Vennels: Perth’s Little Streets

Perth Museum’s new exhibition, Vennels: Perth’s Little Streets, explores the fascinating past and present of the vennels, closes, alleys and lanes that have crisscrossed the city for centuries.

The exhibition features rarely-seen archaeological discoveries from Perth city centre, revealing what daily life was like in the vennels for the traders, craftspeople, and food producers of medieval Perth. It traces the city’s distinctive street plan woven through the urban landscape, showing how these unique walkways formed the heart of the medieval town and remain a distinctive part of Perth today.

Alongside historic treasures, visitors will also encounter Perth’s evolving streetscapes today, as the exhibition reveals the stories and artists behind five newly-commissioned public artworks by Perth and Kinross Council that are inspired by the rich heritage of the city’s vennels.

Commissioned by Perth & Kinross Council’s Place Development team in collaboration with the UNESCO City of Craft and Folk Art designation, six artists have responded to the craft heritage of the historic vennels to create artworks situated in the unique setting of a bustling city centre.

The artists, Heather Cumming, Ellietype & Lindsay Grime, Neo Hanna, Kate Robinson and Eleanor Wheeler, have created distinctive artworks, some of which are on display in the city already, with others to be installed over the course of the next few months.

Find out more here: Vennels: Perth’s Little Streets – Perth Museum