If you’re in #Aberdeen and interested in how people work with dead bodies, or in the more philosophical puzzles of why and how we should respect the dead, come and join a discussion in Aberdeen Archives, Gallery & Museums on Friday 3rd May, 2-4pm Tickets £0 or £5 bit.ly/3QdK39B 3/3 pls RT

Today's Art UK #OnlineArtExchange celebrates #LaveryOnLocation at Ulster Museum! ✨

Here is Lavery's 'The Tennis Party' c.1885 from Aberdeen Archives, Gallery & Museums. 🎾

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🌊 Happy International Haiku Poetry Day! 🌳

We challenged our staff to write haikus inspired by our collection, our venues and life working in our museums and gallery. 🌸

🤔 Which one is your favourite? Comment below!

🎨 Today is #WorldArtDay ! Why not celebrate with a visit to Aberdeen Art Gallery?

🔎 Explore our collection and let our lovely front of house team lead you on a tour of Art Gallery highlights every Saturday at 11am! See you there 👀

Productive discussions with David Cameron, Lord Provost of Aberdeen, during my visit. And a pleasure to see the temporary exhibition of work by French artist Louise Bourgeois at the Aberdeen Archives, Gallery & Museums.
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😎Get yer thermals aff and yer SPF oan - It's a scoarcher!

Come and catch some rays on our sunny terrace on Level 2 at #AberdeenArtGallery . The perfect place for a coffee and a cake!🍰

🕰 We are open Monday-Saturday 10am-5pm and Sunday 11am-4pm

🎟️ Admission free

This striking portrait of the artist Louise Bourgeois, taken by Robert Mapplethorpe, is on view now at Aberdeen Art Gallery in the FREE exhibition - #ARTISTROOMS Louise Bourgeois.

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🥳 Happy #TartanDay ! Did you know that tartan is believed to have been worn in Scotland since at least the 3rd century A.D? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

1️⃣ Gordon Tartan Dress, 1854
2️⃣ Gordon Tartan Kilt, 1880s

For our Scottish friends & networks, Friends of Stonehaven Open Air Pool’s Steve Harris will be talking about the technicolor Stonehaven Pool on 19 June 2024, 12.30pm-1.15pm.
Aberdeen Archives, Gallery & Museums #scotland #swimming #lido #stonehaven
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Why and how should we respect the dead? If you’re in #Aberdeen , join me for an in-person public discussion featuring an anatomist, an archaeologist and a philosopher @abdnartmuseums on 3rd May. Join the conversation with a ticket £0 or £5 from bit.ly/3QdK39B TVM Royal Institute of Philosophy

Great visit to the Maritime museum today ⚓️🚢Aberdeen Archives, Gallery & Museums

Ray, was a creative and driven Welsh Second World War artist. She was also a painter, mosaicist, community theatre pioneer and poet.

Discover more 👉 ow.ly/Xgwv50QWXk7

🧑‍🎨 Ray Howard-Jones (1903–1996) © Amgueddfa Cymru | Museum Wales & Nicola Howard-Jones. 📷 Aberdeen Archives, Gallery & Museums

📢 We’re pleased to announce that training for our new transportation system is finally underway at Aberdeen Archives, Gallery & Museums.

⚠️ If you see our team at work, please do not approach… or feed them. 🚫

🐰 Hoppy Easter from all the Easter Bunnies at Aberdeen Archives, Gallery & Museums! We hope you have an egg-cellent day 🐣

🌸 What are your Easter holiday plans? Hop on over to our website to check out our cracking programme 🔗 orlo.uk/frwks

📢 VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITY
We’re looking for volunteers to support 'Our Aberdeen', a programme of regular dementia-friendly events.

Deadline to apply is Monday 15 April. Find out more and apply now! 🔗 orlo.uk/SFuaF

#volunteer #opportunity #AberdeenArtGallery

📢 Gordon Contemporaries Exhibition 🎨

We are delighted that @abdnartmuseums will be featuring an exhibition of David and June Gordon Memorial Trust award-winning artists from the North East⭐

📅 27 April - 24 November
📍 Aberdeen Art Gallery
🎟️ Free

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We’ve really began to notice the evenings are get lighter - so summer is definitely on it’s way.

Which also means our annual Concerts for a Summer’s Night tour will be coming to light-filled venues across Scotland very soon. Find out more at scottishensemble.co.uk/programme/2023…

🎹 Happy #PianoDay ! We are sharing 'Girl Playing a Piano' by Urushibara Mokuchu (1888-1953).

👀 What do you think? Is she playing for an audience or practicing? We can only guess; but there seems confidence in her playing - and it is a grand piano!

🐣 EASTER VISITOR NOTICE 🌸

Aberdeen Art Gallery, Maritime Museum and Provost Skene’s House are open everyday over Easter Weekend and the school holidays. Our opening hours are Monday – Saturday 10am-5pm and Sunday 11am-4pm.

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