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data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location within Edinburgh city centre</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1822<span class="noprint">; 202 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1822</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="adr"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data locality"><a href="/wiki/The_Mound" title="The Mound">The Mound</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a><br />Scotland</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Royal_Scottish_Academy_Building&params=55.9517_N_3.1963_W_type:landmark_region:GB"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">55°57′06″N</span> <span class="longitude">3°11′47″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">55.9517°N 3.1963°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">55.9517; -3.1963</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Public transit access</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Trams" title="Edinburgh Trams"><img alt="Edinburgh Trams" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/EdinburghTramsGeneric.png/13px-EdinburghTramsGeneric.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/EdinburghTramsGeneric.png/20px-EdinburghTramsGeneric.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/EdinburghTramsGeneric.png/26px-EdinburghTramsGeneric.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="909" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Princes_Street#Tram" title="Princes Street">Princes Street</a><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/National_Rail" title="National Rail"><img alt="National Rail" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/12px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/18px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/24px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="62" data-file-height="39" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Waverley_railway_station" title="Edinburgh Waverley railway station">Edinburgh Waverley</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.royalscottishacademy.org/">www<wbr />.royalscottishacademy<wbr />.org</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Royal Scottish Academy building</b>, the home of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Scottish_Academy" title="Royal Scottish Academy">Royal Scottish Academy</a>, is an <a href="/wiki/Art_museum" title="Art museum">art museum</a> in <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>. It is situated at the junction of <a href="/wiki/The_Mound" title="The Mound">The Mound</a> and <a href="/wiki/Princes_Street" title="Princes Street">Princes Street</a> in the centre of the city. It was built by <a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Playfair" title="William Henry Playfair">William Henry Playfair</a> in 1822-6. Along with the adjacent <a href="/wiki/National_Gallery_of_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="National Gallery of Scotland">National Gallery of Scotland</a>, their <a href="/wiki/Neo-classical_architecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Neo-classical architecture">neo-classical design</a> helped to transform Edinburgh into the cityscape known as "the Athens of the North". Today the structure is a <a href="/wiki/Category_A_listed_building" class="mw-redirect" title="Category A listed building">Category A listed building</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Scottish_Academy_Building&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Alexander_Nasmyth_-_Princes_Street_with_the_Commencement_of_the_Building_of_the_Royal_Institution_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Alexander_Nasmyth_-_Princes_Street_with_the_Commencement_of_the_Building_of_the_Royal_Institution_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/220px-Alexander_Nasmyth_-_Princes_Street_with_the_Commencement_of_the_Building_of_the_Royal_Institution_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Alexander_Nasmyth_-_Princes_Street_with_the_Commencement_of_the_Building_of_the_Royal_Institution_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/330px-Alexander_Nasmyth_-_Princes_Street_with_the_Commencement_of_the_Building_of_the_Royal_Institution_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Alexander_Nasmyth_-_Princes_Street_with_the_Commencement_of_the_Building_of_the_Royal_Institution_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/440px-Alexander_Nasmyth_-_Princes_Street_with_the_Commencement_of_the_Building_of_the_Royal_Institution_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4001" data-file-height="2932" /></a><figcaption><i><a href="/wiki/Princes_Street_(painting)" title="Princes Street (painting)">Princes Street</a></i>, 1825 painting by <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Nasmyth" title="Alexander Nasmyth">Alexander Nasmyth</a> of Princes Street, with the construction of the Royal Institution visible, right</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RSA_Edinburgh_by_George_Meikle_Kemp.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/RSA_Edinburgh_by_George_Meikle_Kemp.jpg/220px-RSA_Edinburgh_by_George_Meikle_Kemp.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/RSA_Edinburgh_by_George_Meikle_Kemp.jpg/330px-RSA_Edinburgh_by_George_Meikle_Kemp.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/RSA_Edinburgh_by_George_Meikle_Kemp.jpg/440px-RSA_Edinburgh_by_George_Meikle_Kemp.jpg 2x" data-file-width="540" data-file-height="376" /></a><figcaption>The Royal Institution, Edinburgh (now the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Scottish_Academy" title="Royal Scottish Academy">Royal Scottish Academy</a>), by <a href="/wiki/George_Meikle_Kemp" title="George Meikle Kemp">George Meikle Kemp</a>, c. 1840; watercolour and pen, 31.30 x 44.90 cm; <a href="/wiki/National_Galleries_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="National Galleries Scotland">National Galleries Scotland</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The building was originally proposed by the Scottish <a href="/wiki/Board_of_Manufactures_and_Fisheries" class="mw-redirect" title="Board of Manufactures and Fisheries">Board of Manufactures and Fisheries</a> in 1821 to provide shared accommodation for three separate cultural organisations: the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh" title="Royal Society of Edinburgh">Royal Society of Edinburgh</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Institution_for_the_Encouragement_of_the_Fine_Arts" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Institution for the Encouragement of the Fine Arts">Royal Institution for the Encouragement of the Fine Arts</a> and a museum of the <a href="/wiki/Society_of_Antiquaries_of_Scotland" title="Society of Antiquaries of Scotland">Society of Antiquaries of Scotland</a>. The building was known as the <i>Royal Institution</i> from 1826 to 1911.<sup id="cite_ref-historicenvironment_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-historicenvironment-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Royal Institution building was designed by the noted Scottish architect <a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Playfair" title="William Henry Playfair">William Henry Playfair</a> and built in 1822-6. According to the antiquary <a href="/wiki/James_Grant_(1822%E2%80%931887)" title="James Grant (1822–1887)">James Grant</a>, 2000 <a href="/wiki/Pile_(construction)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pile (construction)">piles</a> were driven into the ground to stabilise the foundations on the site above the <a href="/wiki/Nor_Loch" title="Nor Loch">Nor Loch</a>. The construction works are depicted in an 1825 painting by <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Nasmyth" title="Alexander Nasmyth">Alexander Nasmyth</a>, in which Playfair can be seen supervising the erection of the fluted Doric columns.<sup id="cite_ref-historicenvironment_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-historicenvironment-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1826, a group of artists broke away from the Royal Institution after disagreements over its policies, taking the name of the <i>Scottish Academy</i>. From 1835, the group leased gallery space in the Royal Institution building to mount exhibitions of its growing art collection, and in 1838 the group received a royal charter and became the <i>Royal Scottish Academy</i> (RSA). One of its key aims was to found a national art gallery for Scotland, and this was realised in 1859, when a new gallery building was built by Playfair, the <a href="/wiki/National_Gallery_of_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="National Gallery of Scotland">National Gallery of Scotland</a>, adjacent to the RI building. The building housed RI's collection of Old Master paintings along with the RSA collection.<sup id="cite_ref-sng-history_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sng-history-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1831–6, the Board of Manufactures and Fisheries extended the Royal Institution.<sup id="cite_ref-canmore_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-canmore-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the end of the 19th century, the Society of Antiquaries relocated its museum to new premises on <a href="/wiki/Queen_Street,_Edinburgh" title="Queen Street, Edinburgh">Queen Street</a> (the building that now houses the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Portrait_Gallery" title="Scottish National Portrait Gallery">Scottish National Portrait Gallery</a>), while the Royal Society moved to 22-24 <a href="/wiki/George_Street,_Edinburgh" title="George Street, Edinburgh">George Street</a>, and in 1907, the Royal Institution moved to the new <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_College_of_Art" title="Edinburgh College of Art">Edinburgh College of Art</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-canmore_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-canmore-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1911, the RSA, which had been sharing space in the National Gallery building since 1859, was granted permanent tenancy of the old RI building and the right to hold its annual exhibition there. The building became known as the <i>Royal Scottish Academy</i>, a name it retains to this day. The former RI building was remodelled in 1911-12 by <a href="/wiki/William_Thomas_Oldrieve" title="William Thomas Oldrieve">William Thomas Oldrieve</a>, with the addition of new galleries on the upper level.<sup id="cite_ref-canmore_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-canmore-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-companion_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-companion-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Today, the Royal Scottish Academy Building is managed by <a href="/wiki/National_Galleries_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="National Galleries Scotland">National Galleries Scotland</a> but a 1910 Order grants the RSA permanent administration offices in the building.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Architecture">Architecture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Scottish_Academy_Building&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Architecture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The RSA building is designed in the <a href="/wiki/Neo-classical_architecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Neo-classical architecture">neo-classical style</a>, modelled on a <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_architecture" title="Ancient Greek architecture">Greek</a> <a href="/wiki/Doric_temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Doric temple">Doric temple</a>. The rectangular structure is faced with <a href="/wiki/Sandstone" title="Sandstone">sandstone</a> <a href="/wiki/Ashlar" title="Ashlar">ashlar</a> stone from Culallo, Fife, and <a href="/wiki/Craigleith" title="Craigleith">Craigleith</a>. It is surrounded by a <a href="/wiki/Colonnade" title="Colonnade">colonnade</a> of <a href="/wiki/Fluting_(architecture)" title="Fluting (architecture)">fluted</a> <a href="/wiki/Doric_columns" class="mw-redirect" title="Doric columns">Doric columns</a> on a <a href="/wiki/Stylobate" title="Stylobate">stylobate</a>. A Doric <a href="/wiki/Entablature" title="Entablature">entablature</a> runs above the columns, consisting of a sculpted <a href="/wiki/Acanthus_(ornament)" title="Acanthus (ornament)">acanthus</a> <a href="/wiki/Frieze" title="Frieze">frieze</a> with <a href="/wiki/Triglyph" title="Triglyph">triglyphs</a>. The north and south elevations are fronted by <a href="/wiki/Prostyle" title="Prostyle">prostyle</a> <a href="/wiki/Octastyle" class="mw-redirect" title="Octastyle">octastyle</a> <a href="/wiki/Porticoes" class="mw-redirect" title="Porticoes">porticoes</a> surmounted by large pediments decorated with scrolled foliate carving. The east and west sides feature smaller pedimented projections.<sup id="cite_ref-historicenvironment_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-historicenvironment-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The north portico on the Princes Street side is topped by a large statue of <a href="/wiki/Queen_Victoria" title="Queen Victoria">Queen Victoria</a> styled as <a href="/wiki/Britannia" title="Britannia">Britannia</a>, sculpted by <a href="/wiki/Sir_John_Steell" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir John Steell">Sir John Steell</a> (Playfair's original drawings indicate that a Britannia statue with a reclining lion was originally intended for the building). Each of the four corners of the building is topped by a pair of carved stone <a href="/wiki/Sphinxes" class="mw-redirect" title="Sphinxes">sphinxes</a>, also by Steell.<sup id="cite_ref-historicenvironment_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-historicenvironment-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2003 railings (lost in World War II) together with a series of traditional lamps, were restored around both the Academy and the National Gallery behind, isolating each building from the public space here.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In the 2010s, the RSA building was refurbished as part of the £32 million <a href="/wiki/Playfair_Project" class="mw-redirect" title="Playfair Project">Playfair Project</a>, and linked to the Scottish National Gallery by a subterranean public area to create a single, integrated arts complex with an additional entrance in <a href="/wiki/Princes_Street_Gardens" title="Princes Street Gardens">Princes Street Gardens</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-playfairproject_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-playfairproject-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerycaption">RSA architectural details</li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 182px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Detail_on_Royal_Scottish_Academy_on_the_Mound.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Playfair's fine detailing"><img alt="Playfair's fine detailing" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Detail_on_Royal_Scottish_Academy_on_the_Mound.jpg/270px-Detail_on_Royal_Scottish_Academy_on_the_Mound.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Detail_on_Royal_Scottish_Academy_on_the_Mound.jpg/405px-Detail_on_Royal_Scottish_Academy_on_the_Mound.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Detail_on_Royal_Scottish_Academy_on_the_Mound.jpg/540px-Detail_on_Royal_Scottish_Academy_on_the_Mound.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2256" data-file-height="1504" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Playfair's fine detailing</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 122px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Queen_Victoria_(5720030642).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Steell's rooftop statue of Queen Victoria"><img alt="Steell's rooftop statue of Queen Victoria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Queen_Victoria_%285720030642%29.jpg/180px-Queen_Victoria_%285720030642%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Queen_Victoria_%285720030642%29.jpg/270px-Queen_Victoria_%285720030642%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Queen_Victoria_%285720030642%29.jpg/360px-Queen_Victoria_%285720030642%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2751" data-file-height="2751" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Steell's rooftop statue of Queen Victoria</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 182px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Scottish_Academy_(4788127102).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="One of Playfair's Sphynxes"><img alt="One of Playfair's Sphynxes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Royal_Scottish_Academy_%284788127102%29.jpg/270px-Royal_Scottish_Academy_%284788127102%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Royal_Scottish_Academy_%284788127102%29.jpg/405px-Royal_Scottish_Academy_%284788127102%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Royal_Scottish_Academy_%284788127102%29.jpg/540px-Royal_Scottish_Academy_%284788127102%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2834" data-file-height="1890" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">One of Playfair's Sphynxes</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 67.333333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 65.333333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Scottish_Academy_(5636103072).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="One of the side doors"><img alt="One of the side doors" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Royal_Scottish_Academy_%285636103072%29.jpg/98px-Royal_Scottish_Academy_%285636103072%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="66" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Royal_Scottish_Academy_%285636103072%29.jpg/147px-Royal_Scottish_Academy_%285636103072%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Royal_Scottish_Academy_%285636103072%29.jpg/196px-Royal_Scottish_Academy_%285636103072%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2126" data-file-height="3910" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">One of the side doors</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 82px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 80px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Acad%C3%A9mie_Royale_%C3%89cossaise_%C3%89dimbourg_9.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A side portico"><img alt="A side portico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Acad%C3%A9mie_Royale_%C3%89cossaise_%C3%89dimbourg_9.jpg/120px-Acad%C3%A9mie_Royale_%C3%89cossaise_%C3%89dimbourg_9.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Acad%C3%A9mie_Royale_%C3%89cossaise_%C3%89dimbourg_9.jpg/180px-Acad%C3%A9mie_Royale_%C3%89cossaise_%C3%89dimbourg_9.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Acad%C3%A9mie_Royale_%C3%89cossaise_%C3%89dimbourg_9.jpg/240px-Acad%C3%A9mie_Royale_%C3%89cossaise_%C3%89dimbourg_9.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="5184" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A side <a href="/wiki/Portico" title="Portico">portico</a></div> </li> </ul> <p>The Royal Scottish Academy Building is frequently confused with the neighbouring building, the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Gallery" title="Scottish National Gallery">Scottish National Gallery</a> (SNG), due to their architectural similarity. The RSA Building is surrounded by <a href="/wiki/Fluting_(architecture)" title="Fluting (architecture)">fluted</a> <a href="/wiki/Doric_columns" class="mw-redirect" title="Doric columns">Doric columns</a>, while the SNG is distinguished by its colonnade of plainer <a href="/wiki/Ionic_columns" class="mw-redirect" title="Ionic columns">Ionic columns</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerycaption">Distinguishing the two neighbouring galleries</li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 181.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 179.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Scottish_Academy_20140319.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The RSA Building with fluted Doric columns"><img alt="The RSA Building with fluted Doric columns" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Royal_Scottish_Academy_20140319.jpg/269px-Royal_Scottish_Academy_20140319.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Royal_Scottish_Academy_20140319.jpg/404px-Royal_Scottish_Academy_20140319.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Royal_Scottish_Academy_20140319.jpg/538px-Royal_Scottish_Academy_20140319.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The RSA Building with fluted Doric columns</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 168.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 166.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Scottish_National_Gallery_map_Edinburgh.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Both the RSA and the SNG are located on The Mound, with the SNG to the rear"><img alt="Both the RSA and the SNG are located on The Mound, with the SNG to the rear" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Scottish_National_Gallery_map_Edinburgh.png/250px-Scottish_National_Gallery_map_Edinburgh.png" decoding="async" width="167" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Scottish_National_Gallery_map_Edinburgh.png/375px-Scottish_National_Gallery_map_Edinburgh.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Scottish_National_Gallery_map_Edinburgh.png/500px-Scottish_National_Gallery_map_Edinburgh.png 2x" data-file-width="743" data-file-height="535" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Both the RSA and the SNG are located on The Mound, with the SNG to the rear</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 164px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 162px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Princess_Street_(i.e._Princes_Street)_and_castle_from_Scott%27s_Monument,_Edinburgh,_Scotland-LCCN2001705993.jpg" 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galleries</a> of <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/National_Museums_Scotland" title="National Museums Scotland">National Museums Scotland</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_Scotland" title="National Museum of Scotland">National Museum of Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_Flight" title="National Museum of Flight">National Museum of Flight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_Rural_Life" title="National Museum of Rural Life">National Museum of Rural Life</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Museums_Collection_Centre" class="mw-redirect" title="National Museums Collection Centre">National Museums Collection Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_War_Museum" title="National War Museum">National War Museum</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/National_Galleries_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="National Galleries Scotland">National Galleries Scotland</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Modern_Two" title="Modern Two">Modern Two</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Royal Scottish Academy Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Gallery" title="Scottish National Gallery">Scottish National Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Gallery_of_Modern_Art" title="Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art">Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Portrait_Gallery" title="Scottish National Portrait Gallery">Scottish National Portrait Gallery</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Art_museums_and_galleries_in_Scotland" title="Category:Art museums and galleries in Scotland">Art galleries and collections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aberdeen_Art_Gallery" title="Aberdeen Art Gallery">Aberdeen Art Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broughton_Gallery" class="mw-redirect" title="Broughton Gallery">Broughton Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burrell_Collection" title="Burrell Collection">Burrell Collection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_Art_Centre" title="City Art Centre">City Art Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Institute" title="Dick Institute">Dick Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dundee_Contemporary_Arts" title="Dundee Contemporary Arts">Dundee Contemporary Arts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fruitmarket_Gallery" title="Fruitmarket Gallery">Fruitmarket Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gallery_of_Modern_Art,_Glasgow" title="Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow">Gallery of Modern Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Georgian_House,_Edinburgh" title="The Georgian House, Edinburgh">Georgian House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gracefield_Arts_Centre" title="Gracefield Arts Centre">Gracefield Arts Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Groam_House_Museum" title="Groam House Museum">Groam House Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunterian_Museum_and_Art_Gallery" title="Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery">Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inverness_Museum_and_Art_Gallery" title="Inverness Museum and Art Gallery">Inverness Museum and Art Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelvingrove_Art_Gallery_and_Museum" title="Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum">Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirkcaldy_Galleries" title="Kirkcaldy Galleries">Kirkcaldy Galleries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meffan_Institute" title="Meffan Institute">Meffan Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McLean_Museum" title="McLean Museum">McLean Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McLellan_Galleries" title="McLellan Galleries">McLellan Galleries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McManus_Galleries" class="mw-redirect" title="McManus Galleries">McManus Galleries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meigle_Sculptured_Stone_Museum" title="Meigle Sculptured Stone Museum">Meigle Sculptured Stone Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montrose_Museum" title="Montrose Museum">Montrose Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perth_Art_Gallery" title="Perth Art Gallery">Perth Art Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pier_Arts_Centre" title="Pier Arts Centre">Pier Arts Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stirling_Smith_Art_Gallery_and_Museum" title="Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum">Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Gallery,_Edinburgh" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen's Gallery, Edinburgh">Queen's Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Talbot_Rice_Gallery" title="Talbot Rice Gallery">Talbot Rice Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tramway_(arts_centre)" title="Tramway (arts centre)">Tramway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V%26A_Dundee" title="V&A Dundee">V&A Dundee</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">History</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alloa_Tower" title="Alloa Tower">Alloa Tower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broughty_Castle" title="Broughty Castle">Broughty Castle Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Livingstone_Centre" class="mw-redirect" title="David Livingstone Centre">David Livingstone Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Museum_of_Childhood_(Edinburgh)" title="Museum of Childhood (Edinburgh)">Museum of Childhood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Provand%27s_Lordship" title="Provand's Lordship">Provand's Lordship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surgeons%27_Hall" title="Surgeons' Hall">Surgeons' Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Writers%27_Museum" title="Writers' Museum">Writers' Museum</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Local_museums_in_Scotland" title="Category:Local museums in Scotland">Local history</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aden_Country_Park#Aberdeenshire_Farming_Museum" title="Aden Country Park">Aberdeenshire Farming Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Carnegie_Birthplace_Museum" title="Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum">Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angus_Folk_Museum" title="Angus Folk Museum">Angus Folk Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biggar_Museum_Trust" title="Biggar Museum Trust">Biggar Museum Trust</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campbeltown_Heritage_Centre" title="Campbeltown Heritage Centre">Campbeltown Heritage Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clydebank_Museum" title="Clydebank Museum">Clydebank Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dumfries_Museum" title="Dumfries Museum">Dumfries Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ceres,_Fife#Folk_Museum" title="Ceres, Fife">Fife Folk Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gairloch_Museum" title="Gairloch Museum">Gairloch Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gladstone%27s_Land" title="Gladstone's Land">Gladstone's Land</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenesk_Folk_Museum" title="Glenesk Folk Museum">Glenesk Folk Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highland_Folk_Museum" title="Highland Folk Museum">Highland Folk Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highland_Museum_of_Childhood" class="mw-redirect" title="Highland Museum of Childhood">Highland Museum of Childhood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inveraray_Jail" title="Inveraray Jail">Inveraray Jail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Knox_House" title="John Knox House">John Knox House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Museum" title="King's Museum">King's Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meffan_Institute" title="Meffan Institute">Meffan Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montrose_Museum" title="Montrose Museum">Montrose Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dalgarven_Mill_%E2%80%93_Museum_of_Ayrshire_Country_Life_and_Costume" title="Dalgarven Mill – Museum of Ayrshire Country Life and Costume">Museum of Ayrshire Country Life and Costume</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Museum_of_Edinburgh" title="Museum of Edinburgh">Museum of Edinburgh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Museum_of_the_University_of_St_Andrews" title="Museum of the University of St Andrews">Museum of the University of St Andrews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Lanark" title="New Lanark">New Lanark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Lanarkshire_Heritage_Centre" title="North Lanarkshire Heritage Centre">North Lanarkshire Heritage Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Haa_Museum" title="Old Haa Museum">Old Haa Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Orkney_Museum" title="The Orkney Museum">The Orkney Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Palace,_Glasgow" title="People's Palace, Glasgow">People's Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_People%27s_Story_Museum" title="The People's Story Museum">People's Story Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pier_House_Museum" title="Pier House Museum">Pier House Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Provost_Skene%27s_House" title="Provost Skene's House">Provost Skene's House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scalloway_Museum" title="Scalloway Museum">Scalloway Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scotland_Street_School_Museum" title="Scotland Street School Museum">Scotland Street School Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shetland_Museum" title="Shetland Museum">Shetland Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Signal_Tower_Museum" title="Signal Tower Museum">Signal Tower Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skye_Museum_of_Island_Life" title="Skye Museum of Island Life">Skye Museum of Island Life</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Andrews_Museum" title="St Andrews Museum">St Andrews Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stewartry_Museum" title="Stewartry Museum">Stewartry Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stonehaven_Tolbooth" title="Stonehaven Tolbooth">Stonehaven Tolbooth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stromness_Museum" title="Stromness Museum">Stromness Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tain_%26_District_Museum" title="Tain & District Museum">Tain & District Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tangwick_Haa" title="Tangwick Haa">Tangwick Haa Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Tolbooth,_Aberdeen" title="The Tolbooth, Aberdeen">The Tolbooth, Aberdeen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Maritime_museums_in_Scotland" title="Category:Maritime museums in Scotland">Maritime</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aberdeen_Maritime_Museum" title="Aberdeen Maritime Museum">Aberdeen Maritime Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B%C3%B6d_of_Gremista" title="Böd of Gremista">Böd of Gremista</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RRS_Discovery" title="RRS Discovery">Discovery Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Unicorn_(1824)" title="HMS Unicorn (1824)">HMS <i>Unicorn</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMY_Britannia" title="HMY Britannia">HMY <i>Britannia</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mull_of_Galloway_Lighthouse" class="mw-redirect" title="Mull of Galloway Lighthouse">Mull of Galloway Lighthouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Museum_of_Scottish_Lighthouses" class="mw-redirect" title="Museum of Scottish Lighthouses">Museum of Scottish Lighthouses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Fisheries_Museum" title="Scottish Fisheries Museum">Scottish Fisheries Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Maritime_Museum" title="Scottish Maritime Museum">Scottish Maritime Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Signal_Tower_Museum" title="Signal Tower Museum">Signal Tower Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skerryvore" title="Skerryvore">Skerryvore Lighthouse Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenlee_(ship)" title="Glenlee (ship)">The Tall Ship</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_and_war_museums_in_Scotland" title="Category:Military and war museums in Scotland">Military and war</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bannockburn#Bannockburn_Visitor_Centre" title="Battle of Bannockburn">Bannockburn Visitor Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balhousie_Castle" title="Balhousie Castle">Black Watch Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cameronians_(Scottish_Rifles)#The_Cameronians_Museum" title="Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)">The Cameronians Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dumfries_and_Galloway_Aviation_Museum" title="Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum">Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_George,_Highland" title="Fort George, Highland">Fort George & The Highlanders Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Highlanders_Museum" title="Gordon Highlanders Museum">Gordon Highlanders Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Paul_Jones_Cottage_Museum" title="John Paul Jones Cottage Museum">John Paul Jones Cottage Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montrose_Air_Station_Heritage_Centre" title="Montrose Air Station Heritage Centre">Montrose Air Station Heritage Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morayvia" title="Morayvia">Morayvia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orkney_Wireless_Museum" title="Orkney Wireless Museum">Orkney Wireless Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scapa_Flow_Museum" title="Scapa Flow Museum">Scapa Flow Museum</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Natural_history_museums_in_Scotland" title="Category:Natural history museums in Scotland">Natural history</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/D%27Arcy_Thompson_Zoology_Museum" title="D'Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum">D'Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Institute" title="Dick Institute">Dick Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Waterston_Memorial_Centre_and_Museum" title="George Waterston Memorial Centre and Museum">George Waterston Memorial Centre and Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marischal_Museum" title="Marischal Museum">Marischal Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McManus_Galleries" class="mw-redirect" title="McManus Galleries">McManus Galleries</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a 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Scotland">National Library of Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portobello_Library,_Edinburgh" title="Portobello Library, Edinburgh">Portobello Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Poetry_Library" title="Scottish Poetry Library">Scottish Poetry Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stockbridge_Public_Library" class="mw-redirect" title="Stockbridge Public Library">Stockbridge Public Library</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFD700; color:;;width:8em">Museums and<br />galleries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Camera_Obscura,_Edinburgh" title="Camera Obscura, Edinburgh">Camera Obscura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_Observatory" title="City Observatory">City Observatory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modern_Two" title="Modern Two">Dean Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fruitmarket_Gallery" title="Fruitmarket 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