The Royal Academy has announced plans to expand its Collection Gallery in Burlington Gardens into an ambitious and elegant double-height space. The RA Collection Gallery project will restore, in a modern interpretation of its original design, Pennethorne’s double-height examination hall in the west wing of the building. The current Collection Gallery will close to the public from 10th October. AboutAt the founding of the Royal Academy in December 1768, the commitment to build a collection ofworks was born. All images Visualisation of the Royal Academy’s new double-height Collection Gallery.