Monuments and memorials to Robert Burns
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This a list of memorials to Scottish poet Robert Burns.
Main category: Monuments and memorials to Robert Burns
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Unveiling of the Burns Monument in Toronto's Allan Gardens in 1902 -
Statue by G. A. Lawson dedicated to Burns in tribute to Montreal's founding Scottish community. Facing west, away from Dorchester Square -
Vintage postcard, dated 1899, showing Burns with the monument and cottage in Ayr -
Burns Monument on Calton Hill, Edinburgh -
Union Terrace, Aberdeen -
Memorial in London -
Washington Park, Albany -
Garfield Park, Chicago
| Location | Country | Monument | Sculptor, etc. | Year | Ref | Image |
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| Aberdeen | Scotland | statue near Union Terrace Gardens | Henry Bain-Smith | 1892 | ||
| Alloway | Scotland | monument a short distance from his birthplace | Photo | |||
| Arbroath | Scotland | statue in the grounds of Arbroath Library | ||||
| Ayr | Scotland | statue in Burns Statue Square | G.A. Lawson | [1] | ||
| Dumfries | Scotland | statue outside Greyfriar Church in the town centre | Amelia Hill | |||
| Dumfries | Scotland | Burns House museum | [1] | |||
| Dundee | Scotland | statue in Meadowside | ||||
| Edinburgh | Scotland | 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 | Scotland | inscription in Makars' Court, outside The Writers' Museum in Edinburgh's Old Town | ||||
| Glasgow | Scotland | statue in George Square | George Edwin Ewing (sculptor), J A Ewing (reliefs), Cox and Son (cast) | 1877 | ||
| Irvine | Scotland | statue on Irvine Moor | James Pittendrigh Macgillivray | 1896 | ||
| Leith | Scotland | statue on Bernard Street | David Watson Stevenson | 1898-10-15 (unveiled) | ||
| Paisley | Scotland | statue in the Fountain Gardens | F. W. Pomeroy | [3] | ||
| Stirling | Scotland | statue outside Albert Halls | Albert Hodge | |||
| London | England | statue in Victoria Embankment Gardens | John Steell | 1884 | ||
| Fredericton, New Brunswick | Canada | statue across from the Provincial Legislature | William Grant Stevenson | 1906-10-18 (unveiled) | ||
| Halifax, Nova Scotia | Canada | statue in Victoria Park | G.A. Lawson | 1919 | ||
| Montreal | Canada | statue on Square Dorchester | G.A. Lawson | |||
| Toronto | Canada | statue in Allan Gardens | David Watson Stevenson (sculptor), Emanuel Hahn (panels) | 1902 | ||
| Vancouver | Canada | statue in Stanley Park | G.A. Lawson | |||
| Chicago, Illinois | United States | statue in Garfield Park | William Grant Stevenson | |||
| Denver, Colorado | United States | statue | William Grant Stevenson | |||
| Milwaukee, Wisconsin | United States | statue on the south end of Burns Commons Park | William Grant Stevenson | |||
| New York | United States | statue in Central Park | John Steell | 1880 | ||
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | United States | statue at Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Gardens | John Massey Rhind | |||
| Adelaide | Australia | statue outside the State Library of South Australia | William James Maxwell | 1894 | [4] | 
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| Ballarat, Victoria | Australia | statue outside the eponymous Burns Centre, National Circuit, Forrest | John S. Davie | 1935 | ||
| Brisbane, Queensland | Australia | statue at Centenary Place | 1929 | 
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| Canberra, Australian Capital Territory | Australia | statue in Sturt St (cnr of Lydiard Street) | John Udny | 1935 | 
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More (by country)
[edit]Scotland
[edit]- Irvine, North Ayrshire - bronze Burns statue at Eglinton Country Park.
- Kilmarnock - Burns Monument in Kay Park Photo 1984, Photo 2004 after the arson attack.
- Kilmarnock - statue outside Burns Mall Photo
- Mauchline - Burns National Memorial Photo
- Prestonpans - Burns Bicentennial Memorial, erected by the local Burns Club
Australia
[edit]- statue of Burns with plough, outside the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney
- statue at Centenary Place in Brisbane - Photo archive copy at the Wayback Machine
- statue in Treasury Gardens, Melbourne, with bronze friezes of pastoral life decorating the plinth
- statue (bust) in the Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria.
- statue in Camperdown, Victoria
Canada
[edit]- 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 - currently removed for refurbishment till (probably) spring 2011.
- statue in Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, British Columbia
- statue in Halifax, Nova Scotia, across from the Public Gardens on Spring Garden Road
New Zealand
[edit]- 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
United States
[edit]- statue in front of the old Spaulding High School building in Barre, Vermont
- statue in Washington Park, Albany, New York
- statue in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California
- 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 Cheyenne, Wyoming
- statue in Boston, Massachusetts
- statue in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Replica of Burns' birthplace cottage belonging to the Burns Club Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia
References
[edit]- ↑ Archive copy. Archived from the original on 2011-06-09. Retrieved on 2011-02-18.
- ↑ Monuments and Statues of Edinburgh, Michael T.R.B. Turnbull (Chambers) p.4
- ↑ www.rescuerabbie.com
- ↑ page 7, #1. Archived from the original on 2011-09-30. Retrieved on 2011-02-18.