Aberdeen city centre has a remarkable selection of sculptures, as featured in Aberdeen City Council’s Sculpture and Curios Trail.
In and near Union Terrace Gardens, classic and contemporary sculpture create an enchanting story in stone.
At the corner of Union Terrace and Union Street, King Edward VII stands supreme. Below King Edward, Britannia breaks a sword (right) and (left) holds children representing Indian and African cultures.
Below is a statue of Scotland’s national bard, Robert Burns (1759 – 1796), holding a daisy in honour of his poem To A Mountain Daisy.
Here is William Wallace, a fierce Scottish warrior, and a key player in Scotland’s first war of independence.
Unveiled by Queen Victoria in 1863, a statue of Albert the Prince Consort.
Below is a memorial to Mary Slessor, a Scottish missionary to Nigeria who promoted women’s and children’s rights. The top of the sculpture is a bronze cast of Nigerian leaves, and in its centre is a plant shoot to symbolise the change seeded by Mary. The artist is Mary Bourne, and the sculpture is in the shape of a traditional Nigerian clay water vessel.
Below is Bat Cauldron, a sculpture by Rob Mulholland (2022):
Leopard, a sculpture by Rob Mulholland (2022):
Unicorn, a mirror sculpture by Rob Mulholland (2022):
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