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Ceilidh House Gathering
26th May & 9th June
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!
Museum Book Group​
Tuesday 10th June
In person: 3.30pm - 4.30pm
Online: 7.30pm - 8.30pm
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Our current Museum Book Group read is Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythall.
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. This event is free to attend but a £2 donation per person is appreciated.
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Make Do & Mend Session
Friday 13th June 3pm-6pm
Saturday 14th June 10am-1pm
Drop-in Session​
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Do you struggle to find the time to tackle mending projects and keep putting them 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 setting.
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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.
​Artist's Talk with
Anna Brice Cockland
Friday June 13th at 2pm
Free
Call in to our Lower Gallery at Gairloch Museum to meet Anna Brice Cockland, whose exhibition Destination is currently on display.
Anna will share with you some background to her practice and her working methods, and talk directly about the paintings that are on show. This will be an informal, relaxed session to gain a greater understanding of how the artist works with the chance to ask questions and reflect on the work that is on display.
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Creative Writing Group
Tuesday 17th June
2.30pm - 3.30pm
GALE Snug Room
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.
Lòn Gaidhlig - Gaelic Lunch
Friday 20th June
1pm - 2pm
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Join us for lunch - enjoy good food, company and have the chance to use your Gaelic language skills in a relaxed, social setting.
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Bilingual English-Gaelic prompt cards will be available to help you speak, practice, and learn Gaelic.
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This event is free to attend but booking is required.
We gratefully acknowledge the support of Bòrd na Gàidhlig in making these sessions possible.
Cuairt Gailearaidh sa Ghàidhlig
Bho Bheul an Eòin
Le Derek Robertson
Friday 27th June at 3pm
Free
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Derek will lead a Gallery tour, in Scottish Gaelic, to share the background to this project and his own practise as an artist. Gaelic speakers, learners and beginners welcome to attend.
Museum Talk with Derek Robertson
Friday 27th June
7pm - 8pm
In person £5, Online £4
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Join us as we hear from acclaimed wildlife artist Derek Robertson as he explores the connections between art, nature and the Gaelic language represented in his exhibition and book, Bho Bheul an Eòin – From the Bird’s Mouth.
In this hybrid talk, Derek will explore how art, language and ecology come together in a creative response to newly arrived species in Scotland—plants and animals so recent they didn’t yet have names in Scottish Gaelic.
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.
