Talk - Edinburgh's Old Royal High School

Dublin Core

Title

Talk - Edinburgh's Old Royal High School

Description

Richard Murphy, Architect

A new public use for one of our greatest public buildings Thomas Hamilton's Royal High School is one of Scotland's most important buildings, not just for its extraordinary architectural merits, but for its near revolutionary expression of a democratic ideal.

The Building was commissioned by the City in the early 19th Century as a direct response to the privatisation of education, offering free schooling to the Nation's brightest children in a building deliberately intended to be a beacon to the power of culture at the centre of the City.


Source

edinburgh

Type

Museum

Identifier

1888

Spatial Coverage

current,55.94101,-3.179554;

Museum Item Type Metadata

Street

John Sinclair House

Place

Edinburgh

IsNewThisYear

No

AddressLine2

16 Bernard Terrace

OpeningDate1

21/9/2016

OpeningTime1

12.30 pm for 1 hour

WC

Yes

DisabledWC

No

DisabledAccess

No

Refreshments

No

EventsForChildren

No

Parking

No

HearingLoop

No

LimitedAccess

No

NotAccessible

No

ID

14413

IsIncludedThisYear

No

Postcode

EH8 9NX

Citation

“Talk - Edinburgh's Old Royal High School,” Digital Open Doors, accessed November 6, 2024, https://ddo.openvirtualworlds.org/omeka/items/show/1886.

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