5pm - 7pm

Join us as we launch and celebrate our Summer Exhibition featuring stunning artwork by members of the RSW - the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour.

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This exhibition will be on show from July 5th to August 30th in both out Upper and Lower Art Galleries and are free to visit.

4pm - 6pm

Come along to our Building the Roundhouse: Community Ideas and Feedback Session. Museum staff and volunteers will be on hand to share the outline plans for a project to build a reconstruction of a Roundhouse, including details of the community outreach activities and learning opportunities which the project will create.  As well as finding out about the project, there will be the chance to ask questions and feedback any thoughts and ideas you have.

2pm - 4pm

We are delighted to be hosting the talented young musicians taking part in the Feis Rois Ceilidh Trail Project again this year. Playing in our Lower Gallery this will be an informal performance featuring traditional music and song. You can come for the whole of this Live Session or drop in for part of it. The performance is free to attend but donations to The Ceilidh Trail project are greatly appreciated. 

1.30pm

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.​

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This walk is free to attend, but donations are welcome. For more details and to book on to this walk, please email info@gairlochmuseum.org

7pm

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!  

Doors open at 6.30pm. £2 donation per person appreciated. 

7pm - 9pm

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!  

Doors open at 6.30pm. £2 donation per person appreciated. 

3.30pm - 5pm

Join local historian, Pauline Butler, and Highland Council Ranger, Katie Grant, at Londubh Burial Ground in Poolewe.

As well as hearing about the Pictish Stone, the Commonwealth War Graves and local families for whom this is their final resting place, you'll learn about the diverse wildlife & natural process that are gradually colonising this special burial ground.

This walk is free to attend, but donations are welcome. For more details please see here  or email info@gairlochmuseum.org

10.30am - 3pm

I​n the morning, our session uses Museum objects and other inspiration to aid discussion.  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. 

2.30pm

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 duringthe brief writing exercise or could be something that we have worked on at home.

3.30pm

Our current Museum Book Group read is Restless by William Boyd.

You can join our friendly group for tea, coffee, cake and lively discussion in person at the Museum or online at 7.30pm via Zoom. If you'd like to take part please get in touch. 

3.30pm - 5.30pm

Join local guide and historian, Pauline Butler, to discover some of the places and stories that contribute to Poolewe's long and fascinating history. Pauline will guide you through different aspects of Poolewe's built and social history including bridge construction, wartime and seafaring stories, the nurse's house, Inverewe Estate and more. 

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This walk is free to attend, but donations are welcome. For more details please see here or email info@gairlochmuseum.org

1.30pm

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.