Gracefield Arts Centre is located in Dumfries. The gallery's main building, a Category B listed building, was bought in 1951 by a committee of local people who raised the money needed for the purchase and to do the alterations necessary to change the former house, which was known as ‘Gracefield’ into an art gallery.The gallery houses a collection of over 600 Scottish paintings which include paintings by the Scottish Colourists, the Glasgow Boys, the Kirkcudbright School and the Edinburgh School, as well as contemporary Scottish works of art by the likes of Joan Eardley and Andy Goldsworthy. The gallery hosts a changing programme of contemporary exhibitions featuring regional, national and international artists and craftmakers.
A wide range of art and craft activities for adults and children run throughout the year at the gallery.
Dumfries Museum and Camera Obscura, located in Dumfries in Dumfries & Galloway, is the largest museum in the region. The museum has extensive collections relating to local and history from the pre-historic era. The museum also has the world's oldest working Camera Obscura. Admission is free, however a small fee applies for the Camera Obscura.
ダンフリーズ・アンド・ガロウェイ（Dumfries and Galloway, スコットランド・ゲール語：Dùn Phris agus an Gall-Ghaidhealaibh）は、スコットランドの州。北はサウス・エアシャー、イースト・エアシャー、サウス・ラナークシャーと、東はスコティッシュ・ボーダーズと、南はイングランドのカンブリア州と接する。南にはソルウェー湾があり、西はアイリッシュ海に面する。総面積6,426平方キロメートル。人口はおよそ148,000人（2004年）。州都はダンフリーズ。
