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Culture Perth and Kinross is a dynamic charitable trust delivering on museums, libraries, archives, family and local history and creative learning in Perth and Kinross.

04/09/2026

📢 WE'RE RECRUITING!

Culture Perth and Kinross are recruiting for a professional librarian to lead the strategic development of Library Services across the region. The post will suit someone with experience of working in a public library setting at a senior level, supporting reader development activity and working collaboratively with communities to deliver projects which meet their needs and interests.

📍Perth (role will require travel on a regular basis)
⌚ Permanent - 36 hours
🏧 £47,601 – £50,773
⏳ Deadline: 5.00 pm, Monday, 21 September 2026
🔗 Full details on our Careers page: https://bit.ly/cpkcareers

23/08/2026

Acclaimed Isaac Julien artwork ‘Lessons of the Hour’ to visit Perth Museum

Perth Museum is marking UNESCO’s International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition on 23 August 2026 with the announcement of its next exhibition Lessons of the Hour opening on 9 October 2026, which will explore human rights campaigner and abolitionist Frederick Douglass’s time in Scotland and Perthshire’s connections to the transatlantic slave trade.

Perth Museum will be the first and only Scottish venue on this new ARTIST ROOMS tour presenting Isaac Julien’s powerful film Lessons of the Hour – Frederick Douglass (2019). ARTIST ROOMS is Tate and the National Galleries of Scotland's touring collection of modern and contemporary art, and this will be the first opportunity for audiences around the UK to see Julien’s work since it was acquired for the national collection.

Read the press release here - https://buff.ly/j7u09qP and view the exhibition listing on our website https://buff.ly/Gmhe5L1

Image - J.P. Ball Studio, 1867 Douglass (Lessons of The Hour), 2019 © Isaac Julien

20/08/2026

Join us at Perth Art Gallery for an inspiring evening with leading art historian Alice Strang as she introduces her new book celebrating the iconic Scottish Colourists.

In this engaging talk, Alice will explore the lives and vibrant works of four remarkable artists: Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell, John Duncan Fergusson, George Leslie Hunter, and Samuel John Peploe, offering fresh insights into the creative journeys of this influential group. Drawing on her extensive research, she will share fascinating discoveries unearthed from archives and libraries across Scotland, including highlights from The Fergusson Archive, cared for by Culture Perth & Kinross.

📅 Oct 7 2026
🕡️ 6:30pm to 7:30pm | Doors open at 6.15pm
👛 £7.50/£5
🎟️ 🔗 https://buff.ly/0JuFgSS

📕 Commissioned by the National Galleries of Scotland, Alice’s book, The Scottish Colourists: Art and Life, will be released in September 2026.

📧 For any questions around accessibility for this event, please get in touch with [email protected]

19/08/2026

🚪 Doors Open Day is back!

Join us for a behind-the-scenes tour of the AK Bell Library and have the chance to see treasures from the Perth & Kinross Archive and Local and Family History collections, guided by our expert library staff and archivists.

🔛 First tour: 10am
🔛 Second tour: 12pm

🎟️ Book your place here: https://bit.ly/DOD_AKB26

This Grade A-listed building was designed by Perth City Architect, William Macdonald Mackenzie, and operated as an Infirmary from 1836 until 1914, when it became a hospital for World War I soldiers. Later, it became a tuberculosis centre and offices for the Perth Education Authority, before reopening in 1994 as the AK Bell Library, the flagship library and archive for Perth & Kinross.

13/08/2026

📌 Please note that the AK Bell Library will be closed from Monday 24 August to Monday 14 September while essential maintenance works are carried out in the building.

While the works are underway, library users can continue to access services at our 11 other libraries across Perth & Kinross, including Bookbug and Storytime sessions, computer access, printing and photocopying, and a variety of events and activities.

Find your local library: 👉 https://buff.ly/wwPuO21.

Read more about the closure: 👉 https://buff.ly/Sj7NSm7.

12/08/2026

🎦 Discover photography in its simplest form with this hands‑on pinhole camera workshop. Learn how to turn an everyday box into a working camera, take photos as you explore Perth, then develop your images in the community darkroom at Perth Creative Exchange. No experience needed – just curiosity.

📅 Sat 22 August | 10am - 2pm
📍 Starts at the AK Bell Library
💷 £45
🎟️ 🔗 https://buff.ly/hHW5CQO
🚸 16+

11/08/2026

📢 NEW BLOG

Our latest blog post comes from Emily, our Fergusson Collection Assistant. In this post, she tells us how her project work, Digitising the JD Fergusson Archive, has been progressing. Read more here: https://www.culturepk.org.uk/news/photographing-fergusson-digitising-the-jd-fergusson-archive/

10/08/2026

⚔️ Walk in the footsteps of Perth’s past and discover more about its connections to the Jacobite Wars.

Walking through the modern city, your guide will take you back in time with stories of the 1700s and what life would have been like for those fighting for and against the Jacobite cause in Perth. Find out where the Bonnie Prince took up residence during his stay here and of Perth’s gift to the victorious Duke of Cumberland.

📅 Sat 22 August
⌚️ 11am – 12pm
⌚️ 2pm – 3pm
🎟️ 🔗 https://buff.ly/MlFvL4T

ℹ️ Additional Information:
Attendees should arrive 10 minutes before the tour starts. The tour starts and ends outside Perth Museum (North Entrance). Please be aware that this is an outdoor event and may include steps or uneven surfaces. Please dress for the weather. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

07/08/2026

📚️ 📽️ Edinburgh International Book Festival, anyone?

Come and enjoy live book festival talks as they happen at this year's Edinburgh International Book Festival. This August we're showing nine live author talks. We have seven talks at the AK Bell Library and two at Perth Art Gallery, and best of all, they are completely free to attend.

Check out what we are showing, then book your space.

📽️ 🔗 https://www.culturepk.org.uk/event-group/eibf-live-steams/

Address

2-8 York Place
Perth
PH28EP

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

Telephone

+441738444949

Website

https://www.culturepk.org.uk/

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