Lunchtime Talks

Lunchtime Talks run as a weekly series on Wednesdays in Aberdeen, with sessions starting at 12:30 and running for 45 minutes. They alternate between two venues: the Aberdeen Art Gallery in the Seminar Room and the Aberdeen Maritime Museum in the Education Suite. There's no booking needed, and the door policy is pay-what-you-can, so you just turn up and give what you're able to.

If you're heading to the Maritime Museum, it's worth taking a moment to look around. It sits on Shiprow, a street first mentioned in documents in 1281 that was once one of the city's most important thoroughfares. The museum incorporates Provost Ross's House, built in 1593, and its main claim to uniqueness is its display on the North Sea oil and gas industry — the only one of its kind in the UK. Just nearby is the Tolbooth Museum, one of Aberdeen's oldest buildings and one of the best-preserved 17th-century gaols in Scotland, built between 1616 and 1629.

Between the two venues, the talks run as a weekly lunchtime series, so they're easy to fit in around a working day. They start at 12:30 and last 45 minutes, with no booking required and a pay-what-you-can door policy.