Here’s what we’ve been getting up to…
Last week, Arts and Business Scotland celebrated their 30th Annual Awards Show. With nominees including national museums, government bodies and multinational companies, we were surprised and thrilled to win the prestigious Enterprising Museum Award, sponsored by Museums Galleries Scotland.
The award was given to us in...
31st October 2016
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Sophie McDonald
You may have already bought a pumpkin or two to carve this Hallowe’en. It’s a seasonal tradition - or is it?
In fact, for a large proportion of the period in which Auchindrain was still inhabited, jack o’lanterns carved from turnips (or neeps) would have lit...
6th October 2016
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Sophie McDonald
This August, we had some hardy volunteers from Xchange Scotland (an organisation that places volunteers with community-based projects all around the world) helping us out at the museum. They came from as far away as Italy, France and Germany, and we kept them very busy...
Last week, apart from the excitement of having a crew working with BBC Alba (they were here to shoot part of a programme about the development of housing in Scotland - look out for it), we’ve been getting on with some less glamorous, but very...
For the past couple of weeks, Auchindrain has had an ambassador on Orkney. While this meant she couldn’t attend the museum’s Open Day, it did mean that she was able to visit the incredible Neolithic village at Skara Brae, and to notice some surprising similarities...
