04-01-2008: City of the Immortals

Art Gallery 23 February – 22 March

City of the Immortals is a photographic exhibition by Birmingham based artist Michelle Lord. Michelle’s work originates from stories and ideas with strong connections to architectural space and is a result of a continuing fascination with the notion of un-built or fictional environments. The images are a complex hybrid of photography, sculpture, literature, architecture and narrative, and involve the designing and building of theatrical sixth scale sets and hand-crafted models, intricately fabricated from card and wood.

Image Caption:
Michelle Lord Work in Progress

05-01-2008: Photographs by Ewen Weatherspoon

Small Gallery 23 February – 22 March

08-01-2008: Seeing Dragons in the Clouds

Art Gallery 10 May – 7 June

A new Harley Gallery touring exhibition which explores the artistic imagination. Featuring the work of nine very different artists: Nora Fok, Chila Kumari Burman, Robert Callender, Heidi Daish, Helen Denerley, Lizzie Farey, Peter and Linda Green, Leo Hills and Frank Hills. The artists, inspired by found objects, transform them into something different. Finished work is exhibited alongside sketches and workings to demonstrate the process the artists have gone through to arrive at the final piece.

A Harley Gallery/Brochocka Baynes exhibition

10-01-2008: Ana Maria Pacheco

Art Gallery 14 June – 12 July
Born in Brazil in 1943, Ana Maria Pacheco is an artist of extraordinary diversity. Her work ranges from painting and sculpture to printmaking, and draws on a wide variety of cultural references that include Brazilian folklore, classical myth, mystical Catholicism and medieval satire, using her source material to create works that play with the art of storytelling. This exhibition focuses on Pacheco’s work as a printmaker, bringing together five sets of prints, produced between 1989
and 1998.

Image caption: Ana Maria Pacheco /Terra Ignota 3/, 1994

15-01-2008: Lunchtime Talk: Contemporary Art inspired by the culture and landscape of Scotland and the Highlands

Thursday 13th March, 2008, 12.30 - 1.30 pm.
In an illustrated talk, Denise Collins, Director of Castle Gallery in Inverness, discusses how local artists today are reflecting our Scottish and Highland landscape and culture in their work.  A talk promoted by WEA Scotland.  Admission £1.00.  All welcome - no need to per-book.  For further details, please telephone Inverness WEA on 01463 710577. or email inverness@weascotland.org.uk.

20-03-2008: Landscape

Small Gallery, 29 March - 3 May
Selected larger pieces from the art collection awarded to The Highland Council as part of the Scottish Arts Council Bequest, together with works from the Highland Council Collections.

20-03-2008: Scotland's Heritage on the Edge: Capturing the Coastline

Art Gallery, 29 March - 3 May 2008

Award-winning images from a photographic competition, designed with the aim of preserving Scotland's striking and varied coastal scenery, which is at threat from erosion.

20-03-2008: Two Voices, One Message:

Friday 11 April 2008
A seminar for workers in museums, galleries and other cultural and natural heritage organisations with an interest in Gaelic and bilingual interpretation and the new legislation.  The seminar is run by the Visitor Studies group, and there is a small charge for registration.  To apply, please contact Jenni Fuchs, Visitor Studies Officer, National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh EH1 1JF or via email, jenni@visitors.org.uk 

29-04-2008: Lunchtime Talk - Our developing Highland Archive Service

Thursday 22 May, 2008, 12.30 - 1.30 pm.
A chance to hear about the new Highland Archives and Registration Centre which will be completed by autumn 2009.  Morag Maclean, the Education and Outreach Coordinator of Highland Council Archives Service will outline her new role of encouraging communities to become involved with this education and outreach service.  A talk promoted by WEA Scotland. Admission £1.00. All welcome - no need to per-book. For further details, please telephone Inverness WEA on 01463 710577. or email inverness@weascotland.org.uk.

29-04-2008: Lunchtime Talk - Tain Silver

Thursday 5 June 2008, 12.30 - 1.30 pm.
Estelle Quick, former curator at Tain Through Time Museum will have a look at why silver was made in this Easter Ross community, who the silversmiths were, and examples of some of their work, as well as the importance of Tain Museum's collection.  A talk promoted by WEA Scotland. Admission £1.00. All welcome - no need to per-book. For further details, please telephone Inverness WEA on 01463 710577. or email inverness@weascotland.org.uk.

29-04-2008: Lunchtime Talk - Learning about Poland

Thursday 12 June 2008, 12.30 - 1.30 pm.
Bozena Rakowska offers an insight into daily life in Poland over the last 30 years.  How have the many Polish people now living in the Highlands settled into life here?  Come along and hear a first hand report.  A talk promoted by WEA Scotland. Admission £1.00. All welcome - no need to per-book. For further details, please telephone Inverness WEA on 01463 710577. or email inverness@weascotland.org.uk.

10-06-2008: The Man Who Drew Cats

Art Gallery, 19 July - 16 August

Louis Wain studied at West London School of Art and began his career as an art journalist. However it was for his pictures of cats that he became famous. From the 1880s until the outbreak of the First World War the ‘Louis Wain cat’ was hugely popular. Appearing in books, magazines and postcards, Wain’s cats are to be found engaging in many forms of human activity from playing cricket, digging up roads and riding bicycles to parading the latest fashions at Ascot.  The works in this exhibition are from the Bethlem Art and History Collections Trust.  We would like to extend our thanks to Mr Kevin Stuart for the kind loan of Louis Wain's printed works.

In Response to Louis Wain 
On 22 July, from 6 - 7 pm, Jim Neville, artist and psychiatric nurse will hold an informal conversation in response to Louis Wain's work.  Admission is free but please call Katey on 01463 237114 to book your place.

10-06-2008: Original Print

Art Gallery and Small Gallery 23 August - 20 September
An exhibition of prints and print techniques created by the Highland Print Studio

Drawing workshop with Dean Melville Saturday 6 September 10am – 4pm
£ 30 per person

This workshop is designed to offer students a variety of ways of understanding and doing drawing.  We will use imagery that is directly around us as a starting point, as this exhibition lends itself really well to the study of the drawn line.  We will  explore the use of marking techniques and look at how this relates to each individual's approach to their subject.  All aspects of picture making will be covered - composition, proportion, scale, tone, perspective, etc. This class will be beneficial to both the complete beginner and the more experienced artist.  It will book up fast so phone  01463 237114 soon to book your place!

13-06-2008: Highland Journey

Art Gallery 19 July - 16 August

Photographic exhibition by Robin Gillanders.  In June of 1934, the writer and poet Edwin Muir borrowed a car from his friend and fellow Orcadian, Stanley Cursiter, and set out on a tour of Scotland.  In 2006, photographer Robin Gillanders set out in Muir’s footsteps to make an extended journey around the Highlands and Orkney inspired by Muir’s travels – not as a writer, but as a photographer.  He has diverted, not just from Muir’s route, but from his remit, by commenting on some of the major contemporary issues facing these remote areas.

The exhibition is supported by the Scottish Arts Council, HI-Arts, the Highland Council and Napier University

24-06-2008: Merkinch Arts Group

Community Gallery, September 2008
Art exploring attitudes towards the community.

24-06-2008: China - Eve Arnold

Art Gallery 1 - 29 November

American photojournalist Eve Arnold was one of the first western photographers to enter communist China. She made her visit in 1979, at a time when its government was opening up to the outside world, and the exhibition shows a remarkable set of 40 of photos from this trip.  The images are a candid look at the country and its people and range from militia training in Mongolia and rice gleaning in Hsishuang Panna, to performing artists and noodle making.

24-06-2008: Reflections: Women in the Highlands

Small Gallery 1 - 29 November

Paintings from the Inverness Museum and Art Gallery collections, with poetry and stories by Random Acts of Writing, and Inverness-based literary magazine.

24-06-2008: Merkinch Arts Group

Community Gallery, July 2008
Art exploring attitudes towards the community.

24-06-2008: Travel Through our Memories

Community Gallery, August 2008

A group of young Travellers from Highland invite you to take a journey with them as they recall the places of importance to them and their unique experiences on the road.  The exhibition includes art work and writing, with the opportunity for visitors to add their own memories.

24-06-2008: Art Class Drawings

Community Gallery, October 2008

24-06-2008: Salt of the Earth

Community Gallery, November 2008
Art created at workshops held at the museum.  The workshops studied a wedding dress from the museum collections and the stories associated with it.

26-06-2008: Drawing Workshop with Dean Melville

Saturday 6 September, 10am – 4pm

£ 30 per person.
This workshop is designed to offer students a variety of ways of understanding and doing drawing. We will use imagery that is directly around us as a starting point, as this exhibition lends itself really well to the study of the drawn line. We will explore the use of marking techniques and look at how this relates to each individual's approach to their subject. All aspects of picture making will be covered - composition, proportion, scale, tone, perspective, etc. This class will be beneficial to both the complete beginner and the more experienced artist. It will book up fast so phone 01463 237114 soon to book your place!

16-07-2008: Medieval Archaeology Walk

Saturday 11 October, 10 am - 12 noon

Join Cait McCullagh on an entertaining walk through Medieval Inverness.  Cait will provide an insight into the ongoing archaeological investigations of the Old Town and let you in on some of the amazing and strange events surrounding our city.
Where: Meet in the foyer of Inverness Museum and Art Gallery
Who: for everyone!
How much: FREE!

16-07-2008: Knit Wit!

Saturday 6 December, 10 am - 12 noon

Dust off your needles and show off your work!  If you don’t knit yet you soon will. Bring some yarn and needles and join Katey for a fun morning of knitting in the Gallery!
Free!  Just drop in.

08-09-2008: Create your own family tree

Tuesday 14 October, 1 - 4 pm

Explore your family's past.  Participants will make a family tree and learn some research skills.  
Where: Inverness Museum and Art Gallery
Who: for families
How much: FREE!

08-09-2008: Neolithic Music

Wednesday 15 October 1.30 and 3.00

Make music the Neolithic way!  Explore sound with Bob Pegg.
Where: Inverness Museum and Art Gallery
Who: for families
How much: FREE!

08-09-2008: Highland Tales

Thursday 16 October, 1 - 4 pm

The Highlands are alive with stories.  Join Bob Pegg to explore some of these fantastic tales!
Where: Inverness Museum and Art Gallery
Who: for families
How much: FREE!

08-09-2008: Amazing Archaeogy

Friday 17 October, 1 - 3 pm
Discover amazing facts and see things hidden in the stores of the museum.  Join Cait McCullagh for an archaeological adventure
Where: Inverness Museum and Art Gallery
Who: for families
How much: FREE!

08-09-2008: Fire in the Glens

Saturday 18 October, 1.15 and 3 pm
The Redcoats are coming!  Chat with a Jacobite and a Redcoat in the museum and learn about what life was like during the Jacobite Rebellion!
Where: Inverness Museum and Art Gallery
Who: for families
How much: FREE!

08-09-2008: Family Drawing Taster

Tuesday 21 October, 1 - 2  pm

Use your creativity to explore drawing in a new way
Where: Inverness Museum and Art Gallery
Who: for families (please telephone 01463 237114 to book)
How much: £1.00

08-09-2008: Create your own Targe

Wednesday 22 October, 1 - 4 pm

Jacobites carried them and Victorians put them on their walls.  Make your shield and decorate it just the way you like it!
Where: Inverness Museum and Art Gallery
Who: for families
How much: £1.00

08-09-2008: Create your own Stained Glass Lantern

Thursday 23 October, 1 - 4 pm

Use paper to create a beautiful lantern to hang in your home!
Where: Inverness Museum and Art Gallery
Who: for families
How much: £1.00

08-09-2008: Knights and Fair Ladies

Friday 24 October, 1 - 4 pm

Medieval Inverness was an exciting place to live.  Become a knight or a fair lady and learn about some of the amazing people who lived here!
Where: Inverness Museum and Art Gallery
Who: for families
How much: £1.00

08-09-2008: Family Time Capsule

Saturday 25 October, 1 - 4 pm

Make a time capsule with your family for people in the future to find!
Where: Inverness Museum and Art Gallery
Who: for families
How much: £1.00

08-09-2008: Drawing Workshop with Dean Melville

Saturday 25 October, 10 am - 4 pm

Work with artist Dean Melville to explore line and form.  A class for the beginner and the more experienced artist
Where: Inverness Museum and Art Gallery
Who: for adults (16+)
How much: £30.00.  Phone 01463 237114 to book your space!

02-10-2008: Wasps 2008

Art Gallery, 27 September - 25 October

Wasps Artists' Studios is a recognised charity, providing studio space for over 750 artists each year at 17 locations throughout Scotland.  This exhibition shows some of the variety of Wasps artists work.

21-10-2008: Gray's School of Art Printmaking Department Portfolio 2007 - 2008

Art Gallery 10 January - 7 February

Original prints combining the work of 4th year undergraduates, invited artists and staff.  The portfolio reflects the tradition and innovation in modern printmaking.  The idea of the portfolio is not a new one.  There is a long tradition of artists being involved in projects that examine the makin gof a multiple image in the context of a group body of work.  The portfolio can function as a portable exhibition, bringing together eclectic visual interpretations of the project brief.
The portfolio has been exhibited nationally and internationally.  Venues have included Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen; R.K. Burt Gallery, London; National Library of Estonia, Tallinn; Academy of Fine Arts, Prague; Anchor Graphics, Chicago and other venues in the USA.
Invited artists for this exhibition are David Blyth, Francis Convery, Julia Gardner, Fiona Hepburn and Rosalind Lawless.

21-10-2008: Twelve Poets

Small Gallery 10 January - 7 February

An exhibition from the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.  Bronze busts of twelve poets who have made significant contributions to Scottish literature, including Norman McCaig, Sorley MacLean and Liz Lochhead.  All the bronzes are new works by Scottish artists.

21-10-2008: The Strath Storypanel

Community Gallery December 2008 and January 2009

The Strath Storypanel is a triptych created for the Highland Museum of Childhood, Strathpeffer, inspired by local legend and gathered memories.  It will be displayed beside two others, 'Crofting Life' from Evanton, and 'The Wonders of Wester Ross', from Poolewe.  The panels are all created from work with local communities, artist Lizzie MacDougall and the Highland Decorative and Fine Arts Society.

14-11-2008: St Andrew's Day - Museum Open Day

Sunday 30 November, 12 - 4 pm

Inverness Museum and Art Gallery is opening its doors for a FREE behind the scenes look at our very Scottish Collections! 
Take a tour of the museum stores, meet a Seaforth Highlander and learn about life on the home front during WW2, make crafts inspired by the museum collections, hear amazing tales of the Highlands, and learn how to do family histories! 
Come and explore your museum at the heart of Inverness!

27-11-2008: Homecoming Advent Calendar and Precious Cargo

1  - 31 December 2008 (closed 25 and 26 December)

The Homecoming Advent Calendar and Precious Cargo exhibition counts down to Scotland's Year of Homecoming, 2009, with a theme of migration, boats and the sea.  Behind each window is a 'precious cargo' - a 'souvenir' which people carry with them on their travels, prompting memories and reminiscences of home.

The exhibition has been designed by Brodie Nairn and Nicky Burns from Glasstorm in Tain as an innovative installation of closed Cargo boxes, one of which opens every day over the festive period to reveal a new object or contemporary ‘souvenir’ of the Highlands, which travellers to lands across the sea might have cherished to remind them of ‘home’. 
The work of 30 artists was selected from jewellery, textiles, wood and ceramics to film and represents a stunning collection of contemporary craftsmanship.  A selection of unique crafts will also be available to buy.
A Highland Council Touring exhibition. For further details please contact: Lucy Woodley/Dean Melville 01463 710978
Cathy Shankland 01463 663821

17-12-2008: Music @ the Museum - Ten Strings and a Box

Monday lunchtime, 22 December

The Scottish traditional music trio perform in the museum's ground floor gallery.

29-01-2009: Knit Wit!

Saturday 21 February, 10.30 am - 12 noon
Dust off your needles and show off your work! If you don’t knit yet you soon will. Bring some yarn and needles and meet fellow knitters for a fun morning of knitting in the museum!
Free! Just drop in.

29-01-2009: Valentine's Day

Saturday 14 February 1 to 3 pm
Bring the family to Inverness Museum and Art Gallery and make some wonderful Valentine's Day crafts. FREE!

04-02-2009: Confluence

Art Gallery 14 February - 14 March

This exhibition by four distinguished Scottish artists refutes the fallacy that there is a complete segregation between the role of the observing eye and the imaginative eye, and the imaginative mind within the creative process.

04-02-2009: As Others See Us

21 February - 14 March
Small Gallery

A selection of unique and engaging contemporary portraits fo some of Scotland's best-known figures alongside their favourite pieces of poetry and song by Robert Burns.  People featured in the exhibition include musicians and writers, such as Eddi Reader and Christopher Brookmyre.  Photographs by Ross Gillespie and Tricia Malley

04-02-2009: 24 Hours

21 March - 18 April
Small Gallery

A series of portraits of carers, each one showing the carer seated on the sofa in their own home alongside the person they care for.  In some portraits, the person being cared for is unable to sit on the sofa due to their disability.  In many cases, it is difficult to know who is the carer and who is the person being cared for.  There are 600,000 carers in Scotland.  A carer could be someone you meet on the bus, it could be someone you work with, or it could be the person standing next to you.  It could be you.  
The portraits were taken by Hannah Hills, a rising young star in portrait photography.

04-02-2009: Building Biographies

Architecture in Scotland 2006 - 200821 March - 18 April
Art Gallery

An exhibition of recent projects from Scotland, Austria, Norway and Switzerland examining issues of culture, or place, and of regional identity in this time of globalisation.  Exhibition from The Lighthouse, Scotland's Centre for Architecture, Design and the City.

04-02-2009: Artist Rooms

25 April - 27 June 2009
Art Gallery

The American photographer Robert Mapplethorpe pushed the boundaries of his medium with both his subject matter and the innovative techniques that he employed.  The selection of works to be shown in Inverness focuses on his portraits - many depicting the most influential artists, writers and musicians of his day including Andy Warhol, Truman Capote and Patti Smith - and his iconic self-portraits.

04-02-2009: Homecoming Scotland

25 April - 27 June
Small Gallery

Exhibition from the National Galleries of Scotland.  The year 2009 marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of our national poet and cultural icon, Robert Burns.  He is the inspiration behind a year-long celebration of Scotland - Homecoming Scotland.  This exhibition, drawn from the collections of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery and the National Gallery of Scotland, takes the five themes of Homecoming Scotland: Golf, Whisky, Enlightenment, Ancestry and Burns himself.  It will tour round Scotland at a time when the Scottish National Portrait Gallery is closed for renovation.  The artists are David Allan, Alexander Carse, George Jamesone, Alexander Nasmyth and Allan Ramsay.

04-06-2009: Event - Music in the Museum

13 June 2009
Lunchtime

Gordon Ferguson (fiddle) and Mairi MacKay (accordion and small pipes).

04-06-2009: Event - Music in the Museum

27 June 2009
Lunchtime

Irene Fraser (fiddle and mandolin) and Hugh Marwick (whistles).

04-06-2009: Event - Music in the Museum

11 July 2009
Lunchtime

Laura Green (clarsach and small pipes).

04-06-2009: Event - Music in the Museum

25 July 2009
Lunchtime

Laura Green (clarsach and small pipes).

04-06-2009: Event - Music in the Museum

8 August 2009
Lunchtime

Hugh Marwick (whistles).

04-06-2009: Event - Music at the Museum

22 August 2009
Lunchtime

Gordon Ferguson (fiddle) and Mairi MacKay (accordion and small pipes).

04-06-2009: Event - Bird Feeders

20 June 2009
1.00 - 3.00 pm

Get your recycle on!  Come to the museum and make your own bird feeder from a tetra-pack.  Fun for the whole family!  FREE!  Phone 01463 237114 to book your place.

04-06-2009: Event - Leather Working

6 July 2009
11.00 am - 3.00 pm
Discovery Room

Come along and join a leather-working demonstration at the museum.

04-06-2009: Event - Bugs!

18 July 2009
1.00 - 3.00 pm

Create your own crazy creature.  FREE!  Phone 01463 237114 to book your place. 

04-06-2009: Event - Enamel Jewellery Workshop

1 August 2009
10.00 am - 4.00 pm

Join jeweller Barbara MacLeod and make some lovely resin jewellery.  Ages 16+.  Cost £20.00 + £15.00 for materials.  Phone 01463 237114 to book your place.

04-06-2009: Event - Basket Making

29 August June 2009
10.00 am - 4.00 pm

Join basket maker Sheila Orr and make your own small stitched basket with lid.  Ages 16+.  Cost £20.00 + £10.00 for materials. 

04-06-2009: Migrate 2009

4 July - 1 August 2009
Art Gallery and First Floor Gallery

The annual exhibition of the Scottish Glass Society.  A show with a difference, to celebrate the 30th birthday of the Society, Migrate will showcase the best of emerging and established Scottish glass artists.

This contemporary art glass exhibition is based on the theme of Migration, and examines the different ways that artists express a sense of place and identity in their work; bringing together a collective of glass artists that actively challenge and contribute to the rich Scottish Art scene.

The exhibition will also be shown at St Fergus Gallery, Wick, 7 August – 12 September 2009, and the Iona Gallery, Kingussie, 19 September – 17 October 2009.

08-06-2009: Event - Rag Rugs

26 September 2009
10.00 am - 4.00 pm

Reduce, reuse and recycle!  Join Sheila Orr to make your own rag rug.  Ages 16+. Cost £20.00 + £15.00 for materials.  Phone the museum to book your place, 01463 237114. 

08-06-2009: Ghosts and Shadows: Rosehaugh Through the Lens

Community Gallery
June 2009

A community photographic project organised by Groam House Museum and led by Finn MacRae.  Participants included the Black Isle Walkers Group, and the newly-formed Higher Digital Photography class from Fortrose Academy.  The exhibition emphasises the Rosehaugh Estate's important role as an area of natural beauty.

08-06-2009: Relationship Scotland: My Family

Community Gallery
July 2009

Pictures by children from Scottish primary schools.  These are the winning entries in a competition run by Relationship Scotland to find pictures for Families Day, 30 August 2009.

17-07-2009: Leaving Home

19 September - 31 October 2009
Art Gallery

Curated by Highland Council museums, the exhibition celebrates the diversity of stories of Highland Homecoming.  It looks at what people left behind when they left their homes in the Highlands and explores their hopes and fears for their future.  It also looks at some of the propaganda produced to encourage migration.  The stories of three Highlanders, from Nethy Bridge, Skye and Inverness, are explored.  An outreach programme and information for schools will be created to complement the exhibition.
A tandem exhibition, produced in collaboration with recent immigrants to the Highlands, expores contemporary stories of people who have come to the Highlands to work and create a home here.

17-08-2009: New Graduates Show

8 August - 5 September 2009
Art Galleries

A selection of work from twelve recent art school graduates with a strong Highland connection.  In this year of Highland Homecoming, this show celebrates the quality and wealth of talent produced by young artists in Scotland.

17-08-2009: Now You See It

14 November - 19 December 2009
(Closing at lunchtime on 19 December)
Art Galleries

A fascinating glimpse into the history of stage magic, showing a variety of theatre apparatus while also paying homage to the close-up conjuror.  This is complemented by a film piece produced especially for the exhibition by artists Roger and Reid and screenprints by Edinburgh based artist Sharon Whyte.  Many of the pieces on show are selections from two private collections, spanning a century of conjuring memorabilia.

Saturday Morning Magic ShowsCome and be amazed by a master magician!  Performance and lecture by Dean Melville.  Saturdays 5, 12 and 19 December, 10.30 am to 12.00 noon  Suitable for ages 16 and over.  Cost £10, with £5 deposit required.  Booking essential - please telephone the museum on 01463 237114.  For further details, contact Dean Melville (Dean.Melville@highland.gov.uk or 01463 710978).

17-08-2009: Ainm is Aite Maps

September 2009
Community Display Gallery

An exhibition created as part of the Ainm is Aite project.  Schools used Gaelic place names and the traditional stories associated with them to produce individual works of art that will be incorporated into a large map.

17-08-2009: Prince's Trust Political Art Show

October 2009
Community Gallery

An exhibition showcasing young people's experiences of politics.

17-08-2009: Highland Russians

November 2009
Community Gallery

An exhibition exploring the impact that Russia and the Highlands have had on each other.

17-08-2009: Highland Home

December 2009
Community Gallery

Images of Highland homes from the Highland Photographic Archive.

17-08-2009: Leaving Home - Portraits of Emigration

19 September - 31 October 2009
Small Gallery

This exhibition explores the faces of modern emigration.  It looks at the idea of 'home' through Ewen Weatherspoon's striking photographs, and the possessions and voices of new Highlanders.  People come to live in Inverness from all over the world and this exhibition looks at one part of this story.

14-09-2009: Homecoming Scotland Events

Time Travellers FortnightJoin us at Inverness Museum and Art Gallery for a fortnight of exciting activities.
Phone us on 01463 237114 to book your place.

The Highlander
Saturday 10 October, afternoon
Meet Highlander Ray Owens as he tells what the clearances were really like.
Admission Free!

A Whole New WorldWednesday 14 October, 2 - 4 pm
When they emigrated, families would be exposed to a whole new world.  They would meet people from different countries and learn new things.  Come to this workshop and make some pioneering crafts.
£2.00 per child.  Phone to book your place.

Suitcase of MemoriesThursday 15 October, 2 - 4 pm
Make your own suitcase full of memories.  Work with your family to create your own suitcase to hold your treasures.
£2.00 per child.  Phone to book your place.

Creatures from Down UnderFriday 16 October, 2 - 4 pm
When families emigrated from the Highlands they encountered all sorts of fantastic new creatures.  Come to the museum to find out more and make your own Australian snake.
£2.00 per child.  Phone to book your place.

Super SixtiesSaturday 17 October, 2 - 4 pm
The 1960s had people emigrating from the Highlands on the £10 ticket to Australia.  Come with your family and make a bag inspired by the 1960s.
£2.00 per child.  Phone to book your place

Crazy Quilt
Wednesday 21 October, 2 - 4 pm
In many pioneering communities quilt making was an important part of life.  Join us to make your own felt wall hanging inspired by the quilts.
£2.00 per child.  Phone ot book your place

Historic ToysThursday 22 October, 2 - 4 pm
Join us to learn what sorts of toys your grandparents played with.  Make your own marbles and peg dolls.
£2.00 per child.  Phone to book your place.

Stories of Emigration
Friday 23 October, 2 - 4 pm
Join Bob Pegg for fantastic stories of emigration from the Highlands - a wonderful experience for the whole family.
Drop in for families.  No need to book.  Admission Free!

Spinning
Saturday 24 October, afternoon
Learn more about spinning and have a go at drop spindle.
Drop in.  No need to book.  Admission Free!

14-09-2009: Rag Rugs - Adult Class

Saturday 26 September, 10 am - 4 pm

Reduce, Re-use, Recycle!  Join Sheila Orr to make your own rag rug.
£20 + £15 for materials.  Please phone 01463 237114 to book your place.

03-11-2009: Museum Open Day

St Andrew’s Day Open Day
Saturday 28 November 1.00 – 4.00 pm
A return of the popular event, with craft events for families and behind-the-scenes tours. 

Riddles of the Highlands
Join storyteller and musician Bob Pegg for a gentle stroll among the wildlife on display: legends, riddles, musical instruments inspired by creatures including the wolf, wildcat, rabbit and midgie.  Tours start at 1.00, 2.00 and 3.00 and last an hour.

St Andrew's Day CraftsDrop in and join us to make a colourful stained glass panel out of paper and create your own Scottish flags to celebrate St Andrew's Day.

Behind the Scenes
This is your chance to see behind the scenes!  A guided tour through the museum store, seeing highlights from the collections and hearing some of the fascinating stories that they tell.
Tours will be at 1.15, 1.45, 2.15, 2.45 and 3.15 pm.

Phone 01463 237114 for more information. No need to book – just turn up.

02-12-2009: Music at the Museum

Saturday 5 December, 12.30 - 1.30 
Laura Green, Clarsach

Saturday 12 December, 12.30 - 1.30Martin MacLennan, Accordion

Saturday 19 December, 12.30 - 1.30Gordon Ferguson, Fiddle
Elaine Bramwell, Djembe

09-12-2009: Calum Colvin: Natural Magic

23rd December 2009 - 13th February 2010 
Art Gallery

This exhibition explores the commonality between visual science and visual art, and the use of optical devices as part of their development. The artworks investigate the parallels between the invention of the stereoscopic viewer in 1838 and the digital camera in the 20th century. The exhibition also explores how images are perceived by the viewer.

09-12-2009: ThreeSixFive TriSiaCoig - A Year in the Highlands and Islands

20 February - 20 March 2010
Art Gallery

In 2007, Fin Macrae ran a photography project for Highland 2007 that was wide reaching and diverse. From Shetland in the North to Argyll & Bute, the Western Isles to Moray in the East, 52 people were selected to document a week in their lives - a photo for every day. These 365 images formed a visual diary or portrait of what life is like in the Highlands and Islands in the 21st century.

09-12-2009: Scottish Makars

23 December 2009 - 13 February 2010

WE ARE SORRY, BUT WEATHER CONDITIONS HAVE CAUSED A DELAY IN OPENING THIS EXHIBITION.  Please telephone the Exhibitions Unit on 01463 710978 for the latest information.

Small Gallery

An exhibition from the Scottish National Portrait Gallery comprising 25 portraits of contemporary Scottish poets and one new work depicting Robert Burns.

09-12-2009: Hidden Highland Histories WW2

20 February - 20 March 2010Small Gallery

Spies, code-breakers and evacuees are just some of the topics covered in this exhibition of images, photographs and film of the Second World War at home and abroad. The exhibition is based on first hand experiences which are at times harrowing and traumatic but also courageous, surprising and funny. The project was developed over 9 months as part of a national initiative, ‘Their Past Your Future 2’, in partnership with the Highland Print Studio, Highland Museums and Highland independent museums.

09-12-2009: Mhairi Killin - Absent Voices

27 March - 24 April 2010 
Art Gallery

Absent Voices presents new work from contemporary artist Mhairi Killin. This exhibition explores the traditional skills of silversmithing and weaving on the island of Iona, one of Scotland’s most significant, beautiful and remote locations. The exhibition explores themes of identity, archaeology, memory and journeying.

09-12-2009: The Art of Progress

27 March - 24 April 2010Small Gallery 

This exhibition of artworks, drawings and photographs from Inverness Museum collections explores and the impact of architectural and industrial developments, old and new, on the Highland landscape.

09-12-2009: Letters Home

January 2010
Community Gallery

An exhibition produced by Am Baile (www.ambaile.org.uk), exploring first hand accounts of the experiences of emigrants from the Highlands.

09-12-2009: Girl Guides

February 2010Community Gallery

09-12-2009: Merkinch Nature

April 2010
Community Gallery

Stunning photographs taken in the new local nature reserve at Merkinch.

22-04-2010: Invasion

1 - 29 May 2010
Art Gallery

Have you ever wondered how thrilling it would be to come face to face with a Martian?  Or how about Darth Vader, or even The Predator?  Invasion brings together an army of famous - and infamous - aliens and monsters from Hollywood's biggest sci-fi blockbusters.  The collection of fabulous movie props and costumes is guaranteed to scare - and thrill.  Staring into The Predator's eyes is an unsettling experience!
The props are on display at Inverness Museum and Art Gallery and the costumes are on simultaneous display at the Swanson Gallery, Thurso.  For more information, please contact the Exhibitions Officer 01463 710978.

22-04-2010: Craft Spotlight - Jenny Deschenes

1 - 29 May 2010
Small Gallery

Jenny Deschenes is a textile designer specialising in hand screen printing and embroidery.  She uses vintage fabrics as she has always loved the idea of 'making do' and of passing on history.  Her collections involve the re-working of such fabrics and ephemera and, due to their origin and the rarity of the fabrics, each piece is unique.  Inspired by being a Shetlander, her drawings come from things she remembers from her childhood.  www.jendeshenes.co.uk.

22-04-2010: Craft Spotlight - Laura West

5 June - 3 July 2010
Small Gallery

Laura West established the Isle of Skye Bindery in 1999 and there she undertakes bookbinding commissions as well as producing her own signature range of unique artefact books, the designs of which are accurately founded upon existing historical and multi-cultural book structures such as Coptic, plam leaf and bark books.  She is also a highly regarded tutor and holds workshops locally and throughout the country.  www.laurawest.com

22-04-2010: Inspired

June 2010
Community Display Space

An Inverness College exhibition, featuring the strength and potential of local young artists.  A mix of paintings, photography and illustrations inspired by simple objects, transformed to something completely different through the imagination and the vision of the artist.

The opening of an exhibition will take place on 1st of June.  For your free ticket to the event, where you can meet the artists and have a complementary glass of wine, please email high.exhibition@gmail.com