Help Kilmartin House Museum win 2012 Family Friendly Museum
Kilmartin House Museum is indisputably the jewel in the crown of Argyll and of Scotland that is Kilmartin Glen, the birthplace of modern Scotland.Where jewels usually get kept in locked vaults and are...
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Kilmartin Glen shortlisted for Creative Places award
Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs, has announced that Kilmartin Glen has been shortlisted for a Creative Place Award.The Creative Place Awards aim to recognise and...
View ArticleKilmartin Museum session for volunteers interested in history, conservation...
Much of what is best in and about Argyll is fuelled by the efforts of volunteers, bringing interest, commitment and often personal expertise to what they do.In a very worthwhile initiative, Kilmartin...
View ArticleJolomo exhibition extended
The Jolomo (aka John Lowrie Morrison) exhibition, The Kilmartin Glen Light, which opened to great acclaim on 4th April in Kilmartin Museum Cafe, is to be extended by popular demand beyond its scheduled...
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Dig aims to discover more about Taynish Mill
Kilmartin House Museum, in partnership with Scottish Natural Heritage, will be undertaking an archaeological dig at Taynish Mill from 4th to 8th May 2012.As part of this project, archaeologist Roddy...
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Award winning Argyll chef comes to Kilmartin
Award winning local chef, David Baird, has joined the team at the Kilmartin Museum Café, bringing with him over 20 years of experience of working in restaurants and cafes throughout Scotland.Moving...
View Article£77,500 Creative Scotland tourism and culture award for heART of ARGYLL
The fifth biggest out of Creative Scotland’s 32 national awards made from a total fund of £1.2 million for partnership projects linking tourism and culture, has gone to heART of ARGYLL.This was...
View ArticleKilmartin Museum’s latest summer events
Kilmartin House Museum will have a presence at a wide range of major events in Argyll this summer.Come and talkJulia, from Kilmartin House Museum staff, will be at Inveraray Games on 17th July, looking...
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2012 Crinan Canal Water Festival: An Awf’y Big Adventure
In the Year of Creative Scotland, no one can say that the programme devised by the Heart of Argyll Tourism Alliance in partnership with Scottish Canals for the 2012 and third Crinan Canal Water...
View ArticleCut from the Land: the Red Dot Trail to Artmap Argyll Open Studios 2012
Cut from the Land – a riveting title for the Red Dot Trail of Artmap Argyll Open Studios on a fold out map in the brochure for the 2012 season – to be launched at the Discover Dalriada Crinan Canal...
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Dragons, dens, crowds and super furry animals at Crinan Canal Water Festival
Now we know more about the Heart of Argyll. It beats to the drum of dragon boat racing.It fights inside molecules on water.Its dogs don’t like meercats.It comes out to play in huge numbers as soon as...
View ArticleArdrishaig Community Trust public meeting
The public meeting last night [30th August] of Ardrishaig Community Trust turned out to be less controversial than it might have been. A leafleting exercise in the village earlier in the day had...
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Colouring Ardrishaig
Talk about lifting a village within and without. The Colouring Ardrishaig project is creating Public Art for Ardrishaig using sculptural materials and colour.Colouring Ardrishaigl is a partnership with...
View ArticleExpect the unexpected: giants in the forest
This is right up our street – giants in the forest, coming across the totally unexpected and seeing what you make of it, the sort of art that changes the places you think you know and makes it possible...
View ArticleEver heard of an Archaeology Festival? Try Kilmartin Museum on Thursday
Kilmartin House Museum is inviting everyone to come and celebrate the Highland Archaeology Festival 2012 – on Thursday 11th October from 1.00 pm until 3.30 pm.Children can create their very own...
View ArticleBrooch of Lorn Exhibition and other treats at Kilmartin House Museum
The Brooch of Lorn exhibition is at Kilmartin House Museum.The Lords of Lorn, as the first chiefs of the Clan MacDougall were known, were very powerful. This iconic jewel symbolises the height of their...
View ArticleChristmas events at Kilmartin House Museum
Kilmartin House Museum’s 2012 Craft Fair will be held on 1st and 2nd December and is promised to be bigger and better than ever before. Whether you’re interested in felted goods, knits, hand made...
View ArticleLive & Love spy murder mystery evening at Kilmartin
‘Tis the season to be thrilling – and Lochgilphead’s Laura Gray has recruited Cowal’s Walking Theatre Company in an event which is part of her BA Tourism and Hospitality Degree and is designed to...
View ArticleKilmartin Museum coffee morning for interested volunteers
Kilmartin House Museum – one of the frontline historical codecrackers for Argyll – wants to recruit more volunteers and is holding a free coffee morning at the museum this Thursday (31st January).They...
View ArticleThe Hobyah Play at Carnasserie Castle
The Hobyah Play at Carnasserie Castle happens this coming Sunday – 8th September – between 15.30 and 16.30 at Carnasserie Castle.This is the third event in the exciting Sounding Dunadd programme of...
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