Aberdeen Art Gallery

Абердин / Великобритания

Aberdeen Art Gallery is the main visual arts exhibition space in the city of Aberdeen, Scotland. It was founded in 1884, in a building designed by Alexander Marshall Mackenzie, with a sculpture court added in 1905. In 1900 it received the art collection of Alexander Macdonald, a local granite merchant.The gallery is noted for its fine collection of modern Scottish and international art, including works by Ken Currie, Gilbert & George, Ivor Abrahams, Bridget Riley and Bruce McLean. The permanent collection includes 18th-century works by Henry Raeburn, William Hogarth, Allan Ramsay and Joshua Reynolds, and 20th-century works by Paul Nash and Francis Bacon, the Post-Impressionists and the Scottish Colourists, as well as applied arts and crafts. The central hall is supported by granite columns in a variety of colours, derived from different quarries in the local area and far beyond. At the western end of the building, with a room inside and a monument outside, is a major war memorial. The Memorial Court court has a display of several books of remembrance and rolls of honour, commemorating the fallen of World War I, World War II, the Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets in World War II, and from conflicts after 1945. The Gallery was closed for a programme of renovations commencing in 2015. The gallery re-opened in November 2019, with comedian John Bishop, being one of the first people to visit.

Aberdeen Maritime Museum

Абердин / Великобритания

Aberdeen Maritime Museum is a maritime museum in Aberdeen, Scotland. The museum is situated on the historic Shiprow in the heart of the city, near the harbour. It makes use of a range of buildings including a former church and Provost Ross' House, one of the oldest domestic buildings in the city. The museum tells the story of the city's long relationship with the North Sea. Collections cover shipbuilding, fast sailing ships, fishing and port history, and displays on the North Sea oil industry. Collection highlights include ship plans and photographs from the major shipbuilders of Aberdeen including Hall, Russell & Company Ltd, Alexander Hall and Sons, Duthie and John Lewis & Co. Ltd and Walter Hood & Co. Displays include ship and oil rig models, paintings, clipper ship and "North Boats" material, fishing, whalers and commercial trawlers, North Sea oil industry, and the marine environment.

Абердинский университет

Абердин / Великобритания

Абердинский университет — университет в Абердине , пятый по старшинству в Великобритании. Университет был образован в 1860 году путём объединения King’s College и Marischal College. Первый из них был основан ещё в 1495 году, второй — в 1593 году. Колледж Маришаль был основан сторонниками Реформации, поддерживавшими учение Пьера де ла Рамэ, в противовес оставшемуся в целом верным католицизму Королевскому колледжу. Между ними первое время существовало соперничество, но уже в XVII веке они стали сближаться, и в 1641 году Карл I своим указом объединил оба колледжа в Королевский университет Абердина, однако после окончания революции Карл II восстановил независимость обоих колледжей. Окончательное объединение в единый университет произошло 15 сентября 1860 года.

Gordon Highlanders Museum

Абердин / Великобритания

The Gordon Highlanders Museum is based in Aberdeen, Scotland and celebrates the story of the Gordon Highlanders regiment, which originated as the 92nd Regiment of Foot in 1794, became the Gordon Highlanders in 1881 and was then amalgamated into a new larger unit of the British Army in 1994. It is a 5-star Scottish Tourist Board attraction, as of 2019, the only one in Aberdeen.