Open Monday to Saturday 10.30am-5pm
Sunday 10.30am-3.30pm

Admission free

About Us

The Pier Arts Centre is an Art Gallery and Museum in Stromness, Orkney. Home to a permanent collection and year round exhibitions and events… Find out more >

red line drawings of different fish motifs assembling to represent a face, with a teal wood effect background

Soulisquoy Printmakers Commissioned Prints
As part of their 40 years activity, a series of limited-edition prints have been specially commissioned and printed by Soulisquoy Printmakers. Available to purchase at the gallery or online. Click here for details

Image: Colin Kirkpatrick Brodgar Reel 2023 © the artist

a person showing artworks to a group in a room with wooden cupboards

Read about our trip to the British Museum earlier this year with a group of young people from Orkney.

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Permanent Collection
Aug 20
Permanent Collection
Dreams of the everyday: paintings by Winifred Nicholson & Andrew Cranston
Jun 21
Dreams of the everyday: paintings by Winifred Nicholson & Andrew Cranston
A Great Stromnessian - The Art of Provost George ‘Doddy’ S Robertson
Jun 21
A Great Stromnessian - The Art of Provost George ‘Doddy’ S Robertson
Island Voices
Jun 27
Island Voices
SUNLIGHT: Roger Ackling
Jul 12
SUNLIGHT: Roger Ackling
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Stromness Shopping Week
Jul 23
Stromness Shopping Week
SUNLIGHT:Roger Ackling Curatorial Tour
Aug 23
SUNLIGHT:Roger Ackling Curatorial Tour

Join Josie Long as she journeys through the Pier Arts Centre in this Art Fund film.

This week our #WednesdayWorkoftheWeek is Alan Reynolds First Drawing for Summer (The Seasons) 1954-6 #PierArtsCentre
We're looking forward to welcoming the Orkney Strathspey & Reel Society to play on our pier again after the@stromnessshoppingweek opening ceremony this morning Fingers crossed it stays dry for them and for our annual Pavement Artist Competition tomorrow (Thursday) at 2pm. #PierArtsCentre #StromessShoppingWeek
We're very excited that@stromnessshoppingweek 2025 starts tomorrow. Stop by and try one of our art explored hunts, or see if you can spot the odd man out in our window. And don't forget the annual Pavement Artist Competition on Thursday at 2pm (weather permitting) We will also have a drop-in 'Junk Journaling' activity on Friday. All our Shopping Week activities are free of charge and open to all. Open Monday-Saturday 10:30am-5pm Sunday 10:30am-3:30pm #PierArtsCentre #StromnessShoppingWeek2025