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Waters Rising traces stories and objects connected to flooding from Scotland and abroad, from biblical accounts to Ancient Egypt to North America, and more recent events closer to home. Exploring the growing threat of the global climate emergency whilst examining the impact of flooding and extreme weather events on communities, businesses, and infrastructure in Perth and Kinross, the exhibition also includes photos, memories, and stories from local people.
Hero image artwork In the Land of Giants by Norval Morrisseau
Tickets for Waters Rising are available using a Pay What You Choose model to make the exhibition more accessible to all. By increasing the amount you pay for a ticket, your money is directly reinvested back into Perth Museum, which enables us to create more experiences and activities for our community and to care for more than 500,000 objects of local, national and international significance.
Members of Culture Perth and Kinross Supporters Scheme go free.
Tickets are available to book now online via Perthshire Box Office.
The museum is open seven days a week, from 10 am to 5 pm, with extended hours until 7 pm on Thursdays until October 31st. From 1st November until 31st March, Perth Museum will be open Monday – Saturday 10am – 5pm, Sunday 11am – 4pm. Admission to the Museum permanent galleries and the Stone of Destiny exhibit are free.
Putting the local experience in a global context, Waters Rising features an Egyptian sarcophagus with Nile flood damage, a rare illuminated bible from the thirteenth century, ceremonial brass bowls commemorating the Hindu flood myth of Vasudeva and Krishna, eighteenth and nineteenth-century etchings and mezzotints of Noah’s Great Flood, and more contemporary works from renowned Indigenous Canadian artist Norval Morrisseau, and Scottish artists Will Maclean and Alan Kilpatrick. Visitors will be inspired to take action through stories and objects from the climate movement in Scotland today.
In the Land of Giants by Norval Morrisseau
Flooded Aberfeldy by Sam Hayles
Perthshire Flooding by Alex Cowper, December 1946.
South Inch, August 2020 - Credit Wol Gilbraith
Tickets for Waters Rising are available to book in advance now through Perthshire Box Office, using a Pay What You Choose model to make the exhibition more accessible. Visitors will also be able to purchase tickets at the Museum on the day of their visit, but advance booking is recommended to avoid disappointment. Contributors to the exhibition and members of the Culture Perth and Kinross Supporters Scheme receive free entry.
