We’re really sorry, but the Grimshaw exhibition in the Art Gallery and the West Wing of the Rotunda Museum are currently closed due to water leaks following recent heavy rainfall. We’re working to open them again as soon as possible – thanks for your understanding. 

Current Events and Upcoming Exhibitions

You've built a sandcastle, had a ride on the donkeys and now its time to visit the Museum and the art galleries ...

... bring us an ice cream please!

Always Been Here

16 September 2023—7 January 2024

Scarborough Art Gallery

An exhibition that explores the voices and artefacts of Scarborough’s queer heritage.

The Ayckbourn Collection

From Saturday 16 September 2023

Scarborough Art Gallery

Who Am I?

Open Tuesday - Sunday | 10am - 5pm

Scarborough Art Gallery

A range of portraits of local people, artists, royalty, and the aristocracy from the Scarborough Collection.

Visit our café at Woodend

Take time out during your visit with us at Sitwell by Eat Me at Woodend, to enjoy a mouth watering menu of sweet eats, savoury bites and hot & cold drinks.

The café is located in the former Sitwell family dining room, where the family, which included novelists and poets Edith, Osbert and Sacheverell, used to spend their summers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Projects

Working creatively and with communities in mind, is at the core of Scarborough Museums and Galleries Projects. Take a look at some current and past activities.

From Local to Global

A project that explores the collection of Colonel James Harrison, a wealthy landowner and big game hunter who spent his extensive leisure time travelling the British Empire and beyond.

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