Museums in Annan and Dumfries ADMISSION FREE Exhibitions and Events October 2018 - March 2019 Welcome We hope that something in our local programme of exhibitions and events will appeal to you. To download a PDF of this THE ARCHAEOLOGY AND KIRKCUDBRIGHT ARTISTS programme visit www.dumgal.gov.uk/artsandmuseums COLLECTIONS OF DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY COUNCIL ARE We are very excited to say that we will have a new web site coming soon at www.dgculture.co.uk Christmas Opening Hours Please note that contrary to normal opening hours the museums will be closed on RECOGNISED AS Tuesday 25 and Wednesday 26 December 2018 and Tuesday 1 and Wednesday 2 January 2019. NATIONALLY SIGNIFICANT COLLECTIONS 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. Why not visit our museums in Dumfriesshire? Loans boxes Special workshops We offer special workshops The museums are free to visit and Camera Obscura We have a wide range of loans based on some of our presentations at Dumfries Museum are free to school groups boxes available for schools and temporary exhibitions - look community groups to borrow out for further information on when booked in advance. If you are studying a specific topic free of charge. These cover GLOW or through education and think that we can help please call us. We have a range of topics such as Robert Burns, email circulars. Domestic Life, Education and worksheets which may help structure your visit. Childhood and many more. To keep up to date with our news and get additional information follow us on Facebook (@DumfriesMuseum) and Twitter (@DumfriesMuseum). Cover: Curator Alf Truckell at Dumfries Museum c1950. EXHIBITIONS AT TALKS AND EVENTS AT Annan Museum ANNAN MUSEUM ANNAN MUSEUM Until Wednesday 31 October 2018 Roman Invaders in the Solway? Bank Street, Annan DG12 6AA. The story of the Priestside anchor and Tel: 01461 201384 the ships that carried Roman invaders Admission free to our shores 2000 years ago. We know that the Roman Army Open until 31 October 2018 was almost invincible on land of Monday - Saturday its own choosing but what is less well known is that it was closely 11am - 4pm supported at sea by a formidable navy. For many years an ancient This family friendly museum houses a permanent exhibition on iron anchor from Priestside near the history of Annan and the surrounding area. A fascinating Annan has been on display in Thursday 11 October 2018, 6.30pm journey through time takes visitors from the prehistoric period Dumfries Museum. New studies up to the era of nuclear fission. Displays include costume, have revealed that this may be What was the role of the Roman First World War memorabilia, town regalia and a remarkable one of the rarest survivors of an navy in conquering Scotland? collection of paintings depicting Annan and the Solway shore. invading Roman navy. Find out Could the Priestside anchor be a relic of Look out for a 4000 year old Bronze Age burial urn, mummified more about the anchor and this Roman invasion? Historian Dr John baby crocodiles and the 110 year old piece of chocolate! The how the Romans used boats Reid presents evidence of the Roman’s use museum also hosts a lively programme of special exhibitions to conquer and colonise. of boats around the coast of Scotland and and events throughout the season, together with visitor conservator Will Murray describes a new information and a shop stocking pocket money buys as well as study that is comparing ancient anchors, local history books and greetings cards by local artists. placing the Priestside anchor in context. Open for special events during the winter season. Museum re-opens for the spring season on Monday 1 April 2019. The first exhibition for 2019 will be Annan Amateur Art Club’s biennial display. iii FREE FAMILY EVENTS AT ANNAN MUSEUM Suitable for aged 5 and upwards, all children must be accompanied by an adult. Please wear old clothes - workshops can be messy! Where booking is required this opens one month before each event. FEBRUARY HALF TERM Activities are free HOLIDAY 2019 Donations towards the cost of materials are always appreciated and help to make the Friday 22 February 2019 museum sustainable in the longer term. ZooLab - Animal Tracks Sessions start at 10am, 11am, 12noon, AUTUMN DROP IN FAMILY DAYS AUTUMN DROP IN 2pm and 3pm Be a real Nature Detective with ZooLab! Meet the Zoolab Thursday 18 October GALLERY ACTIVITIES animals and their intrepid rangers who will set you a Sessions start at 11am, FOR CHILDREN challenge! Can you identify all the animals’ tracks that they 12noon, 1pm and 2pm Until 31 October present you with? Romans used ceramic pots Monday to Saturday, Booking essential. Tel 01387 253374 to store and transport all Booking opens 22 January 2019 sorts of goods. Learn more 11am - 4pm from master potter Graham Gallery activities Taylor and make your own “Roman” pot to take home. inspired by the exhibition “Roman Booking essential. Tel 01461 201384 Invaders in the Solway?” • Dress up as a Thursday 25 October Roman or Iron Drop in 11am - 3pm Age local Make spooky pictures, decorations and masks for Halloween. • Make a Roman SPRING DROP IN GALLERY helmet ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN Saturday 24 November • Gallery trails, Easter egg hunt - Friday 19, Saturday 20 Drop in 11am - 3pm colouring sheets and Monday 22 April 2019 Crafty Christmas and quizzes Easter school holidays activities - Join staff and volunteers using Thursday 11 and 18 April 2019 mainly recycled materials to create cards, decorations and presents with Full details will be in our Spring 2019 programme that personal touch. available in March 2019. iv DUMFRIES MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS AT DUMFRIES MUSEUM The Observatory, Rotchell Road, Dumfries, DG2 7SW. Tel: 01387 253374 Admission free Open all year 1 October 2018 - 29 March 2019 Tuesday - Saturday Foyer Exhibition until Saturday 15 September - 10am - 1pm, 2pm - 5pm 26 January 2019 Saturday 1 December 1 April - 30 September 2019 Finding our Past Records of War Monday - Saturday 10am - 5pm From prehistoric axe As the centenary commemoration of World War Sunday 2pm - 5pm heads to a post medieval One draws to a close we reflect on what people A treasure house of history in Dumfries and Galloway telling the story of the land gold ring, this exhibition from our area decided to record during and people of the region. Look out for fossil footprints left by prehistoric animals, the showcases recent 1914 -18 and to safeguard afterwards. The wildlife of the Solway, tools and weapons of our earliest people, stone carvings by archaeological finds exhibition considers, what we now understand Scotland’s first Christians and the everyday things of the Victorian farm, workshop made in our history rich from these records, and what we think may be and home. Museum activity trails and gallery investigations, visitor information and region. important in another 100 years. a shop with unusual and nostalgic toys, gifts and pocket money buys. On display are selected professional photographs from the collection of Annan photographer The windmill tower is reached via a spiral staircase - Frederick Gibbs (1888 - 1940) alongside amateur please telephone for further details. photographs, images of life at local Auxiliary The Camera Obscura at Dumfries Museum Hospitals, poignant studio portraits and powerful During the winter months (October to March), dependent on writing from the Front and the Home Front. The good weather, the Museum’s Camera Obscura can be viewed exhibition will also explore some of the less on Saturdays or during the October school holidays (Tuesday often studied aspects of the war - conscientious - Saturday, 13 - 27 October 2018). Groups of 6 or more can be objectors, trauma survivors and the role the accommodated at other times if booked in advance and staffing Royal Crichton Hospital played during this time. allows (Tel 01387 253374). Contemporary writing and photography inspired Charges apply to Camera Obscura presentations only. by the museum’s collection of war memorabilia Admission: Adults £3.40, Concession £1.70. will also be featured. v TALKS AND EVENTS AT DUMFRIES MUSEUM Booking is required unless otherwise stated. Please phone Dumfries Museum on 01387 253374 to reserve a place. Events are free unless otherwise stated. Donations towards costs are always appreciated and help to make the museum sustainable in the longer term. Saturday 8 December - 2019 Foyer Exhibition Friday 8 February - Saturday 30 Saturday 12 January Thursday 14 February - March 2019 Collecting Culture - Dolls January 2020 Queen of the South - A privately owned collection of “Mr Museum” The First 100 years antique bisque and vintage porcelain Alfred Edgar Truckell (Alf) was born A special exhibition celebrating the dolls created by English, American 100 years ago on 14 February 1919. centenary of Queen of the South and German artists and designers This exhibition features star items Football Club, which will include items will be on public display for the collected by Alf while he was curator of historical interest and memorabilia first time. The collection includes of Dumfries Museum 1948 - 1982. from 1919 to the present day. dolls from the famous makers such During this time he expanded the as Armand Marseilles, Shoenau & museum collection, increased visitor Hoffmeister, SFBJ (Société Française numbers, opened the Old Bridge House Saturday 6 April - de Fabrication de Bébés et Jouets) and as a museum of domestic life and Sunday 2 June Madame Alexander along with vintage started a museum in Annan. He was Japanese Hina and Ishimatsu Gofun a well known figure in the town and Roman Invaders in the dolls. was awarded an MBE for his services Solway? to learning The story of the Priestside anchor and the ships that carried Roman invaders to our shores 2000 years ago.