Auchindrain for Argyll

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.

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

[ 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, [...]

In April 2008, Joanne Howdle, Museum Manager was lucky enough to participate on a second Innovations in Cultural Heritage Interpretation (ICHI) exchange programme to Bulgaria. ICHI exchange programmes provide opportunities for participants to learn new skills and exchange information by looking at how interpretation is used and managed in other countries in Europe. The [...]

In 2007 thanks to grant aid from the Royal Horticultural Society and the Scottish Museums Council, Auchindrain Museum was able to work with Patsy Dyer, an award-winning organic gardener to restore one of the historic walled gardens or kailyards associated with the farming township of Auchindrain.
Project Outcomes
The walled garden adjacent to the one-room, thatched cottage [...]

Between 5th - 14th April 2007, Joanne Howdle, Museum Manager at Auchindrain Museum participated on a European Union, Leonardo da Vinci exchange programme to Eastern Slovakia. The main focus of the exchange for Joanne was visiting the open-air Museums in Svidnik and Bardejov Spa.
The Slovak National Museum Of Ukrainian - Ruthenian Culture
The Slovak National [...]