Campbeltown Picture House

The Picture House, known locally as The Wee Pictures, was designed by the architect Albert Gardner, a student of architecture at Glasgow School of Art from 1901 to 1905. It opened in May 1913, and aside from a short hiatus in the 1980s, has been used continuously as a cinema since. In November 2017, the National Library of Scotland announced that Campbeltown Community Business Ltd were donating the historical archive relating to the Picture House to the Library's Moving Image Archive. The archive includes newspaper cuttings, architectural drawings, advertisements, financial ledgers, and details of a 1938 plane crash which resulted in the cinema closing the night because the reels for that night's film were on the plane. == Restoration ==

In 2016, a £2.5 million restoration was undertaken, with work completed in 2017. As a result of the restoration there are now two auditoriums, one with 192 seats, the other with 53 seats. There is a new foyer, café, gallery and education space. The first pictures of the newly refurbished cinema were released in November 2017. == References ==