List of public art in Aberdeen facts for kids

This is a list of public art in Aberdeen, Scotland. This list applies only to works of public art on permanent display in an outdoor public space and does not, for example, include artworks in museums.

Aberdeen Harbour

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	War memorial	Pocra Quay, Footdee, Aberdeen Harbour	1919	Alexander Watson, James Garden Milne (designers)	Obelisk on pedestal	Stone
	Sea Moon	Seafront, Aberdeen Bay	1986	Janusz Tkaczuk	Abstract sculpture	Metal and stone

Balgownie

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	War memorial	Oldmacher Church, Brig o' Balgownie	1920	William Boddie (builder)	Pillar	Granite

City centre

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	Mercat cross	Castlegate	1686	John Montgomery of Old Rayne	Statue on shaft and arched structure	Sandstone		Category A	Q17576440
	The Mannie	Castle Street	c. 1708		Statue and well housing	Lead and stone
	George Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon	Golden Square	1842	Thomas Campbell with Macdonald Field & Co.	Statue on pedestal	Granite		Category B	Q17770129
	Gordon of Khartoum	In front of Robert Gordon's College, Schoolhill	1884	Thomas Stuart Burnett	Statue on pedestal	Bronze and granite	5m high	Category B	Q17770171
	Queen Victoria	Queen's Cross	1893	Charles Bell Birch	Statue on pedestal	Bronze and granite		Category B	Q17770185
	Lord Byron	Aberdeen Grammar School	c. 1913	Alexander J. Leslie after James Pittendrigh Macgillivray	Statue on pedestal	Bronze and granite		Category B	Q17770109
	Lion sculpture war memorial	Exterior of Cowdray Hall, Blackfrairs Street	1925	William McMillan	Sculpture on pedestal	Granite		Category A	Q4666883
	Sea Fantasy	Grounds of Provost Skene's House	1946	T. B. Huxley-Jones	Statue group	Bronze
	Robert The Bruce	Marischal College, Broad Street	2011	Alan Beattie Herriot	Equestrian statue on pedestal	Bronze and stone
	Poised	Marischal Square, Broad Street	2017	Andy Scott	Statue on pillar	Steel	15m high

Union Terrace

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	Albert, Prince Consort	Union Terrace	Unveiled 1863	Carlo Marochetti	Seated statue on pedestal	Bronze and granite	2.1m tall (statue)	Category B	Q17770085
	Statue of William Wallace	Union Terrace	1888	William Grant Stevenson	Statue on pedestal	Bronze and granite		Category B	Q8019940
	Robert Burns	Union Terrace	1892	Henry Bain Smith	Statue on pedestal	Bronze and granite		Category B	Q17770098
	Edward VII	Union Terrace	1914	Alfred Drury & A.G.R. Mackenzie (pedestal)	Statue on pedestal with figure groups	Granite		Category B	Q17770122

Duthie Park

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	Monument to Sir James McGrigor	Duthie Park	1860	Alexander Ellis (architect), James Giles (artist)	Obelisk	Granite		Category C	Q56624785
	Gordon Highlanders memorial cross	Duthie Park	1882		Celtic cross	Granite	4.5m	Category C	Q77776608
	Monument to Elizabeth Crombie Duthie	Duthie Park	1883	Arthur Taylor (sculptor), John Cassidy of Manchester (designer)	Statue of Hygeia on piller with lion sculptures at base	Stone		Category B	Q17770643
	Gordon Highlanders memorial obelisk	Duthie Park	1898	F.W. Pomeroy (sculptor), Douglas Strachan (designer), Henderson & Webster (masons)	Obelisk	Granite	4.5m high	Category C	Q77776613
	Alexander Taylor memorial fountain	Duthie Park	Late 19th century		Fountain	Stone		Category C	Q77776617

Dyce

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	War memorial	Gordon Terrace, Dyce	1921	Dr. William Kelly (designer)	Cenotaph	Granite	4.5m high	Category C	Q56614453

Hazlehead Park

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	Alexander Cooper fountain	Hazlehead Park	1901	Arthur Taylor (manufacturer)	Fountain	Granite and copper
	Piper Alpha memorial	Hazlehead Park	1991	Sue Jane Taylor	Statue group on pedestal	Bronze and granite

Nigg

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	War memorial	Grounds of Parish Church, Nigg		Gibb Bros. (masons)	Obelisk on pedestal	Granite	4.5m high

Old Aberdeen

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	Mercat cross	High Street, Old Aberdeen	Late 15th century		Shaft on steps	Stone		Category B	Q17770068
	Youth with a split apple	King's College, Aberdeen	2005	Kenny Hunter	Statue on plinth	Bronze

Peterculter

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	War memorial	Peterculter	1920	R.W. Walker (architect)	Tower	Granite
	Boys Brigade memorial	Peterculter	2009		Monolith	Granite