6 Burlington Gardens
6 Burlington Gardens | |
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Coordinates | 51°30′35″N 0°08′25″W / 51.5097°N 0.1402°W |
Built | 1867–1870 |
Architect | Sir James Pennethorne |
Architectural style(s) | Italianate |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
Official name | Ethnography Department of the British Museum |
Designated | 9 January 1970 |
Reference no. | 1291018[1] |
6 Burlington Gardens is a Grade II*-listed building in Mayfair, London. Built for the University of London, it has been used by various institutions in the course of its history, including the Civil Service Commission, the British Museum and, currently, the Royal Academy of Arts.
History
University of London and the Civil Service Commission
The
Museum of Mankind
In 1970, this was the site of the Department of Ethnography of the British Museum, which housed its collections from the Americas, Africa, the Pacific and Australia, as well as tribal Asia and Europe, because of lack of space in the museum's main building in Bloomsbury. Between 1970 and 1997, the building, as the Museum of Mankind, hosted around 75 exhibitions, including many famous ones such as Nomad and City, 1976, and Living Arctic, 1987. It was created by Keeper of Ethnography Adrian Digby in the 1960s, and opened by his successor William Fagg. Fagg was succeeded by Malcolm Mcleod in 1974, and by John Mack in 1990. The museum ceased exhibiting at Burlington Gardens in 1997 and the Department of Ethnography moved back to the British Museum in Bloomsbury in 2004.[3]
Royal Academy and private tenants
After the ethnography collection's return to Bloomsbury the building was purchased by the Royal Academy. In 1998 an architectural competition was held to connect it with Burlington House, which was won by
In about 2005 the building was brought back into use by the Royal Academy, the tenant of the original wing of Burlington House and the wing which lies between the two buildings. It was used mainly by the Royal Academy Schools. On 29 August 2006, the building was damaged by a fire, but there was no loss of academy artworks as it was being prepared for a future exhibition.[5]
In 2006
See also
References
- ^ Historic England. "Ethnography Department of the British Museum (1291018)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
- ^ Sheppard, F. H. W., ed. (1963). "The University of London at No. 6 Burlington Gardens". Survey of London: volumes 31 and 32: St James Westminster, Part 2. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- ^ Africa, Oceania, Americas: History of the collection, British Museum, Retrieved 19 September 2009.
- ^ a b c Woodman, Ellis (5 October 2012). "6 Burlington Gardens by David Chipperfield". Building Design. Retrieved 5 February 2013. (subscription required)
- ^ "Royal Academy evacuated in fire". BBC News. 29 August 2006. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
- ^ a b Brown, Mark (8 November 2013). "Royal Academy of Arts secures £12.7m lottery funds for redevelopment". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
External links
Media related to 6 Burlington Gardens at Wikimedia Commons