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Museum Buildings

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

"A sculpture museum on an Italian lake", 1932

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Identifier: PJM/UOL/A/2/1
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Architectural drawings (62cm x 105cm) by Percy Johnson-Marshall, undertaken whilst second year student at the Liverpool School of Architecture, for a project entitled "A sculpture museum on an Italian lake". There is one sheet of plans and one of elevations. They are both in monochrome colours, drawn in pencil with water-colour wash and ink detail . This project was assessed on 6 December 1932.

Dates: 1932

Plans for the proposed National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland, 1973

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Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/B/7.2.3
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Paper copies of a portfolio set of plans (60cm x 84cm), at 1:200 and 1:250 scale, of the proposed National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland in Edinburgh. There are 8 floor plans, 2 perspective drawings, 2 site plans and an elevation. The senior architect for the project was R Saddler and the project architect was JA Leask.

Dates: 1973

Plans for the proposed National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland and the Royal Scottish Museum extension, Chambers Street, Edinburgh, 1970

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Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/B/7.2.2
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Paper copies of a portfolio set of plans (A1 size), at 1/8" to 1' scale and 1' scale, of the proposed National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland and extension to the Royal Scottish Museum in Edinburgh. There are 8 floor plans, 4 sections and a structural plan. In addition there is a copy of a plan entitled "Chambers Street Museum, survey of west elevation" by the Ministry of Buildings and Works, dated 1970.

Dates: 1970

Plans of Chambers Street development, Edinburgh, 1925-1973

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Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/B/7
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Chambers Street development consists of:


  1. plans: National Library of Scotland feasibility studies, (c1971-1973)
  2. plans: Proposals for the new Museum of Scotland, (1925-1973)
  3. report on the Argyle Brewery Site, (1973)
Dates: 1925-1973

Plans: Proposals for the new Museum of Scotland, 1925-1973

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Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/B/7.2
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Plans of proposals for the Museum of Scotland consists of:


  1. plans: Royal Scottish Museum, (1925-1957)
  2. plans: proposed National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland and the Royal Scottish Museum extension, Chambers Street, Edinburgh, (1970)
  3. plans: proposed National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland, (1973)
Dates: 1925-1973

Royal Scottish Museum plans, 1925-1957

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Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/B/7.2.1
Scope and Contents

Papers copies of the original linen floor plans (60cm x 84cm) for the ground, first floor and roof of the Royal Scottish Museum in Chambers Street in Edinburgh. An elevation to Chambers Street, along with a cross-section are also included.

Dates: 1925-1957

Second year assignments, 1932-1933

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Identifier: PJM/UOL/A/2
Scope and Contents Second year assignments consists of drawings for assessed architectural assignments, undertaken by Percy Johnson-Marshall as a second year student on the Diploma of Architecture at the University of Liverpool. "A sculpture museum on an Italian lake", 1932 "A restaurant on the Thames at Henley", 1932 "An assembly hall and shops", 1933 "A country inn",...
Dates: 1932-1933