Royal Academy of Arts

The Royal Academy of Arts is an art institution based in Burlington House in London, England. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: art institution in London, England, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “R.A.”, “RAA”, “Royal Academy Including Burlington House And Galleries And Royal Academy Schools Buildings”, “Royal Academy of the Arts”, and “皇家艺术院”
  • Address: Piccadilly, London, W1J 0BD
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Leicester Square and National Gallery.

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The area around , often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of . The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.

Art gallery
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The is an art museum in in the , in , England. Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of more than 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900. is situated 2,500 feet east of Royal Academy of Arts.

Park
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The , one of the Royal Parks of London, is in the , Central London. is to the north of the gardens and semi-circular forecourt of , across Constitution Hill road.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St James’s and Mayfair-Marylebone.

Neighborhood
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St James's is a district of , and a central district in the , London, forming part of the . The area was once part of the northwestern gardens and parks of St.

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Mayfair and Marylebone are districts of central . Together they cover a large area of western central London, encompassing the whole of Mayfair and Piccadilly to the south and the area from Oxford Street through Marylebone to Regent's Park and the border with St John's Wood to the north.

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is a district of central , part of the West End, famous for jazz, its gay village, sex shops and alternative lifestyles.

Royal Academy of Arts

Latitude
51.50926° or 51° 30′ 33″ north
Longitude
-0.1397° or 0° 8′ 23″ west
Elevation
105 feet (32 metres)
Open location code
9C3XGV56+P4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 31510288
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
6944343
Wiki­data ID
Q270920
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Royal Academy of Arts” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الأكاديمية الملكية الإنجليزية للفنون”
  • Arabic: “الأكاديميه الملكيه للفنون”
  • Arabic: “الاكاديمية الملكية للفنون”
  • Armenian: “Royal Academy of Arts”
  • Armenian: “Գեղարվեստի թագավորական ակադեմիա”
  • Armenian: “Թագավորական ակադեմիա”
  • Bashkir: “Король художество академияһы”
  • Basque: “Royal Academy of Arts”
  • Belarusian: “Каралеўская Акадэмія мастатцваў”
  • Belarusian: “Каралеўская акадэмія мастацтваў”
  • Bulgarian: “Кралска академия по изкуствата”
  • Catalan: “RAA”
  • Catalan: “Royal Academy of Arts”
  • Chinese: “伦敦皇家艺术学院”
  • Chinese: “皇家美术学院”
  • Chinese: “皇家艺术学院”
  • Chinese: “皇家艺术研究院”
  • Chinese: “皇家藝術學院”
  • Chinese: “皇家藝術院”
  • Chinese: “皇家院士”
  • Chinese: “英国皇家艺术学院”
  • Cornish: “Akademi Riel Artys”
  • Czech: “Královská akademie umění”
  • Czech: “Royal Academy of Arts”
  • Danish: “Royal Academy”
  • Dutch: “Royal Academy of Arts”
  • Dutch: “Royal Academy”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الاكاديميه الملكيه للفنون”
  • Esperanto: “Reĝa Akademio de Artoj”
  • Estonian: “Kuninglik Kunstiakadeemia”
  • Estonian: “Kuninglik Kunstide Akadeemia”
  • Finnish: “Royal Academy of Arts”
  • French: “Royal Academy of Arts”
  • French: “Royal Academy”
  • Galician: “Real Academia de Arte”
  • Georgian: “ხელოვნების სამეფო აკადემია (ლონდონი)”
  • Georgian: “ხელოვნების სამეფო აკადემია”
  • German: “Royal Academy of Arts”
  • Greek: “Βασιλική Ακαδημία Τεχνών του Λονδίνου”
  • Hebrew: “האקדמיה המלכותית לאמנויות”
  • Hindi: “रायल अकादमी”
  • Hungarian: “Királyi Művészeti Akadémia”
  • Indonesian: “Royal Academy of Arts”
  • Indonesian: “Royal Academy”
  • Irish: “Acadamh Ríoga na nEalaíon”
  • Italian: “Royal Academy of Arts”
  • Italian: “Royal Academy”
  • Japanese: “ロイヤル・アカデミー・オブ・アーツ”
  • Japanese: “ロイヤル・アカデミー”
  • Japanese: “王立芸術院”
  • Korean: “로열 아카데미 오브 아츠”
  • Korean: “영국 왕립미술원”
  • Luxembourgish: “Royal Academy of Arts”
  • Luxembourgish: “Royal Academy”
  • Macedonian: “RA”
  • Macedonian: “Кралска академија”
  • Maltese: “Akkademja Rjali tal-Arti”
  • Mazanderani: “آکادمی سلطنتی هنر”
  • Mazanderani: “هنر سلطنتی آکادمی”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Det engelske kunstakademi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Royal Academy of London”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Royal Academy”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “The Royal Academy”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Royal Academy of Arts”
  • Norwegian: “Royal Academy of Arts”
  • Ossetian: “Аивæдты къароладон академи”
  • Persian: “آکادمی سلطنتی هنر”
  • Persian: “آکادمی سلطنتی”
  • Persian: “اکادمی سلطنتی هنر”
  • Persian: “اکادمی سلطنتی”
  • Polish: “Królewska Akademia Sztuki w Londynie”
  • Polish: “Royal Academy of Arts”
  • Polish: “Royal Academy”
  • Portuguese: “Academia Real Inglesa”
  • Portuguese: “Royal Academy School”
  • Portuguese: “Royal Academy”
  • Portuguese: “The Royal Academy”
  • Romanian: “Academia Regală de Arte”
  • Romanian: “R.A.”
  • Romanian: “RA”
  • Romanian: “Royal Academy of Arts”
  • Russian: “Королевская академия художеств”
  • Russian: “Королевская академия”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Acadamh Rìoghail nan Ealan”
  • Slovenian: “Kraljeva akademija umetnosti”
  • Slovenian: “RAA”
  • Slovenian: “Royal Academy of Arts”
  • Spanish: “Academia Real de Arte”
  • Spanish: “Real Academia de Artes”
  • Spanish: “Royal Academy of Arts”
  • Swedish: “Londons konstakademi”
  • Swedish: “Royal Academy of Art”
  • Swedish: “Royal Academy of Arts”
  • Thai: “Royal Academy of Arts”
  • Thai: “Royal Academy”
  • Thai: “รอยัลอะคาเดมีออฟอาตส์”
  • Thai: “ราชวิทยาลัยศิลปกรรม”
  • Thai: “ราชสถาบันศิลปะ”
  • Turkish: “Kraliyet Sanat Akademisi”
  • Turkish: “Royal Academy of Arts”
  • Ukrainian: “Королівська академія мистецтв”
  • Vietnamese: “Học viện Nghệ thuật Hoàng gia Anh”
  • Welsh: “Academi Frenhinol y Celfyddydau”
  • Welsh: “yr Academi Frenhinol”
  • Western Armenian: “Արուեստի թագաւորական Ակադեմիա, Լոնտոն”

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