Visual Arts

Art is celebrated throughout Durham University, in our own collections, visiting exhibtions and student art across all media. The student Art Society mounts exhibtions of their work and many of the colleges play host to the work of local, national and interantional artists.

There is an active Photography Society and several of our colleges have their own darkrooms, including Stephenson at Queen's Campus and Grey, Hild Bede and St Cuthbert's in Durham

The Oriental Museum is dedicated soley to the art and archaelology of the Orient with designated collections of international importance, including it's Egyptian Gallery and Chinese collection. Both this museum and the Old Fulling Mill Museum of Archaeology, host touring art, textile and photography exhibtions.

The newly refurbished Wolfson Gallery within Palace Green Library, is a  wonderful exhibition space which will host a regularly changing programme of exhibtions. It has been launched with the exhibition 'Treasures of Durham University', highlighting art and artefacts taken from the University's own stunning collections.