A spectacular LEGO show is expected to bring tens of thousands of visitors to Perth and deliver a major boost for the City of Culture campaign.
The highly acclaimed Brick City exhibition has opened at the historic Perth Museum and Art Gallery.
It features dozens of intricately designed recreations of world famous landmarks.
One of the main attractions is a huge model of London’s St Pancras Station, made up of around 120,000 LEGO pieces.
There are also scaled-down versions of the Olympic Park in London and the Roman Colosseum as well as Edinburgh and New York street scenes, to name just a few.
The main pieces have been created by Edinburgh-based artist Warren Elsmore, who gave up a job in IT to be a full-time LEGO artist.
Some of the work has been created and submitted by talented Perthshire residents.
Museum staff put out an appeal for locally-made creations to become part of the exhibition.
A new model of the Perth museum is also being built by a member of staff.
Many of the local models will go on display in a second room, which will also feature a LEGO pit and interactive area where youngsters will be encouraged to make their own creations.
The second area, which is sponsored by local construction firm A&J Stephen, will be officially opened on Saturday.
Exhibitions like this could prove vital to Perth’s bid for the UK City of Culture title.
Perth and Kinross Council, which is leading the 2021 campaign, must prove to judges how well equipped the city is at hosting large-scale cultural events.
Brick City drew around 50,000 visitors to Paisley when it went on display there in 2013.
Helen Smout, chief executive of Culture Perth and Kinross, said: “We are delighted to welcome Warren Elsmore’s iconic Brick City exhibition to Perth Museum and Art Gallery.
“With some of the world’s most famous buildings being re-created in LEGO bricks, it looks certain to be one of the highlights of 2017.”
She added: “We are sure Brick City will be popular with people of all ages and it makes for a great day out.”
The exhibition will run until Sunday, May 7.
