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• Auchindrain Museum Will Be Closed On 25th October 2008 Due To Bad Weather , 25 Oct 2008 in Community News& Museum News
  

  Auchindrain Museum will be closed to members of the public on 25th October 2008 due to bad weather. We apologise for any problems that this might cause but it is for reasons of public safety. We aim to be open again on 26th October until 31st October.

• National Significance Of The Township Of Auchindrain Recognised , 29 Sep 2008 in Community News& Friends of Auchindrain& Museum News
  

  The Township of Auchindrain, has, along with five other Museum Collections located across Scotland, been recognised as being significant to the nation under the Recognition Scheme.
  Managed by Museums Galleries Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Government, the Recognition Scheme aims to identify, and subsequently support, Museum Collections of national significance held in Scotland’s Museums and [...]

• Gaelic Waulking At Auchindrain Museum, 6th September 2008 , 03 Sep 2008 in Museum Events& Museum News
  

  Sgioba Luaidh Inbhirchluaidh (Inverclyde Waulking Group) who specialise in bringing to life traditional Gaelic work songs will be waulking at Auchindrain Museum on 6th September. The event is FREE for Museum ticket holders and residents of Furnace and Inveraray.
  Auchindrain Museum, By Inveraray, Argyll, PA32 8XN. Tel: 01499 500235

• Hallowe’en: Light & Dark Storytelling With Patsy Dyer At 7pm On 31st October At Auchindrain Museum On 31st October 2008 , 03 Sep 2008 in Events& Museum Events& Museum News
  

  [ October 31, 2008; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ]
  Tell a Story Day - Hallowe’en: Light and Dark storytelling with Patsy Dyer at 7pm on 31st October at Auchindrain Museum
  Tell-a-Story Day is a national celebration of storytelling. Auchindrain Museum in partnership with Argyll and Bute Council’s, Arts Development Officer will be holding a Hallowe’en storytelling event at 7pm on 31st October as part of [...]

• CHANTICA Project - Special Events At Auchindrain , 09 Jul 2008 in Museum Events
  

  From 20th until 25th July Auchindrain Museum will host in partnership with ARCH Network, Comrie, Perthshire the Scottish element of a twenty-four month, European Union funded project that involves young people from Scotland, England, Slovenia, Slovakia and Greece.
  As part of the CHANTICA project the Museum will be running amongst other things felt-making workshops; [...]

• Theatre Alba To Perform “The Magic Quest” at Auchindrain , 09 Jul 2008 in Museum Events
  

  Theatre Alba, Scotland’s best outdoor theatre company will be in residence at the Museum and performing their play “The Magic Quest” from 20th until 26th July.
  “The Magic Quest” is a play for children. It received a four star review in the Scotsman and follows the journey of Corrieburn the elf and Tumshie, her companion on [...]

• 1st Minard Brownies Camp In Historic Building At Auchindrain Museum , 18 Jun 2008 in Community News& Museum News
  

  1st Minard Brownies who were taking part in the BT Big Sleepover on the night of Saturday 14th June camped out in MacNicol’s House (Building D) at Auchindrain Museum. The Brownies slept in the wooden box-beds of the house much to the dismay of the swallows who normally sleep in the house and who were [...]

• Scottish Furniture Expert Identifies Rare Bible Chair At Auchindrain Museum , 14 Jun 2008 in Friends of Auchindrain& Museum News
  

  David Hutchinson, Chairman of the Scottish Vernacular Buildings Working Group and Scottish furniture expert has identified a rare Bible chair that is in the Collection held at Auchindrain Museum. The Bible chair which was donated to the Museum in 1967 came from a house in Southend, Kintyre but was made in Ayrshire. The Bible chair [...]

• Award Winning Organic Gardener To Give Tour Of Restored Walled Garden At Auchindrain Museum , 09 Jun 2008 in Museum Events& Museum News
  

  Patsy Dyer, award winning organic gardener and President of the Lorn Garden Club will be conducting a guided tour of the restored walled garden adjacent to Bell Pol’s House (Building M) at Auchindrain Museum on 12th July 2008.

• Auchindrain Museum Signs A Service Level Agreement With Argyll And Bute To Manage Campbeltown Museum , 09 Jun 2008 in Museum News
  

  In November 2007, Argyll and Bute Council commissioned the Museum Manager of Auchindrain Museum and the Director/Curator of Kilmartin House Museum to curate and develop Campbeltown Museum and provide curatorial advice to the other independent Museums in the region, as part of a Service Level Agreement.
  On 28th March 2008 the Museum Manager made her [...]