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King's Gallery, Edinburgh

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in the 1920s. In 2002, the buildings were converted to form what is now the King's Gallery under plans by Benjamin Tindall Architects. The gallery is primarily housed on the first floor in a large space with an open timber roof.
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claimed that, if Scotland gained Independence, the gallery building would be demolished to create an uninterrupted "Freedom square" between Holyrood Palace and the
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building that housed the former Free Church School, which was built at the same time as the church. The building of the church and the school was funded by
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The gallery houses temporary exhibitions throughout the year which are drawn from the Royal Collection. Past exhibitions have included:
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Annals of the disruption with extracts from the narratives of ministers who left the Scottish establishment in 1843 by Thomas Brown
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The King's Gallery is housed primarily in a Gothic building that was originally built between 1846 and 1850 as
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2022 – Masterpieces from Buckingham Palace, including paintings by
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It is open to the public daily. The building is Category B listed.
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The Royal Collection: The King's Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse
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2019 – Russian art, including photographs, objects and paintings.
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Scotland's heraldic lion above the entrance of the King's Gallery
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2021 – Watercolour paintings from the personal collections of
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art gallery
Edinburgh
Scotland
Palace of Holyroodhouse
Queen Elizabeth II
Royal Collection
parish church
Free Church of Scotland
United Free Church of Scotland
redundant church
neo-Jacobean
Elizabeth Gordon, Duchess of Gordon
chauffeurs
Scottish National Party
George Kerevan
Scottish Parliament Building

Sir Anthony van Dyck
Rembrandt
Peter Paul Rubens
Queen Victoria
Prince Albert
Leonardo da Vinci
King's Gallery
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