Arts, culture and heritage

A new plan has launched setting out how all those with responsibility for the Cairngorms National Park will coordinate their work to tackle the most important issues over the next five years.

The Cairngorms National Park Partnership Plan (2017-2022) will deliver the following long-term outcomes for the National Park:

A project to help secure the future of museums in the Highlands has received funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

The Highland Museums Forum (HMF) has been awarded £54,900 for the 'Our Collective Future' project, which will be led by a new partnership of 18 independent museums, covering the whole of the Highlands from Mallaig to Bettyhill and from the Black Isle to Gairloch.

In Focus: Membership & Friends + Sustainability Workshop (Aberdeen)

A fantastic opportunity to experience two of the Resourcing Scotland’s Heritage sessions in one day!
This training session includes both the In focus: Membership & Friends session and the Sustainability session with a networking lunch in between.
Membership & Friends:

Clyde and Avon Valley Festival

Discover what secrets are tucked into the Clyde and Avon Valley by taking part in an exciting and vibrant Festival, Saturday 6 to Sunday 14 May 2017.

The programme includes a staggering 38 family-friendly events offered over a fun-packed nine days. Events include walks, talks, exclusive tours, children’s activities, a song writing workshop, musical performances, an orchard open day, photography walks, Blossom Day and Landscape and Heritage Conference. All but two events are free.

Have your say on a plan setting out key priorities for the Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park by taking part in a public consultation.

Views are currently being sought on the draft National Park Partnership Plan 2018-2023 which sets out a vision for how the Park Authority and its partners will work together to further develop the benefits the National Park can offer Scotland's environment, society, culture and economy.

Shared studio spaces are now available to rent within a large bright, newly refurbished former classroom on the island of Bressay.

The studio overlooks Lerwick harbour and is situated within walking distance of Bressay’s glorious rural views, lochs, beaches, seabird cliffs and many sites of archaeological interest along with easy access to Shetland’s main town.

Four individual spaces with access to a sink and large walk in store cupboard offer a superb environment for creative work.

In this article, West Lothian LEADER tell us about an innovating heritage project that has received LEADER support.

Samhain, Spooks and Sacrifice (evening event)

Artefact of the Month - Arrow Head

The culmination of our season is the Celtic Samhain Festival on the eve of 31st October. Samhain is the predecessor to Halloween and marks the end of the harvest and the beginning of the darker half of the year. Activities include storytelling around the fire in the Crannog, sacrificial wicker ram burn, apple-ducking, soup and many surprises, all lit by flaming torches. Tickets sell out each year so please book early for this hugely popular event.

Fun With Fruit & Fungi

Artefact of the Month - Bracket Fungi, Nuts

In Scotland, autumn is a wonderful time for harvesting fruit and nuts and the ancient loch-dwellers would have exploited and preserved nature’s bounty to help see them through the winter months when provisions were scarce. Our Fun with Fruit & Fungi day celebrates all that is fabulous about this exceptional time of year with lots of tasters of autumnal dishes and apple-pressing to make delicious fresh juice.

Ways With Wood: The Turnery Prize

Artefacts of the Month - Lathe off-cut; Tankard Stave

We take wood for granted here in Big Tree Country but it is and was a precious commodity which our Iron Age Ancestors exploited. Join us for wood-turning and carving demonstrations by experts from throughout the country and pick up a bargain or two as you watch! Help our ‘Visitors Vote’ to award the new Crannog Turnery Prize for the best pole-lathe-turned object.

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