Open Monday to Saturday 10.30am-5pm

Admission free

7 July-7 September 2025
open Sunday 10.30am-3.30pm

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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Island Voices - Meet the artists
Jul 19
Island Voices - Meet the artists

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

This week @artukdotorg #OnlineArtExchange is celebrating the summer Here's Pink Summer's Day by Terry Frost (1915–2003) from the collection at fitzmuseum_uk
SUNLIGHT: Roger Ackling opens this Saturday (12 July) Here's a sneak peek behind the scenes of the exhibition being unpacked and installed. The exhibition is curated by Amanda Geitner and is developed in partnership with the Artist’s Estate, @annelyjuda , @norwichcastle , the @henrymooreinstitute and the Pier Arts Centre. #PierArtsCentre #RogerAckling
This week's #WednesdayWorkoftheWeek is Voewood 2004 by Roger Ackling (1947-2014) Ackling’s work was an inspiration for the project architects in the redevelopment of the Pier Arts Centre, particularly in the zinc and glaze ribbing of the new building. A new display SUNLIGHT: Roger Ackling opens at the Pier Arts Centre on Saturday (12 July) @annelyjuda #pierartscentrebuilding