Aberdeen Art Gallery

Aberdeen Art Gallery

Aberdeen Art Gallery is the main visual arts exhibition space in the city of Aberdeen in Scotland. It opened in 1885, in a building designed by Alexander Marshall McKenzie.

The permanent collection including works by the Post-Impressionists and the Scottish Colourists as well as applied arts and crafts.

The central hall is supported by granite columns in a variety of colours, derived from different quarries in the local area and far beyond.

At the western end of the building, with a room inside and a monument outside, is a major war memorial.

External links

* [http://www.aagm.co.uk/code/emuseum.asp?page=buildings_art_gallery Aberdeen Art Gallery]


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