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Museum News

Theatre Alba To Perform At Auchindrain During The Week Commencing 21st July 2008

Monday, 9th June, 2008 | Museum Events, Museum News | None

Theatre Alba, Scotland’s best outdoor childrens’ theatre company will be performing their promenade play “The Magic Quest” at Auchindrain once a day during the course of the CHANTICA project from 20th until 26th July 2008.
“The Magic Quest” is a play for children. It received a four star review in the Scotsman and follows the [...]

European Union, Culture 2000 Project At Auchindrain Museum

Sunday, 8th June, 2008 | Museum News | None

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 [...]

Film Maker To Visit Auchindrain Museum

Saturday, 7th June, 2008 | Museum Events, Museum News | None

Simon Yuill a film maker will be visiting Auchindrain Museum on Saturday 14th June. Simon is working on a documentary.

Chairman Of The Scottish Vernacular Buildings Working Group To Help To Document The Museum’s Furniture Collection

Saturday, 7th June, 2008 | Museum News | None

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 [...]

Theatre Alba Scotland’s Best Outdoor Childrens Theatre Company To Perform At Auchindrain Museum

Saturday, 7th June, 2008 | Events, Museum Events, Museum News | None

[ 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 [...]

Highland Cows Return To Auchindrain

Friday, 6th June, 2008 | Museum News | None

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 [...]

Increased Number Of People Visiting Auchindrain Museum In April & May 2008

Sunday, 1st June, 2008 | Community News, Museum News | None

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, [...]

Museum Manager’s Visit To Bulgaria

Wednesday, 30th April, 2008 | Community News, Museum News | None

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 [...]

Local Brownies Artistic Endeavours For Auchindrain

Monday, 14th January, 2008 | Museum News | None

Following in the footsteps of the pupils of Furnace Primary School, the 1st Minard Brownie Unit are working with Auchindrain Museum to produce drawings to illustrate new interpretation panels. The new panels are being developed to interpret MacCallum’s Barn (Building B), Munro’s Barn (Building J) and the Visitors’ Centre at Auchindrain. [...]

Walled Garden (Kailyard) Restoration Project At Auchindrain

Monday, 7th January, 2008 | Community News, Museum News | None

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 [...]