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
Wreck and Rescue
Exhibitions and Displays
Once it was simply ‘derrin’ do’ and brute strength against the elements. Today, changes in equipment, personnel and organisation have all helped improve water safety in and around Aberdeen.
10 February 2024-16 February 2025
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
Gordon Contemporaries
Exhibitions and Displays
The David and June Gordon Memorial Trust has
27 April-27 October 2024
New Aberdeen Bestiary
Exhibitions and Displays
New work from a three-year-long project involving international artists and Peacock printmakers, to mark the 50th anniversary of the organisation.
8 June-24 November 2024