Open Tuesday to Saturday 10.30am-5pm
Admission free

some parts of the gallery will be closed throughout January
in order to carry out essential annual maintenance

About Us

The Pier Arts Centre is an Art Gallery and Museum in Stromness, Orkney. Home to a permanent collection and year round exhibitions and events… Find out more >

red line drawings of different fish motifs assembling to represent a face, with a teal wood effect background

Soulisquoy Printmakers Commissioned Prints
As part of their 40 years activity, a series of limited-edition prints have been specially commissioned and printed by Soulisquoy Printmakers. Available to purchase at the gallery or online. Click here for details

Image: Colin Kirkpatrick Brodgar Reel 2023 © the artist

a person showing artworks to a group in a room with wooden cupboards

Read about our trip to the British Museum earlier this year with a group of young people from Orkney.

Join Josie Long as she journeys through the Pier Arts Centre in this Art Fund film.

Featured
Permanent Collection
Aug 20
Permanent Collection
Peedie Pier – Primary and Junior Secondary School Artwork
Feb 15
Peedie Pier – Primary and Junior Secondary School Artwork
Bet Low - An Island On Your Doorstep
Mar 1
Bet Low - An Island On Your Doorstep
Featured
Piergroup
Jan 28
Piergroup
Today for our #WednesdayWorkoftheWeek we are celebrating the birthday of Olafur Eliasson (b. 1967) with The colour spectrum series, 2005 from our collection #PierArtsCentre
Linkshouse – Orkney Arts Residency is a dedicated residential and creative space on the north-west coast of Orkney’s Mainland managed by the Pier Arts Centre. It offers a spectacular location for creative endeavour in a unique historic and natural environment. We still have some availability for self funded full-house bookings in 2025. For further details on how to apply, please email linkshouse@pierartscentre.com or visit our website (link in bio) #PierArtsCentre #Linkshouse #Birsay #Orkney #Artists
A gentle reminder - If you had work in our Annual Open Exhibition, everything is now wrapped and ready to collect. We are open Tuesday-Saturday 10:30am-5pm although some of our galleries remain closed while we continue our programme of annual maintenance. #PierArtsCentre #Winter #maintenance