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31 May 2014
Starts: 09:15
Ends: 17:00
Annual conference, this year taking place in Dundee with a number of lectures relating to work in this area. However, there The keynote speaker is Professor Caroline Wilkinson talking about 'Depicting the Dead: Faces form the Past.' Full programme and details about booking from http://www.archaeologyscotland.org.uk/events/arp-2014
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31 May 2014
Special event at Culloden Battlefield, celebrating the conservation efforts that the National Trust makes to care for the battlefield itself. We will be having Highland Ponies, Highland Cattle, a dawn chorus walk in the morning as well as craft activities for the whole family. Activities include a bird walk at 9:00, a moth trap and identification at 10:00 and a bug hunt at 14:00. there are limited places for the walks and so must be pre booked.
Further details from Katey Boal on 0844 493 2159 or kboal@nts.org.uk
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31 May 2014
Starts: 10:30
Ends: 15:30
Would you like to curate an exhibition at the Highland Folk Museum in Newtonmore?
In these workshops you will research and interpret museum objects, Â practise behind the scenes museum work and create an innovative exhibition of previously un-shown objects for display in the Church Building during July. The exhibition will then tour throughout the Highlands to locations including Gairloch, Strathpeffer and Grantown.
The exhibition is composed around the theme of migration; journeying and the cultural gifts that people carry with them when moving from their home. We shall be researching and interpreting objects from the museum´s collections, including the world-famous I. F. Grant Collection and images from the Highland Photographic Archive.
Every Saturday from 31 May - 14 June (inclusive), 10:30 - 3:30 & Thursday 3 July, 10:30 - 12:30
FREE but booking is essential please tel. 01463 237114 or email Cait.McCullagh@highlifehighland.com
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