Visits Secretary 2023-26: Marion Maudsley
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Perth Visit. Art Gallery and Museum. Thursday 23rd April 2026
The Perth Art Gallery and the new Perth Museum opened in 2024 in the former Perth City Hall. The city’s rich history and art collections are recognised to be of national importance. The Stone of Destiny is the museum’s most famous item, but exhibits from the earliest times include Neolithic carved stone balls and the spectacular 3000 year old and almost 30 foot long Carpow Logboat found in the River Tay. There are also Pictish cross slabs and rare pre-Reformation images, as well as 17th century textiles and a cast of the heaviest rod-caught salmon (64llbs) in the UK.
Perth’s collection of Scottish Colourist J D Fergusson is now part of the Art Gallery’s permanent collection and includes some works by his partner Margaret Morris and film records of her innovative dance company. Modern Scots painters are in another part of the gallery and the most recent addition to the permanent displays is a private family collection of the Pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais, featuring family portraits and Perthshire landscapes. A temporary exhibition of recently re-discovered and rarely seen Scottish Colourist paintings opens at the beginning of April.
We will leave at 9.15 am from the coach bays at Helensburgh Pier. There will be a coffee stop in the Stirling area. In Perth we will visit the Art Gallery first and cross the road to the Royal George Hotel for lunch about 1.30. After lunch there will be a 5 minute walk down to the museum. The coach will leave at 4.45 pm and we should return to Helensburgh by about 6.30 pm.
The cost of £55 covers coach transport and driver’s gratuity, morning coffee stop and a two course lunch (main course and sweet). Because of time constraints courses will have to be pre-ordered once the menu has been finalised taking account of dietary restrictions. Entry to both museum and art gallery is free of charge, though there may be a charge for temporary exhibitions, estimated in the total cost.
Please register as soon as possible, by our next lecture on 9th December if possible, to ensure a place and to make sure we have sufficient numbers to run the trip. Branch members will be given priority till the December lecture.
Please see the linked Registration Form.
Rather than posting or scanning the Registration form, you may send all required details required for Registration by email when confirming payment to Marion Maudsley via her email on the Committee Page. Please notethat payment bt BACS is preferred.
Contact Marion Maudsley from our Committee page for more information.
