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Dundee, 24 Albert Square, Albert Institute
Museum (19th Century)
Site Name Dundee, 24 Albert Square, Albert Institute
Classification Museum (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Dundee Museum And Art Gallery; Mcmanus Galleries; Free Library
Canmore ID 33555
Site Number NO43SW 91
NGR NO 40279 30475
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/33555
- Council Dundee, City Of
- Parish Dundee (Dundee, City Of)
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District City Of Dundee
- Former County Angus
Designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott (1865-7) as the Albert Institute in a mixture of styles of contintental Gothic and Scottish vernacular, complete with crow stepped gables. The central section was completed in 1873 and the Eastern Gallery extension was added in 1887 by William Alexander, the City Architect.
NO43SW 91.00 40279 30475
NO43SW 91.01 NO 4025 3047 Pictish Symbol Stone
NO43SW 91.02 NO 4025 3047 Pictish Symbol Stone
NO43SW 91.03 NO 4025 3047 Pictish Symbol Stone
NO43SW 91.04 NO 4025 3047 Pictish Symbol Stone
NMRS REFERENCE
Albert Institute
Architect: Sir G. Gilbert Scott 1865-6
David McKenzie 1873 (extension)
William Alexander 1887-9 (second extension)
Photographic Survey (9 September 2010)
Photographed by RCAHMS on behalf of the Buildings of Scotland.
