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Whatever the Weather Wednesdays
Wednesdays
10.30am – 3pm
Donations welcome
In the morning, our session uses Museum objects and other inspiration to aid discussion. Am Bàrd, the Museum cafe, will be offering a soup lunch on a pay-what-you-can donation basis. This is open to anyone in the community as well as those attending the Wednesday session.
In the afternoon, we play bingo and other group games. All our activities are accessible and dementia friendly. If you need help with transport please get in touch.
With thanks to The Hugh Fraser Foundation, GAMS and the Highland Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund for their support, as well as the individual donors who help to keep these sessions going.
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Cearcall Còmhraidh
Fridays
2pm - 3pm
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Join us for these engaging Gaelic language conversation sessions aimed at both fluent speakers and learners of all ages. These sessions will be welcoming and supportive, using the inspiring environment of the Museum to get you using and developing your Gaelic language skills.
School pupils are especially welcome to join, as we aim to provide students with the opportunity to speak Gaelic outside the classroom We gratefully acknowledge the support of Bòrd na Gàidhlig in making these sessions possible.
Make Do and Mend
Friday 21st March
3pm - 6pm
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Saturday 22nd March
10am - 1pm
Free to attend, donations appreciated
Set aside some dedicated time to tackle those mending projects you've been putting off. Whether it's a favourite shirt, a pair of jeans or even a knitted jumper, mending your textiles is a great way to extend the life of your beloved garments and reduce waste.
Bring your own items to mend and join us for a drop-in session in our relaxed social space. Learn valuable sewing tips from our experienced menders and hear about local make do methods from artefacts in our collections. Basic sewing supplies and refreshments will be provided. This event is open to all, so come along and give your textiles a new lease of life.
Experienced menders are very much welcomed to bring along their projects and are invited to share their skills and knowledge in our informal sewing/ mending space.
Museum Pub Quiz at
Gairloch Museum
Friday 21st March
Doors open at 7pm for 7.30pm start
£20 per team of four
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Teams of four are warmly invited to join us in Am Bàrd (the Museum cafe) for the first in our series of pub quizzes. As well as a fun and entertaining general knowledge quiz, there will of course be great prizes in our magnificent raffle.
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Space is limited, so please be in touch if you wish to book a table for your team.
Date Change!
Creative Writing Workshop with Cynthia Rogerson
Tuesday 25th March,
2pm – 3.30pm
£8 (booking essential)
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Join author Cynthia Rogerson for an inspirational workshop, helping you to find and fine-tune your narrative voice. Open to all ages and stages – where-ever you are on your writing journey, you are welcome to join us. With thanks to the Scottish Book Trust Live Literature Fund for their support.
Winter Talk: The Archaeology
of Salmon Fishing with
Alastair Stenhouse
Friday 28th March, 7pm
Tickets: £5 in person,
£4 view online
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After retiring from the oil industry, Alastair Stenhouse studied archaeology at Aberdeen University. His research has focussed mainly on the archaeological remains and history of the salmon fishing industry in the north of Scotland. His approach to research and findings will be the subject of this illustrated talk.
Ceilidh House Gathering
31st March
7pm - 9pm (doors open at 6.30pm)
£2 donation appreciated
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Our Ceilidh House gatherings meet once a fortnight and are a welcoming group who enjoy making music, singing or the spoken word. Come and sit in front of the virtual fireside, sing a song, tell a tale, read a poem, play a tune, bring your knitting or just sit back and enjoy the atmosphere. We look forward to welcoming you!
Creative Writing Group
Tuesday 1st April
2.30pm at GALE
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 brief writing exercise or could be something that we have worked on at home.
Drawing from the land
Art Workshop with Blake Milteer
Friday 11th April, 2pm - 4pm
Saturday 12th April, 10am - 3pm
Tickets: £60* ​
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Join artist, Blake Milteer (currently exhibiting at Gairloch Museum) for this immersive workshop, looking closely at a local woodland and discovering how we might capture and represent it in art work. Whether you already dabble or are trying making art for the first time you are welcome to join us.
Day 1, Friday 11th April, 2pm - 4pm
We will meet at the Museum and start with a gallery tour, before heading out into a local woodland to explore and find our inspiration
Day 2, Saturday 12th April, 10am -3pm
We will be in the Museum using our source material from day one to create an individual artwork. Teas and coffees will be provided but please bring a packed lunch.
For more details about Blake and his artwork see here.
* We have a small bursary available for two places on this workshop. If you would find the workshop fee a barrier to attend, please contact us at outreach@gairlochmuseum.org to ask about the assisted places.
Museum Book Group​
Tuesday 6th May
In person: 3.30pm - 4.30pm
Online: 7.30pm - 8.30pm
£2 donation per person appreciated.
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Our current Museum Book Group read is Young Art and Old Hector by Neil Gunn.. You can join our friendly group for tea, coffee, cake and lively discussion in person at the Museum or online via Zoom. If you'd like to take part please get in touch.
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