcode EH1 1TR Parking No DisabledWC No LimitedAccess No 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 Scotsman Steps Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived edinburgh Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1820 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,55.95135,-3.188127; Description An account of the resource <p>The Scotsman Steps are an important part of Edinburgh�s cityscape, they link the Old and New Towns and have historically been considered as a road. Before restoration by Edinburgh World Heritage and Edinburgh City Council, they were extremely dilapidated, and vulnerable to misuse.</p><p>The Fruitmarket Gallery suggested commissioning a public artwork for the Steps as part of the renovation, to help change the public perception of them, and to fulfill the Gallery�s mission to make contemporary art freely accessible. Martin Creed, with his smart response to public space, his ability to engage with materials and their surroundings, and his understanding of the creative possibilities embedded in the act of going up and down steps, seemed an obvious choice for the commission. Using 104 different marbles Creed describes the work as a microcosm of the whole world � stepping on the different marble steps is like walking through the world.</p>