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Events this August
Batik Youth Art Camp
Monday 3rd - Friday 7th August
10am - 12pm
Cost: £60 (£40 Low income)
A five day youth art camp (ages 11 - 18) with artist and former art teacher Pat Gulliver, introducing the creative process of batik.
Inspired by the shapes, textures and patterns found in fruits, plants and shells, participants will explore natural forms up close while learning each stage of batik design. Across the week, the group will develop their own artwork from first ideas through to finished pieces, experimenting with wax resist and dye techniques to create layered designs on fabric.
For further details and to book visit TicketSource or contact the Museum.
Fun with Robots
Wednesday 12th August
10.30am - 12pm
Cost: Free
A fun STEM workshop suitable for young people age 7+ with the Science Skills Academy. You will get the chance to
explore robotics, coding and problem solving with small ball shaped robots called Spheros. Build an obstacle course and challenge yourself to complete it with your robot. These can be controlled easily by an iPad, or if you're wanting more of a challenge and to get really techy with it, it's an opportunity to learn some Scratch coding and delve deeper into the world of robotics!
For further details and to book visit TicketSource or contact the Museum.
Micro Art
Wednesday 12th August
1pm - 2.30pm
Cost: Free
Another fun-filled STEM workshop suitable for young people age 7+ with the Science Skills Academy.
Explore the microscopic world and turn your discoveries into art with the Science Skills Academy. Participants will get the opportunity to use digital microscopes to look at samples from the world around us and explore the micro-verse. We provide arts and crafting supplies to help participants think about the new world they're seeing and how science and creativity go hand in hand.
For further details and to book visit TicketSource or contact the Museum
Family Quiz Night
Friday 14th August
7pm - 10pm
Cost: Adults £5, U16s £2
Museum Book Group
Tuesday 18th August
3.30pm & 7.30pm
Cost: Donations welcomed
We are helping to host a Family Quiz Night at The Shieling with GALE. It will be a fun general knowledge quiz with some questions with a local flavour. As well as the battle of the brains, there will of course be a grand raffle. All funds raised will go towards Museum outreach work.
Teams can be any size and entry costs £5 per adult, U18s £2, U12s free. Please arrive in good time for a prompt 7pm start.
Our Museum Book Group read this month is The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detectives by Sarah Lodge.
You can join our friendly group for tea, coffee, cake and lively discussion in person at the Museum at 3.30pm or online at 7.30pm via Zoom.
If you would like to take part please get in touch, either call the Museum on 01445 712 287 or email office@gairlochmuseum.org.
Gaelic Lunch ~ Lòn Gaidhlig
Friday 21st August
1pm - 2pm
Cost: Donations welcomed
Our Gaelic lunches are a chance to speak, practice and learn Gaelic, in a relaxed and friendly social setting. Whether you are a fluent speaker, learner or beginner, all are welcome to attend our lunch gatherings.
Please either bring your own packed lunch or purchase takeaway food from the Museum café to enjoy during the session. Teas and coffees available.
Guided Walk
Every Saturday
1.30pm - 3.30pm
Cost: Donations welcomed
Join volunteer Jeremy Fenton as he leads you round the Achtercairn Archaeology Trail. A good level of fitness is needed for the 2 hour exploration of the fascinating early structures and settlements behind the Museum.This walk is free to attend, but donations are welcome.
For further details see here and to book on to this walk, please get in touch by calling 01445 712 287 or email to info@gairlochmuseum.org
This walk is free to attend but donations are greatly appreciated.
Creative Writing Group
Thursday 27th August
2.30pm - 3.30pm
Cost: Donations welcomed
Cearcall Còmhraidh
Friday 28th August
2pm - 3pm
Cost: Donations welcomed
Our Creative Writing Group is a friendly, relaxed session to help you get writing. We will maybe do some writing exercises and share our endeavours. The sharing of writing can be either what we have produced during the writing exercise or could be something that we have worked on at home.
For this session, our prompt is still to be confirmed! This month, we will meet at Kirsty's. Please contact Eilidh at office@gairlochmuseum.org or by calling 01445 712 278 if you wish to attend.
Join us for these engaging Gaelic language conversation sessions aimed at both fluent speakers and learners of all ages. Using material from the Museum Collection, Bria Mason leads the conversation, helping to develop your Gaelic language skills.
School pupils are especially welcome to join, as we aim to provide students. We gratefully acknowledge the support of Bòrd na Gàidhlig in making these sessions possible.
Creative Writing Workshop: Light & Colour
Thursday 18th June
2.30pm - 4.30pm
Guided Walk - Kinlochewe
Thursday 18th June
3.30pm - 5.30pm
Annie Worsley will talk to us about her writing journey and lead us through some simple writing exercises to help craft a piece of writing on the theme of Light & Colour. Where ever you are on your writing journey – just beginning, writing regularly or if you have never tried this sort of thing before – you’re welcome to join us for what will no doubt be an inspirational couple of hours.
Annie Worsley is author of Windswept: Life, Nature & Deep Time in the Scottish Highlands. Her next book, Fragments, will be published in 2027. Annie is a writer, crofter and grandmother. As a geographer, Annie used a range of environmental science techniques to investigate human impacts in the rainforests of New Guinea, long-term environmental change across the UK, and the nature of pollution in urban environments.
Please book either by contacting the Museum or via Ticket Source.
Explore Kinlochewe on foot with Liz Forrest (Gairloch Museum Board Member), uncovering the stories, past people and events that shape the village.
This guided walk takes in the main street and surrounding area, moving out towards the cemetery. The walk offers time to notice the details that are easy to miss, from familiar buildings to quieter traces of the people who have lived and worked here.
Please either contact the Museum or visit TicketSource to book your place.