List of Robert Burns memorials
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This a list of memorials to Scottish poet Robert Burns.
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[edit] Scotland
- Aberdeen - statue near Union Terrace Gardens
- Alloway - monument a short distance from his birthplace - Photo
- Arbroath - statue in the grounds of Arbroath Library
- Ayr - statue in Burns Statue Square Photo
- Dumfries - town centre statue outside Greyfriars Church
- Dumfries - mausoleum/burial site at St Michaels Churchyard
- Dumfries - Burns House museum [1]
- Dundee - statue in Meadowside
- Edinburgh - Burns Monument in Regent Road, south of Calton Hill. The marble statue inside by John Flaxman was moved to the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh.[2]
- Edinburgh - inscription in Makars' Court, outside The Writers' Museum in Edinburgh's Old Town
- Glasgow - statue in George Square, 1877 by George Edwin Ewing, reliefs by J A Ewing, cast by Cox and Son
- Irvine - statue on Irvine Moor,
- Kilmarnock - Burns Monument in Kay Park Photo 1984, Photo 2004 after the arson attack.
- Kilmarnock - Statue at Kilmarnock Cross Photo
- Leith - statue on Bernard Street
- Mauchline - Burns National Memorial Photo
- Paisley - statue in the Fountain Gardens, by F. W. Pomeroy [3]
- Prestonpans - Burns Bicentennial Memorial, erected by the local Burns Club
- Stirling - Burns Statue outside Albert Halls
[edit] Australia
- statue of Burns with plough, outside the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney
- statue in Canberra (1935), outside the eponymous Burns Centre, National Circuit, Forrest
- statue outside the State Library of South Australia in Adelaide
- statue at Centenary Place in Brisbane - Photo
- statue in Treasury Gardens, Melbourne, with bronze friezes of pastoral life decorating the plinth
- statue (bust) in the Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria.
- statue in Sturt St (cnr of Lydiard Street) Ballarat, Victoria.
- statue in Camperdown, Victoria
[edit] Canada
- Robert Burns Memorial (Montreal) in Dominion Square in Montreal (1930)
- statue in Allan Gardens, Toronto
- statue in Windsor, Ontario
- statue in Stanley Park, Vancouver, British ColumbiaPhoto
- statue in the grounds of the Hotel Macdonald, Edmonton, Alberta
- statue in the grounds of the Provincial Legislature, Winnipeg, Manitoba
- statue on the Green, across from the Provincial Leglislature, Fredericton, New Brunswick
- statue in Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, British Columbia
- statue in Halifax, Nova Scotia, across from the Public Gardens on Spring Garden Road
[edit] England
- statue in Victoria Embankment Gardens, London (1884)
[edit] New Zealand
- statue in The Octagon, Dunedin. One of the city's founding fathers was the poet's nephew Thomas Burns.
- statue in Timaru Botanic Gardens, Timaru
- statue in The Domain, Auckland[4]
- statue in Cass Square, Hokitika[5]
[edit] United States
- Replica of Burns' birthplace cottage belonging to the Burns Club Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia
- statue in front of the old Spaulding High School building in Barre, Vermont
- statue in Central Park, New York City
- statue in Washington Park, Albany, New York
- statue in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California
- statue at Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Gardens, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- statue in Robert Burns Park, Quincy, Massachusetts
- statue in Detroit, Michigan
- statue on the Danforth Campus of Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri
- statue in Confederate Park, Jacksonville, Florida
- bust in Hermann Park, Houston, Texas
- statue in Garfield Park, Chicago, Illinois
- statue in Cheyenne, Wyoming
- statue in Boston, Massachusetts
- statue in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- statue in Denver, Colorado
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.dumfriesmuseum.demon.co.uk/brnsho.html
- ^ Monuments and Statues of Edinburgh, Michael T.R.B. Turnbull (Chambers) p.4
- ^ www.rescuerabbie.com
- ^ http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/site_resources/library/Kids__Family/Star_Attractions/Family_Trails/The_Domain_Walk.pdf
- ^ http://ketewestcoast.peoplesnetworknz.info/site/images/show/310-barney-mowat-hokitika-piper?view_size=large
