Kirkcudbright Galleries, Kirkcudbright, Scotland

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Kirkcudbright Galleries
St. Mary Street
Kirkcudbright
Dumfries and Galloway DG6 4AA


Kirkcudbright Galleries

The Kirkcudbright Artists’ Collection

The Kirkcudbright Artists’ Collection comprises over 600 works of fine art, illustrations, books, decorative art, craftwork, silverware and furniture. In addition, it includes an extensive collection of archives and photographs. Highlights of the collection include paintings by the Faed family, Charles Oppenheimer and Samuel Peploe; silver jewellery designed for Liberty of London by Jessie M King and the correspondence of distinguished artists such as E A Taylor. In 2015 the collection was formally recognised as one of Scotland’s Nationally Significant Collections. These ‘Recognised Collections’ can be found in museums and galleries across Scotland and together they showcase the very best of the nation’s holdings of art and antiquities.

Kirkcudbright Town Hall

Now the home of Kirkcudbright Galleries, the Town Hall was built in 1879. It replaced an earlier hall which had become unsafe due to inadequate foundations on wet ground. The new and improved building housed a library, the Stewartry Museum and a reading room, as well as space for public and Town Council meetings. Newspapers of the time show that a remarkable selection of events to entertain and educate were held here, including ventriloquists and wizards, dancing tutors, military displays and, of course, numerous balls and concerts. The museum quickly outgrew its second floor accommodation so the museum committee raised funds for a new building on its present site just a short distance away. Opened in 1893, it still houses the town’s and county’s historical collections.

Opening hours: Monday – Saturday: 10am-5pm - Sunday: 12noon-5pm

Admission: Free

https://www.kirkcudbrightgalleries.org.uk/collection/