What's On
Look of Love
Exhibitions and Displays
What does love look like to you? Discover historic and contemporary highlights from our sculpture collection.
28 January 2023-17 October 2024
View of Aberdeen
Exhibitions and Displays
We’ve been talking to people across the city about what Aberdeen means to them. This new exhibition shares these views, and some of the artworks and objects that inspired them.
27 May 2023-28 May 2028
Voices from the Granite Industry
Exhibitions and Displays
From ancient quarries to iconic buildings, this exhibition gives insights into how the Granite City earned its name. Local workers share their memories of quarrying and working our local stone.
4 November 2023-14 April 2024
Miniature Marvels
Exhibitions and Displays
This display features artworks by Doug Cocker, Simon Laurie, Bill Scott, Ian McKenzie Smith, Fred Stiven and Ainslie Yule.
18 November 2023-24 March 2024
Celebrating Printmaking at Peacock
Exhibitions and Displays
We mark 50 years of printmaking at Peacock and its role in the cultural life of the North East with a special exhibition drawn from the Peacock Archive Collection, in the care of Aberdeen Archives,
16 December 2023-12 May 2024
Sir William Gillies and the Scottish Landscape
Exhibitions and Displays
An exhibition celebrating Scottish artist Sir William Gillies (1898-1973) and his colourful depictions of Scotland’s rural landscape.
27 January-10 November 2024
ARTIST ROOMS Louise Bourgeois
Exhibitions and Displays
We launch our 2024 exhibition programme with the only Scottish showing of work by French-American artist Louise Bourgeois, who is widely recognised as one of the most important and influential figu
2 March-9 June 2024
New Acquisitions
Exhibitions and Displays
Every year new objects enter Aberdeen
30 March-22 December 2024
Family Fun: Printmaking with Peacock Visual Arts
Workshops
Make your own fine art print. Join the Peacock print team to design and make your own unique screen and monoprint influenced by works from the Peacock Print Archive.
Saturday 30 March 2024, 10.30am-12.30pm
Family Fun: Printmaking with Peacock Visual Arts
Workshops
Make your own fine art print. Join the Peacock print team to design and make your own unique screen and monoprint influenced by works from the Peacock Print Archive.
Saturday 30 March 2024, 2.00pm-4.00pm
Stitching with the UFOs
Workshops
Come along and join in with the UFOs or Unfinished Objects group to take part in their latest stitching project designed especially for them by Andrew Crummy, creator of the Great Tapestry of Scotl
Tuesday 2 April 2024, 1.30pm-3.30pm
Lunchtime Talk: Homosexuality in the Aberdeen press 1880–1930
Talks and Tours
Talk by Dr Michael Shaw, University of Stirling
Wednesday 3 April 2024, 12.30pm-1.15pm
Guthrie’s Goslings
Workshops
Join Guthrie the Goose as each month he playfully introduces our youngest visitors to a different artwork or theme. Sessions can include a mixture of music, dance, crafts and games.
Wednesday 3 April 2024, 2.00pm-2.45pm
Artroom with GHAT
Workshops
Saturdays
6, 13, 20, 27 April
4, 11, 18, 25 May
1, 8, 15, 22, 29 June
10.30am–12.30pm
6 April-29 June 2024
Children’s workshop: transfer prints
Workshops
Join mixed media artist Natalie Easton in this unique print-making workshop.
Wednesday 10 April 2024, 10.30am-12.30pm