Museum Represents a museum WC Yes EventsForChildren No Place The town or city Edinburgh HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear No DisabledAccess Yes OpeningTime1 11.00-17.00 ArchitectName Robert Adam, Wm Playfair, Robert Rowand Anderson OpeningDate1 29/9/2018 OpeningDate2 30/9/2018 OpeningTime2 12.00-17.00 IsNewThisYear No ID Google Panorama ID 9369 Refreshments No Street The street address The University of Edinburgh AddressLine2 South Bridge Postcode EH8 9YL Parking No DisabledWC Yes 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 University of Edinburgh: Old College Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived edinburgh Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1946 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,55.9476,-3.186517; 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.� Meeting rooms and the main staircase contain fine paintings, including a dozen by Raeburn.</p><p>www.ed.ac.uk/news</p> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1789-1877