Workshop

Learn the ancient heritage craft of green woodworking with award-winning maker Robert Andrew of Touchwood. Carve your own wooden utensil using axe and knife skills passed down for generations.

Step into the world of medieval manuscript making with Thomas Keyes, an illuminator and parchment maker.

Unleash your inner creativity and master the art of transforming patterns like a true Pictish artist!

Create your own printed linen wall hanging in this textile block printing workshop with artist and educator Hayley Anderson.

Learn a traditional craft and engrave your own coins.

Explore the ancient art of leatherwork with award-winning artist and maker Robert Mercer

Learn an endangered craft and make your own woodblock print

Join us for a relaxed, hands-on embroidery workshop inspired by historic brooches from the Groam House Museum collection. Led by textile artist Nikkita Morgan, this creative afternoon invites you to explore stitch, texture, and colour as you reimagine two remarkable objects — a Victorian silver annular brooch and a Celtic Revival brooch — in your […]

Spend a cosy and creative afternoon exploring clay, storytelling, and texture with archaeologist-turned-potter Emma Harrison of Bog Born Crafts. Inspired by a Victorian seaweed album and an 18th-century death bell from the museum collection, you’ll create and decorate your own ceramic pieces using clay, slip, natural pigments, and foraged seaweed. Finished pieces will be fired […]

We’re delighted to welcome Hayley Anderson back to Groam House Museum for a repeat of her popular textile block printing workshop. In this hands-on session, you’ll design and carve your own lino block inspired by objects from the Groam House collection, then use it to print a custom linen wall hanging. Working in a relaxed […]