Welcome to the Travelling Gallery

The Travelling Gallery is a unique, self-contained, custom-built mobile art gallery, which brings contemporary art exhibitions into communities throughout Scotland. The Gallery tours 2 exhibitions per year for about 16 weeks at a time and usually visits a different venue each day. 

We visit many schools as well as high streets, community centres, shopping centres, art centres, hospitals, colleges.  Everyone is welcome on the Travelling Gallery and staff are always available to answer any questions about the artists and their work. Have a look at Who we are & What we do.

Latest News

Autumn 2008 Exhibition

The Travelling Gallery's autumn exhibition will feature work by a varied group of artists whose work explores issues relating to the sea or coastline of Scotland. Exhibiting artists will include Thomas Joshua Cooper, ts Beall, Dalziel and Scullion, Celine Duval, Michael Mersinis, and Charlotte Watters. More information to follow soon...

About the new Travelling Gallery

The beautiful new Travelling Gallery bus was launched in Edinburgh on 12th April 2007. The new gallery was specially built on a double decker chassis, the interior was designed by architects Sutherland Hussey and the artwork on the outside of the gallery is by artist Mandy McIntosh. It has improved access, more floor space, new hi-tech audio visual equipment and increased security. It replaces the old Travelling Gallery vehicle which is now 25 years old.

The new Travelling Gallery was made possible through a National Lottery grant of £173,500 from the Scottish Arts Council, over £100,000 of funding from The City of Edinburgh Council, who have run the gallery since 1997, and additional funding from The Friends of The City Art Centre and the Adapt Trust.

Click here to have a look at some pictures of the new gallery as it was being built.