TRAINING: MUSEUM PHOTOGRAPHY
Would you like to learn how to photograph museum objects? We’re offering volunteers the chance to find out more. Join museum photographer Jim Dunn online to learn how to successfully photograph objects such as glass and silver items, small coins and medals, and large...
ROSEMARKIE GOSPEL PARCHMENT PRINTS
‘You urge me to make a new work from the old’, was Jerome’s complaint in the year 376 to the request from Pope Damascus for him to create the Vulgate version of the Gospels which were to be the creative foundation of some of the greatest manuscript art. Jerome agreed...
Annual General Meeting 2020
Annual General Meeting, 3 December at 7.30, via Zoom. Everyone welcome! Just contact doug.maclean@groamhouse.org if you plan to attend, and he will send you the link for the meeting. Only members of the museum may vote or raise a proposal – but if you would like...
EXCLUSIVE: TAPESTRY BY ANNA MACNEIL
Groam House gift shop is delighted to announce a new creative collaboration with Anna MacNeil offering for sale these wonderful bespoke wall panel tapestries inspired by our very own Rosemarkie Stone. There are two sizes available, large in glorious green and smaller...
Christmas shopping at groam
Our museum shop will open Saturdays throughout November! We have a fantastic selection of handmade and unique gifts, including an assortment of items lovingly made on the Black Isle by local artists, designers and makers. It's the perfect opportunity to buy work...
Wanted: Interpretive content developer
Opportunity: Interpretive content developer Groam House Museum has been awarded a grant from the NLHF’s Heritage Emergency Fund. The grant is to enable us to re-use existing researched content on elements of our local history collections to create new, inter-related,...
LISTEN | BAIN DESIGN PODCAST
Imagine having this bright, intricate Celtic-design bowl in your house: you would make it a centrepiece, wouldn’t you? If you had visited Celtic artist and educator George Bain’s house in Drumnadrochit in the 1940s, however, you may well have been dazzled by the many...
George Bain Celtic Art Digitisation Project News
Our first George Bain Celtic Art Digitisation Project newsletter is out now! In this edition we report on our progress so far; share the findings of our #CelticCreativity consultation; ask artists and craftspeople to sign up to test the new site; and preview the next...
ONLINE EXHIBITION | ONE MAN’S WAR
EXHIBITION AN ONLINE EXCLUSIVEONE MAN’S WAR George Bain in the Balkans 1917-1918The work of the artist George Bain (1881-1968)gives us a personal view of life on the Balkan Front during World War I. 100 years ago this year, Bain joined the British Salonika Force in...
Open Gardens 2021 – Join Our Trail
We are pleased to announce we are already planning Open Gardens 2021. We aim to make the 2021 event bigger and more diverse than ever before. We’re looking for all styles of garden to be part of our trail. Large or small, formal or informal, flowers and vegetables,...
Unravelling the Celtic Knot: The Performance
Thursday evening saw the walls of Fortrose Cathedral light up with Celtic art by George Bain and locally-designed animations. These were accompanied by music and dance staged by local groups. “Thanks to everyone who braved the cold to join us...
‘WORD ON THE STREET’ Big Book Sale and Coffee Morning
Hundreds of pre-owned books will be on sale at the Big Book Sale being held in the Legion Hall, Dingwall on Saturday morning, 19th October. Time to stock up for the long winter nights! Fiction, non fiction, science...
Honeymoon Highlight is a Visit to Rosemarkie Museum
Anneliese from Santiago, Chile, just had to visit Groam House Museum whilst in Scotland, even though she was here on her honeymoon.
The Black Isle Craft Day
On Saturday 15th June the Gordon Memorial Hall, Rosemarkie was brimming with arts and crafts produced by the talented people from the Black Isle and surrounding area. As well as crafts for sale many of the crafters were sharing their skills with...
Fortrose Plant and Seedling Sale and Coffee Morning
Fortrose Plant and Seedling Sale and Coffee Morning A Plant and Seedling Sale and Coffee Morning is being held in the Seaforth Lodge, Station Square, Fortrose, on Saturday, 18th May from 10.00 until 1.00. This event is part of the Groam House...
Fabulous posters by Fortrose Academy students
New display at Groam House MuseumFabulous posters by Fortrose Academy 1st year students Groam House Museum is opening its 2019 season with a vibrant display of posters produced by Fortrose Academy students. First year pupils have been looking at the...
Found in the ground
Over the last decade metal-detecting, archaeological field-walking and excavations have recovered all sorts of information from in and under the soil across this part of the Black Isle. The display looks at the surprising range of artefacts that have been found.