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Open Mon-Sat
10am - 5pm
Events this October
Creative Writing Group
Tuesday 7th October
The Snug Room, GALE
2.30pm - 3.30pm
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 during the brief writing exercise or could be something that we have worked on at home. The prompt for this session is "Food for thought". This group meet in the Snug Room at The GALE Centre.
The Commonwealth Potato Collection – An introduction to the UK’s only potato genebank
Gaynor Mackenzie
Monday 13th October at 7pm
Join us for a fascinating talk exploring the Commonwealth Potato Collection (CPC) – a living library of over 1,500 wild and primitive cultivated potato species. First established in the 1930s by pioneering plant collectors Edward Balls and Jack Hawkes, this unique UK-based resource is safeguarded at The James Hutton Institute with support from the Scottish Government. Discover how this small but significant collection is a critical resource for food security and why its preservation matters now more than ever.Gaynor McKenzie is the curator of the Commonwealth Potato Collection, the UK’s only potato genebank. For nearly two decades, she has been responsible for preserving and managing this globally significant resource. Tickets are £5 to attend in person, £4 to attend online and can be pre-booked via TicketSource or bought at the Museum Welcome Desk.
Build a mini-land yacht
Monday 16th October
10am - 11.30am
Free to attend, booking essential.
Design, build and race your own wind-powered model land yacht. Can your creation travel across the finish line? Led by Moray Swanson from Science Skills Academy, this fun workshop explores how wind makes things move. Participants are challenged to build a land yacht that travels the furthest distance, test their design then engineer solutions to improve it if they can! This workshop is suitable for ages 7 -12 years old and is FREE to attend but booking is essential. Please either contact the Museum or book via Ticket Source.
Make Do & Mend - Torridon Community Centre
Friday 17th October
3pm - 6pm
We are teaming up with Torridon Community Centre to hold a drop-in Make Do & Mend Session at Torridon Community Centre. This session will help you find the time (and a bit of support!) to tackle those mending projects that you might have 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.
Ceilidh House Gathering
Monday 20th October (tbc)
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!
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Doors open at 6.30pm. £2 donation per person appreciated.
Eco Printing Workshop with Highlife Highland Ranger
Wednesday 22nd October
10am -12.30pm
​Connect with nature, get creative and learn about eco printing with HighLife Highland Ranger Katie Grant.
Participants will take a short walk with Katie at Gairloch Beach to gather leaves and materials for their projects, then learn the art of Eco Printing at Gairloch Museum. As the process takes time to complete, artworks will need to be collected from Katie or from the Museum at a later date.
This workshop costs £5 per person and is for adults (ages 16+). Please book either by contacting the Museum or via Ticket Source.
The Tattie Project:
Harvest Session
Saturday 25th October
10am -12pm (drop in)
Come and see what has been growing beneath the soil. Discover the different shapes, sizes and surprises our tattie plants have produced over the summer.
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The Tattie Project
The Humble Tattie - Art Workshop with Pat Gulliver
Saturday 25th October
1pm - 4pm
Experimenting with a wide variety of materials (including paints, pencils, crayons, pastels, charcoal, chalks, or a combination for mixed-media effects) Pat Gulliver will help you to explore the humble potato as inspiration for creating a work of art.
Maybe you will work big and bold on large sheets of paper, or create small, finely detailed projects no larger than a postcard. We will explore textures, colours and forms while discovering how a humble tattie can be transformed into art. Materials will be supplied as will support, teas, coffees and cake.​ This workshop is for anyone of High School age and over (11+).
Cost: £12 under 25 | £15 over 25
Spaces are limited so please book by contacting the Museum or visiting Ticket Source.
Cracks, Chips and Copies: Discovering New Lives for the Stone of Destiny
Prof Sally Foster
Monday 27th October
7pm, Gairloch Community Hall
This talk will take place at 7.30pm, following Gairloch Museum’s AGM. The event is free to attend. Teas, coffees and home baking provided by the AM Bàrd team will be served after the talk. We hope you can join us.
How did Kay Matheson and people from Britain, Canada and Australia come to live with fragments of the famous Stone of Destiny, used in 13th Century Scottish inaugurations, and now on display in Perth Museum? These new revelations have their answer in the figure of Bertie Gray, a Glasgow politician responsible for repairing the Stone in 1951, who created and curated Stone fragments.
Sally Foster is Professor of Heritage and Conservation at the University of Stirling. Her current interdisciplinary research centres on the Stone of Destiny / Scone with unexpected discoveries about Stone of Destiny fragments having captured much public interest.
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Gaelic Lunch ~ Lòn Gaidhlig
Friday 31st October
1pm - 2pm
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. We are very grateful to Bòrd na Gaidhlig for the their support fr this event.
The lunch is free to attend, but booking is essential. Please book here.
Whatever the Weather
Every Wednesday
10.30pm - 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.
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NB The group will not meet on October 15th & 22nd (school holidays).
Cearcall Còmhraidh
Every Friday
2pm - 3pm
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.
NB The group will not meet on October 17th & 24th (school holidays).
Guided Walk
Every Saturday
1.30pm - 3.30pm
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.​​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.