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Whatever the Weather Wednesdays
Wednesdays
10.30am – 3pm
Donations welcome
** No session on 19th February**
In the morning, our session uses Museum objects and other inspiration to aid discussion. Am Bàrd, the Museum cafe, will be offering a soup lunch on a pay-what-you-can donation basis. This is open to anyone in the community as well as those attending the Wednesday session.
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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Cearcall Còmhraidh
Fridays
2pm - 3pm
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Join us for these engaging Gaelic language conversation sessions aimed at both fluent speakers and learners of all ages. These sessions will be welcoming and supportive, using the inspiring environment of the Museum to get you using and developing your Gaelic language skills.
School pupils are especially welcome to join, as we aim to provide students with the opportunity to speak Gaelic outside the classroom We gratefully acknowledge the support of Bòrd na Gàidhlig in making these sessions possible.
Winter Talk: Protecting Native Wildlife through the control of Mink with Prof Xavier Lambin
Friday 21st February, 7pm
Tickets £5 in person,
£4 view online
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Mink, originally escapees from fur farms, have proved devastating to bird and mammal species living along waterways in Scotland. Chair of Zoology at the University of Aberdeen, Professor Lambin will share with us recent research and conservation efforts to protect wildlife through the control of Mink.
Creative Writing Group
Tuesday 25th February
2.30pm - 4pm
GALE Snug Room
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.
Museum Pub Quiz at
Gairloch Hotel
Friday 28th February
Doors open at 7pm for 7.30pm start
£20 per team of four
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Teams of four are warmly invited to join us in Am Bàrd (the Museum cafe) for the first in our series of pub quizzes. As well as a fun and entertaining general knowledge quiz, there will of course be great prizes in our magnificent raffle.
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Space is limited, so please be in touch if you wish to book a table for your team.
Exhibition Preview
and Grand Opening
Saturday 1st March
11am - 4pm
Admission Free
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Join us to help launch and celebrate our first exhibitions of 2025, marking the start of our 2025 Spring season.
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Artists Carol Cocks and Blake Milteer will be introducing their artwork, our cafe will be open serving a soup lunch, teas & coffees and homebaking on a pay-what-you-can donation basis, and the Museum Collection will be free to visit for the day.
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So, a warm welcome to all who are able to come along!
Ceilidh House Gathering
Monday 3rd & 17th March
7pm - 9pm (doors open at 6.30pm)
£2 donation appreciated
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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!
Museum Book Group​
In person: Tuesday 18th March
3.30pm - 4.30pm
Online: Wednesday 19th March
7.30pm - 8.30pm
£2 donation per person appreciated.
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Our current Museum Book Group read is The Tailor of Inverness by Matthew Zajak. You can join our friendly group for tea, coffee, cake and lively discussion in person at the Museum or online via Zoom. If you'd like to take part please get in touch.
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