Museums in Annan, Dumfries and Sanquhar Exhibitions, Events and Workshops April - September 2019 ADMISSION FREE THE ARCHAEOLOGY AND KIRKCUDBRIGHT ARTISTS Welcome COLLECTIONS OF DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY COUNCIL ARE Visit Scotland launched their #SeeSouthScotland campaign at the end of 2018. We love our local area in Dumfries and Galloway and hope that we can offer visitors from near and far an enjoyable museum experience here. We look forward to welcoming you to our venues. RECOGNISED AS Our events are listed on our new web site www.dgculture.co.uk where you can also NATIONALLY SIGNIFICANT COLLECTIONS download a PDF of this programme. AWARDED BY MUSEUMS GALLERIES SCOTLAND ON BEHALF OF THE SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT EVENTS FOR SCHOOLS AND GROUPS For further information on school or group visits please call Dumfries Museum on 01387 253374. The museums are free to visit and Camera Obscura Loans boxes Special workshops presentations at Dumfries Museum are free to school groups We have a wide range of loans boxes We offer special workshops based on available for schools and community some of our temporary exhibitions when booked in advance. If you are studying a specific topic groups to borrow free of charge. - look out for further information on and think that we can help please call us. We have a range of These cover topics such as Robert GLOW or through education email Burns, Domestic Life, Education and circulars. worksheets which may help structure your visit. Childhood and many more. Front cover: Dumfries man Robert Waland (1908 - 1999), optical engineer and astronomer, To keep up to date with our news and get worked on telescopes at the University of Arizona at Tucson that enabled astronomers to additional information follow us on compile an atlas of the moon surface that was used by the first astronauts to land on the moon Facebook and Twitter (@DumfriesMuseum). in 1969. This is image Y842 from the lunar atlas held at Dumfries Museum. Annan Museum EXHIBITIONS AT ANNAN MUSEUM Annan Museum Bank Street, Annan DG12 6AA Tel: 01461 201384 Admission is free Open 1 April - 31 October 2019 Monday - Saturday 11am - 4pm Monday 1 April - Saturday 4 May - Saturday 15 June This family friendly museum houses a permanent exhibition on the Saturday 27 April Haaf Net History history of Annan and the surrounding area. A fascinating journey Annan Amateur Art through time takes visitors from the prehistoric period up to the era of Unique to the inner Solway, haaf netting nuclear fission. Displays include costume, First World War Club has been practised in Annan for over a memorabilia, town regalia and a remarkable collection An exhibition of a wide selection thousand years. With links to the Vikings of paintings depicting Annan and the Solway shore. of art work by members of and Kings, Riding of the Marches and Look out for a 4000 year old Bronze Age burial Annan Amateur Art Club. the fish cross - this interactive display urn, mummified baby crocodiles and the 110 Currently the club meets documents for the first time the cultural year old piece of chocolate! from October to April in a and historical significance of haaf net fishing. The museum also hosts a lively programme of comfortable room at Galabank Football Stadium on Wednesday This exhibition has been developed in special exhibitions and events throughout the partnership with Annan Common Good Sub season, together with visitor information and a shop afternoons. Members support each other in developing their Committee and Annan Royal Burgh Fishermen’s stocking pocket money buys as well as local history Association. Funded by Annandale and Eskdale books and greetings cards by local artists. creative skills. Area Committee and The Scottish Government - Marine Scotland. Delivered as part of the NEW FOR 2019 International Year of the Salmon 2019. Star objects to be added to the museum for 2019: London to Glasgow stagecoach jack, communion ware relating to Annan Old Parish Church and recent archaeological finds awarded to Dumfries and Galloway Council Museums via Treasure Trove. iii Saturday 22 June - Saturday 22 June - Sunday 8 September Saturday 14 September - Thursday 31 October Sunday 8 September Plastic waste art installation Dinosaurs Coastwise - Where every The For Enjoyment community were How do dinosaurs fit into the evolution of life on Earth? name tells a story commissioned by the Dumfries and Galloway What can fossils tell us about these amazing creatures that This exhibition reveals the history and Eco Warriors to produce an installation piece to roamed the Earth 65 millions years ago? highlight the effects of plastic pollution on the stories behind the origins of coastal Discover some of the answers to these questions in this Dumfries and Galloway coastline. The resulting place-names by exploring the language family friendly exhibition that includes hands on activities art work invites debate about the human impact used to describe features between Redkirk for children (and adults). Point and Southerness. Using the first of our natural world and at the same time Ordnance Survey maps as a starting point highlight the importance of the work of the Eco Warriors in attempting to clean up our precious Saturday 7 and the exhibition looks at how names have Sunday 8 September, 11am - 4pm evolved and explains the meaning of words beaches. that have disappeared from our everyday For Enjoyment is an inclusive community of creative Doors Open Days 2019 language. Hands on family activities will minds of all ages made up from a diverse mix of Take some time out and visit the accompany this exhibition. people from all around the region. museum during Dumfries and Galloway This exhibition was created by the Solway Doors Open Days weekend (including Firth partnership. Find out more at www. our Doors Open Day Sunday Special). solwayfirthpartnership.co.uk/community/solway- Look out for further information in the coastwise press and online closer to the event. iv FREE FAMILY EVENTS AT ANNAN MUSEUM Saturday 1 April - 27 April, Drop in summer Suitable for aged 5 and upwards, all children must be accompanied by an adult. Monday - Saturday 11am - 4pm Please wear old clothes - workshops can be messy! Where booking is required Drop in gallery activities this opens one month before the event. activities to accompany the To reserve a place please phone Annan Museum on 01461 201384 during normal Our summer programme of drop in opening times (Monday - Saturday 11am - 4pm). Annan Amateur Art Club craft activities and gallery trails are Activities are free. Donations towards the cost of materials are always exhibition inspired by the Coastwise exhibition. appreciated and help to make the museum sustainable in the longer term. • Picture gallery trail 11am - 3pm on each of the • Draw a picture to add following dates: to our Children’s Thursday 4 July Art Gallery Drop in spring activities • Decorate a Out of the blue butterfly or beastie Use a variety of printing methods Thursday 11 April, 11am - 3pm to add to our including bubble wrap, potatoes spring wall hanging and sponges to make colourful sea Get arty for Easter 1 creature pictures. Make decorative Easter inspired spring Saturday 4 May - 15 June, garlands, cards and gifts. Monday to Saturday 11am - 4pm Thursday 11 July Stories of the sea Thursday 18 April, 11am - 3pm Drop in gallery activities Get arty for Easter 2 to accompany the Haaf Listen to stories of the sea and pirates Friday 19, Saturday 20 Net History exhibition and take part in bringing them to life. Birds, beasties and animals and Monday 22 April, are the inspiration for more 11am - 4pm • Help us to decorate scales for the giant salmon Thursday 18 July arty activities at the museum. Find the Easter • Make a fishy face mask Seaside solar prints Make seed bombs with eggs • A fishy gallery trail Use sun sensitive paper and light to RSPB officer David Lewis Find all of the eggs hidden • Quizzes and colouring sheets create beautiful silhouette pictures Find out what the Royal Society for around the museum and inspired by seaside objects. the Protection of Birds do and answer the Easter quiz what you can see when you questions to win a wee explore our local area. Make chocolate egg and lots of a treat to take home for your satisfaction. feathered garden friends. v Our summer programme of drop in Saturday 22 June - Sunday 8 September, craft activities and gallery trails are 11am - 4pm, Monday to Saturday inspired by the Coastwise exhibition CAMERA 11am - 3pm on each of the Drop in gallery activities to following dates: accompany the Coastwise exhibition OBSCURA, • Take the seaside feely box challenge Thursday 25 July • What’s in a name? Find the hidden words and “Tentaculous” jellyfish work out what they mean DUMFRIES • Follow the seaside trail Using paper plates and lots of Camera Obscura, Dumfries streamers and fabric to make • Colouring sheets and quizzes beautiful jellyfish mobiles. The Observatory, Rotchell Road, Dumfries DG2 7SW Thursday 1 August Drop in autumn activities at Annan Tel: 01387 253374 How big is a whale? Museum Stand inside our life size outline of a Saturday 14 September - Open 1 April - 30 September 2019 whale, learn interesting facts about Thursday 31 October, their lives and imagine how these 11am - 4pm, Monday to Saturday Monday - Saturday 10am - 5pm giants of the deep glide through the Sunday 2pm - 5pm sea. Make tiny models of whales to Drop in gallery activities take home. to accompany the Admission Dinosaurs exhibition Adult £3.60 Thursday 8 August • Meet “Tea - Rex” Concession £1.80 Painting with salt (loves a brew) and The Camera Obscura is on the top floor of the old windmill Discover how paint mixes with salt follow his gallery trail tower at Dumfries Museum.