1-30 September 2018

on loan from Logan Garden (Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh at Logan)

Logan Botanic Garden owes much of its lush, semi-tropical character to Kenneth McDouall (1870-1945), in partnership with his brother Douglas (1872-1942), who inherited the Logan estate from their father in 1896.

Exhibition reveals the mystery of place-names

19 March - 30 April 2018

This coastal place-name exhibition celebrates the beauty of the Dumfries and Galloway shoreline and the language used to describe it.

The exhibition features images depicting the coastline and the history and stories behind the origins of place-names which often use words that have disappeared from our everyday language.

a photographic record of life in and around the town over the last 40 years by

Mike Bannister

11 September - 31 October 2017

1 July -3 September 2017

Michael Wickenden, the founder of Cally Gardens outside Gatehouse and who died last year, was a modern day explorer who travelled the world's remote places in search of new varieties of plants.  At Cally, in the former walled garden of Cally House, he created a specilalist nursery as well as a beautiful garden.

3 - 25 June 2017

Bookshop Gallery

Caroline is an Edinburgh based photographer originally from a farm near Stranraer. Caroline works with both digital and analogue photography, creating images of a documentary style, telling stories through photography.

The exhibition comprises photographs created in the past year as well as prints from her travels around America. When creating her images, she researches the history and facts about the location to channel an essence of it into her imagery.

An exhibition by The Scottish Castles Association

22 March - 21 May 2017

This exhibition traces looks at some of the many castles of Kirkcudbrightshire.  It includes castles in care, castles which have been restored, castles at risk, and a couple that are largely forgotten.  Many started off as quite similar tower houses, but their stories and outcomes differ considerably.  

10.30am - 5pm, The Bookshop Gallery

22 September - 31 October 2016

An exhibition of musical instrument photography by

The Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland are running a photographic competition for young people in Summer 2016 to celebrate the Year of Innovation, Architecture and Design. There will be two classes, one for those aged 15 and under, and one for those aged 16 to 24. The competition aims to encourage young people to engage with the built heritage around them, as all entries must feature a whole, or elements of, a building.