Scottish Academy
ROYAL, an institution for the promotion of the fine arts, formed at Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1826. Sculpture and painting are the Academy, which was incorporated in 1838, and was organized on the plan of the English Royal Academy, was housed at first in the building of the Royal Institution and there held its annual exhibitions. Later arrangements were made by which the exhibition of painting and sculpture of the Royal Scottish Academy were held in the National Gallery. Apart from the exhibitions, the Academy maintains schools and these also are conducted in the National Gallery.