Auchindrain for Argyll

Dave Hutchinson, FSA Scot, Churchill Fellow 2001 and Chairman of the Scottish Vernacular Buildings Working Group will be working with the Museum Manager at Auchindrain Museum from Thursday 19th until Sunday 22nd June to identify, catalogue and research the Collection of furniture held by the Museum. Dave is a speciaist in Scottish furniture and his [...]

[ July 21, 2008; 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm. July 22, 2008; 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm. July 23, 2008; 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm. July 24, 2008; 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm. July 25, 2008; 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm. July 26, 2008; 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm. ] Auchindrain Museum has secured grant aid from Argyll and Bute Council, Museums Galleries Scotland and HIE, Argyll and the Islands to work with Theatre Alba, Scotland’s best outdoor children’s theatre company on a week of performances of the play The Magic Quest.
The Magic Quest is a promenade play for children, which was written site specific [...]

The Highland cows owned by Duncan Crawford of Brenchoillie Farm, Furnace have returned to Auchindrain for their summer holiday. The cows known to their friends as Skye and Lewis said to Museum staff that they were glad to be able to return to Auchindrain and that they would do their best to try to increase [...]

The Friends of Auchindrain are devoted to supporting and promoting Auchindrain Museum. Membership of the Friends costs:

£10.00 per year for individual membership of the Friends
£15.00 per year for joint membership of the Friends (2 x adults living at the same address)
£20.00 per year for family membership

Friends of Auchindrain are entitled to FREE entry to [...]

From the 19th until 22nd June 2008, Auchindrain Museum will be running a four-day “Living History” event. The “Living History” event will consist of an innovative programme of demonstrations and workshops run by artists, farmers and craftspeople, which will bring to life for visitors to the Museum the traditional skills and rural crafts associated with [...]

[ July 20, 2008 to July 26, 2008. ] Auchindrain Museum will host the Scottish element of a twenty-four month European Union, Culture 2000 funded project called Culture, Heritage and Nature together in Contemporary Art (CHANTICA) from 20th until 26th July. The project will involve five partners in five European countries:

Grampus Heritage & Training Limited (Cumbria, England)
ARCH Network (Perthshire, Scotland)
Vitra, Centre for Sustainable [...]

[ June 19, 2008; June 20, 2008; June 21, 2008; June 22, 2008; ] From the 19th until 22nd June 2008, Auchindrain Museum will be running a four-day “Living History” event. The “Living History” event will consist of an innovative programme of demonstrations and workshops run by artists, farmers and craftspeople, which will bring to life for visitors to the Museum the traditional skills and rural crafts associated with [...]

The number of people visiting Auchindrain Museum in April and May in 2008 has increased by 10% as compared to the same time in 2007. So far this year visitors to the Museum have come from places as far apart as the USA, Canada, Sri Lanka, Tel Aviv in Israel, Prague in the Czech Republic, [...]