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Chambers Street is a street in Edinburgh, Scotland, in the southern extremity of the Old Town. The street is named after William Chambers of Glenormiston, the Lord Provost of Edinburgh who was the main proponent of the Edinburgh Improvement Act (1867) which led to its creation in 1870. A narrow lane named North College Street and three ...
The National Museum of Scotland, comprising two linked museums on Chambers Street, in the Old Town of Edinburgh: The Museum of Scotland - concerned with the history and people of Scotland; The Royal Museum - a general museum encompassing global geology, archaeology, natural history, science, technology and art; The National Museum of Flight, at ...
In 1871 work began on widening the street to the north of the university and museum to form Chambers Street, linked to George IV Bridge. [18] The central section of the Museum of Science and Art building, including the rest of the Great Hall, was completed in 1874 and formally opened to the public on 14 January 1875.
Courtyard of City Chambers, High Street 55°57′00″N 3°11′25″W / 55.9501°N 3.1903°W / 55.9501; -3.1903 ( Alexander and Bucephalus 1829–1833 (cast 1883)
The building's name commemorates Adam Square, one of the three 18th century residential squares built to make way for Chambers Street as part of the 1867 City Improvement Act. [ 1 ] As well as its use as an examination hall, it is also used as a venue for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe , the world's largest arts festival, where for many years it ...
It then remained the Edinburgh District Council headquarters until the abolition of the Lothian Region led to the formation of Edinburgh City Council in April 1996. [9] The City Chambers were used as a filming location for the film Braveheart in 1995 [10] and for the TV series Belgravia in 2019. [11]
Playfair's townhouse at 17 Great Stuart Street, Edinburgh Playfair's grave in Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh Statue of William Henry Playfair, Chambers Street, Edinburgh. William Henry Playfair FRSE (15 July 1790 – 19 March 1857) was a prominent Scottish architect in the 19th century who designed the Eastern, or Third, New Town and many of Edinburgh's neoclassical landmarks.
The portrait gallery was established in 1882, before its new building was completed. The London National Portrait Gallery was the first such separate museum in the world, however it did not move into its current purpose-built building until 1896, making the Edinburgh gallery the first in the world to be specially built as a portrait gallery. [8]