The University of Aberdeen has many public artworks in Old Aberdeen. Pick up a leaflet from the Library, Zoology Museum and other venues on campus and enjoy a walk taking in the art. The accompanying website provides details of each artwork.
Enjoy a walk across the University of Aberdeen campus taking in public artworks along the way including highlights such as:
Youth with Split Apple (2005)
Kenny Hunter
New King's
Kenny Hunter’s reclining student is holding an apple, a traditional symbol of intellectual awakening, which is split in two to suggest the dualistic nature of knowledge, the good and the bad.
Unheard, Unseen (2026)
KMG
Cruickshank Botanic Garden
Created as part of the 2026 Nuart Festival, this mural depicts a blackbird with the words "unheard, unseen" - a reference to the poet and nature writer Nan Shepherd, one of the university's first female graduates. KMG is a Scottish artist whose public artworks are inspired by Celtic folklore.
Cruickshank Windows (1906)
Douglas Strachan
Sir Duncan Rice Library
These stained glass windows formed part of the 1906 Cruickshank Window of Marischal College library that was designed by Aberdeen-born Douglas Strachan (1875-1950).
Click the link below for further details of these and all the artworks on the trail:
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