Mintlaw Discovery Centre

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233 artworks

Part of Aberdeenshire Museums Service

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The Discovery Centre was opened as the central stores and workshops complex for Aberdeenshire Museums Service in 2005. The building acts as the Service's HQ and is the base for many of the Service's education activities. Most of the Service's fine art collection is housed here and visitors can take part in tours of the building to see the reserve collections.

Station Road, Mintlaw, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire AB42 5EE Scotland

01771 622807

Aberdeenshire Museums Service HQ hours are 9am–4.30pm, Monday to Friday. Please telephone in advance if you wish to arrange a visit to see a particular painting. Contact details can be found at http://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/museums/

http://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/museums/

Artworks

  • From the Hills to the Sea
    From the Hills to the Sea Kate Downie (b.1958)
    Mintlaw Discovery Centre
  • John Smith (1826–1910), Provost of Peterhead (1888–1899)
    John Smith (1826–1910), Provost of Peterhead (1888–1899) George Fiddes Watt (1873–1960)
    Mintlaw Discovery Centre
  • David Scott (1839–1911)
    David Scott (1839–1911) George Fiddes Watt (1873–1960)
    Mintlaw Discovery Centre
  • Arilas West
    Arilas West Ian McKenzie Smith (b.1935)
    Mintlaw Discovery Centre
  • Mrs Marion Scott (1845–1920)
    Mrs Marion Scott (1845–1920) George Fiddes Watt (1873–1960)
    Mintlaw Discovery Centre
  • Reverend Dr William Straton Bruce (1846–1933), Minister of Banff (1873–1925)
    Reverend Dr William Straton Bruce (1846–1933), Minister of Banff (1873–1925) John Bulloch Souter (1890–1971)
    Mintlaw Discovery Centre
  • Peter Sutherland (1803–1904)
    Peter Sutherland (1803–1904) George Fiddes Watt (1873–1960)
    Mintlaw Discovery Centre
  • 226 more

Not every artwork is on display – if you would like to see a particular work, contact the venue before your visit

Aberdeenshire Museums Service has another 246 artworks

Artists

  • Uckaluk
    William Day Keyworth the younger (1843–1902)
  • Portrait of an Unknown Lady*
    Henry Snell Gamley (1865–1928)
  • The Old Sawmill, Stonehaven
    Douglas Adams (1853–1920)
  • View of Peterhead
    William Brebner
  • 31.VIII.97
    Iain Redford McIntosh (1945–2021)
  • River Ugie and Ravenscraig
    Charles Hutton (1867–1948)
  • Portrait of an Unknown Lady
    R. Christie
  • John Henderson Will (d.1900), Provost of Peterhead (1885–1888)
    J. Milne
  • Hill Farm
    Joseph Byres Edwards (1933–2000)
  • William Elphinstone (1431–1514), Bishop of Aberdeen
    James Giles (1801–1870)
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