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Kilmartin Museum is taking bids for journals

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Kilmartin Museum has some journals for sale – they are issues of the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. They want them to go to a good home and so are taking bids for them until 09.00 on 23rd January. The issues are:

Volumes 8, 9 and 12
Volumes 48, 49, 50, 52, 53, 55, 56
Volumes 66, 67
Volumes 100-127 (except 108)

Email your bids to Katy Crowson – katy@kilmartin.org – before 09.00 on 23rd.

Other news from the Museum is that there are a few places left for two upcoming workshops:

  • 5 places left for Introduction to Massage on Sat 24th Jan
  • 3 places left for Rainbow Dyeing on Sat 7th Mar

Phone Katy on 01546 510278 or email her as above as soon as possible to book your place.

And the Museum’s restaurant opens again this Thursday, 15th January. It will serve evening meals between 6pm and 9pm Thursday to Saturday.  It’s also doing a number of themed evenings, starting with a Burns themed menu on 24th Jan.  Phone 01546 510278 to book your table.

Christmas Craft Fair – and therapies – at Kilmartin Museum this weekend

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Kilmartin Museum is hosting its Christmas Craft Fair this weekend – 6th and 7th December 2008 from 11.00am – 4.00pm daily.

On display and for sale will be homemade cards, soaps, wreaths, felt gifts, bric a brac, wood crafts, jewellery, knitted goods, gifts from recycled and vintage fabrics, among many others.

The Museum’s Fair also offers an opportunity to get away from the usual shopping frenzy, with its cafe’s tempting menu, mulled wine, mince pies, Loch Fyne marmalade and Kilmartin mincemeat. Seasonal or what?

The unusual element in this Fair at Kimartin is that it is offering sessions in a range of therapies, some on Saturday, some on Sunday, some on both days:

  • Aromatherapy – Sunday
  • Colourpuncture – Sunday
  • Emmett Technique – Sunday
  • Kinesiology – Saturday and Sunday
  • Polarity – Saturday
  • Reiki – Saturday and Sunday

In each case fees are £5 for 15 minutes and £10 for £30 minutes. Sessions can be booked through the Museum at 01546 510 278.

All these sessions are provided through Solas Health and Well Being Group. For more details on Solas, membership and direct contacts for practitioners, phone Carol at: 01880 821158

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Kilmartin Glen through the eyes of its children

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A recent Kimartin Primary School project had Primary 4 and 5 pupils learning about people who lived in their glen from 7000 BC until the iron age. Their interest in their discoveries bred the notion that they would create their own guide to the area.

They did get a little help from their friends – one of whom was particularly well placed (so they also learning the value of networking). Janet West, Argyll and Bute Council’s Project Information Officer, gave them advice and ideas before the children themselves designed the guide and set what they thought was a fair price.

Isobel Strong, the Council’s Education Spokesperson, fresh from putting Historic Scotland back in its box over the issue of ‘the Rothesay Windws’, (see earlier news item) says: ‘It’s great to see the pupils of Kilmartin Primary School taking on such an initiative and showing an active interest in their local history’.

Kilmartin Glen through the eyes of its young people was also the focus of a BBC Radio Scotland programme on Monday 10th November, one of a new series, ‘Walking through history’. Children from Kilmichael Glassary Primary School were featured, talking about what the area means to them.

Kilmartin Museum is now stocking the Kilmartin Glen Kids Guide at £3.50 a copy.

Kilmartin Primary School

Above are the enterprising pupils of Kilmartin Primary School, with copies of their Guide to the Glen. For Argyll has permission to use the photograph.

Bus service to Kilmartin Museum criticised in Scottish Government report

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A report commissioned by the Scottish Government and published yesterday criticised the bus access to Kilmartin Glen In Argyll, with over 350 ancient monuments. The report, concerned with improving access to cultural activities in Scotland, noted that Kilmartin Museum had only a limited bus service with ‘inconsistent timetabling’ from its provider, West Coast Motors. It also highlighted less than satisfactory public information on this service which runs between Lochgilphead and Oban. A major conclusion of the report is that a low priority on public transport access to cultural sites and activities excludes a large number of potential customers. With Scottish tourism revenues from the UK and elsewhere targeted for a rise of 50% by 2015, this is a ball that cannot be dropped.

Nether Largie Stones, Kilmartin Glen. by Terry A McDonald, Creative CommonsPhoto left is of the Nether Largie Stones in Kilmartin Glen and is by Terry A McDonald, Creative Commons licence.