During the months of October and November there are some exciting events and workshops for the young (and not so young!) at Inverness Museum and Gallery.

Postcards from the Highlands - BIG DRAW AT IMAG – Free – All Ages
Have an opportunity to have your students work on display at your local museum. This year as part of the Big Draw Inverness Museum and Art Gallery is asking your class to draw postcards of their world. These will then go on display during the month of October in the Community Gallery at Imag. This is a fantastic opportunity to participate in an event that is taking place across the UK. Contact Katey Boal Assistant Curator (learning and access) for more information and to receive your teacher packs and postcards. 01463 237114.

Saturday October the 6th
Mystery of the Picts – FREE – Pre booking essential - 8 to 12 years
Part of Highland Archaeology Fortnight
Local highland Artist Sarah Barnes is joining with the Inverness museum and art gallery to explore the exciting world of the Picts through the Belblair stone. The participants will the mystery of Pictish carvings and celebrate the unique skill of the craftsman who made it. With Sarah the young people will create an imaginative, mixed media response to the Belblair Stone that explores symbols and encourages them to think if ways they represent themselves.
Contact Katey Boal Assistant Curator (learning and access) for more information 01463 237114.

Wednesday October 17th
The National Library comes to town ! - Free! – All Ages – Book the Discovery room NOW!
For the next month the Inverness Museum and Art Gallery is hosting A Publisher and His Friends in the Discovery centre. This is a fantastic opportunity to engage your class with Victorian literature. The exhibition consists of desks that young people can explore and learn about ways people have communicated in the past.
Contact Katey Boal Assistant Curator (learning and access) for more information 01463 237114.

A Publisher and His Friends Workshops
Wednesday November 13th and Thursday November 14th
Free – Primary 5-7 - Pre Booking essential
2.5 hours morning and afternoon slots available
Discover the importance of letters that tell us about other people, places and lives and develop creative writing and artistic skills! A wonderful cross curricular tie in!

The workshop will introduce Isabella Bird Bishop, a great Victorian traveller and writer who wrote about different cultures. Students will learn about using letters and pictures to tell people about your life and travels, and compare different people’s lives. Working with Scottish artist Joanne Kaar, the group will write individual short accounts of their journey to school using similar materials to those used by Isabella Bird and will focus on creative writing, audience and composition.

Contact Katey Boal Assistant Curator (learning and access) for more information 01463 237114.


Keep on touch to find out more about exciting theatre based workshops as well as use of our loan boxes: where you can take part of our museum and use it in your class room 01463 237114.