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Thursday 22nd October 2009
Exhibitions
Scotland’s Places Research Clinic and Launch
Come and discover more about Scotland’s places and the people who lived there at the launch of the ScotlandsPlaces website, an innovative joint collaboration between…
Exhibitions
This is Who We Are exhibition
Graeme Murdoch and Harry McGrath of Cultural Connect Scotland bring to Inverness an exhibition on their travels across Canada from Nova Scotia to British Columbia,…
Exhibitions
Scottish Ballet 40th Anniversary photography exhibition
As Scottish Ballet embarks on its 40th anniversary season, you are invited to view a photographic exhibition showcasing the Company’s remarkable achievements as part of…
Exhibitions
Where Tomorrow Begins: Reflections of Scottish Innovation
An exhibition by Scotland’s universities. The Sunday Herald’s award-winning photographer Kirsty Anderson has captured the spirit of innovation taking place in our universities in 40…
Exhibitions
Think UHI, Experience UHI
Join us to peruse a range of displays and events giving an overview of the prospective University of the Highlands and Islands and its many…
Exhibitions
Groam House – Annual Exhibition: Games & Gatherings
To mark the Year of Homecoming the Groam House annual exhibition, which opened on 1 May, has been dedicated to ‘George Bain – Games &…
Exhibitions
Wanderings with a Camera - exhibition of the photography of Erskine Beveridge
Erskine Beveridge was a talented amateur photographer who travelled widely around Scotland in the late 19th- and early 20th- centuries. Accompanied by his camera, he…
Exhibitions
Precious Cargo - Obair-ceàird Alba An-diugh
A celebration of craft for the Year of Homecoming, the exhibition takes the theme of migration, boats and the sea. A series of ‘cargo’ boxes,…
Exhibitions
From the Fishertown
Enjoy this fascinating exhibition exploring emigration from the fishing community in Cromarty on the Black Isle from the 1880s to the 1920s. Over fifty photographs…
Exhibitions
Exhibitions: Leaving Home
Inverness Museum & Art Gallery brings you two fascinating exhibitions featuring the history of the Highlands. “Inverness Ladies in Canada” is a case display containing…
Exhibitions
Scotland, Ink. - How 10 Scottish Books Changed the World
Scotland’s writers have been making names for themselves all over the world for over 500 years, from Robert Burns to J K Rowling. But could…
Exhibitions
Am Baile - Letters home / Litrichean dhachaigh Exhibition and Highlanders on the Move / Gàidheil air Imrich Web presentation.
Am Baile presents a fascinating exhibition of first-hand accounts of emigration experiences from the 19th century. The exhibition is complemented by the web exhibition.
Exhibitions
Tobar an Dualchais (Kist o Riches) exhibition and website at Scotland’s Global Impact
Tobar an Dualchais (Kist o Riches) is a collaborative project set up to preserve, digitise, catalogue and make available online 12,000 hours of Gaelic and…
Exhibitions
Highlands and Islands Museum Forum (HIMF) stand – exclusively showing at Scotland’s Global Impact
From Ceilidhs, storytelling, guided walks, unique genealogical resources and temporary exhibitions, museums in Highland have embraced Homecoming 2009. Visit the Highlands and Islands Museums Forum…
Exhibitions
Virtual Galleries
The art work of 80 children from 17 Highland schools is being showcased at Eden Court. The series of projections highlights the theme of “What…
Exhibitions
Books on the Move
Sponsored by the Scottish Library and Information Council, a specially selected collection of books around the theme of Homecoming, are being left in strategic places…
Exhibitions
Reading Roots
Reading Roots is a specially selected collection of library books being presented and featured in libraries across the Highlands and Scotland exploring the theme of…
Music & Ceilidhs
Watercolour Music presents ‘Sruth ri Steall’
A series of six gigs whirling round the Highlands, celebrating the legendary recording studios Watercolour Music as they move to their brand new home on…
Music & Ceilidhs
Tour-a-Rural Ceilidh Band by Right Lines Productions
Right Lines Productions presents the Tour-a-Rural Ceilidh Band! Enjoy a chaotic evening of Highland entertainment with the ‘house band’ from the legendary comedy ceilidh theatre…
Talks, Theatre & Storytelling
Come Listen to the Crofters – storytelling by Bob Pegg & Christina Stewart
Come Listen to the Crofters is a spellbinding family entertainment which includes traditional stories, song and music. Capture the spirit of the old house ceilidhs…
Heritage
Life at the Fort
A series of short talks at various locations within Fort George gives an insight into what life was like at the Fort. The Chapel in…
Talks, Theatre & Storytelling
10 Things That Changed The Highlands – Public Discussions
What things have most influenced developments in the Highlands over the last 100 years? Where have the great social and economic changes come from? What…
Walking Tours & Safaris
National Trust for Scotland: Landrover Safari
Let us transport you through the Glen, slightly off the beaten track, with this fascinating landrover safari. We’ll give you three hours of history, geology,…
Talks, Theatre & Storytelling
Nobody’s Home – theatre for six to 12 year olds
Two people arrive home expecting a warm welcome only to discover the empty house is full of surprises. Nobody’s Home is a theatre show in…
Talks, Theatre & Storytelling
Mega Mansions - Interactive Theatre for people under two and their parents or carers
Visit our Mega Mansions mini 30 minute tour to see what kind of things go on in different kinds of houses. Spotty Houses, colourful houses…
Talks, Theatre & Storytelling
Knock Knock - Theatre for people aged 2-5 and their families
What happens when you knock knock on a door? Join us for a performance with movement and film which will engage younger and older ones…
Talks, Theatre & Storytelling
“A Bard of Wolfe’s Army” - The Oral Memoirs of James Thompson, Gentleman Volunteer, 1757 – 1763
Lieutenant Colonel Ian MacPherson MacCulloch delivers a rousing presentation on the life of James Thompson, a Tain man who left to join the 78th Fraser…
Talks, Theatre & Storytelling
Michael McGoldrick Trio
Master of flutes, whistles and Uillean pipes, Michael McGoldrick will appear with special guests during an acoustic tour of the UK. Regarded as one of…
Talks, Theatre & Storytelling
The Flight of the Arctic Tern by Mark Sheridan
‘The Arctic Tern migrates farther than any other bird, from the North of Scotland to the southern pack ice of the Antarctic.’ Alexander Gunn left…
Heritage
Tours of the new Highland Archive and Registration Centre
The new Highland Archive and Registration Centre will be hosting a series of lunchtime and early evening tours to coincide with the Highland Homecoming flagship…
Talks, Theatre & Storytelling
The Islands Book Trust presents… Crofting and a European Future - The Angus Macleod Memorial Lecture by Charles Kennedy MP
The Rt. Hon. Charles Kennedy M.P. delivers a rousing lecture that commemorates the life and work of the late Angus ‘Ease’ Macleod M.B.E. of Calbost,…
City Highlights
Eastgate Centre Highland Homecoming festival
Eastgate Centre in Inverness is getting involved in the Highland Homecoming celebrations with gusto! A three-day carnival from Thursday 22nd to Saturday 24th October will…
Exhibitions, Heritage
Leaving Home
Curated by Highland Council museums, this exhibition celebrates the diversity of stories of Highland Homecoming. It looks at what people left behind when they left…
City Highlights
Eastgate Centre Highland Homecoming festival – Homecoming Dance
The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society will be performing the Homecoming Dance at Eastgate Centre on the 22nd October. This special dance, which celebrates the…
City Highlights
Eastgate Centre Highland Homecoming festival – Celebration of Volunteering
The voluntary and third sector in the Highlands will be joining in the homecoming celebrations at Eastgate Centre in Inverness. A Celebration of Volunteering event…
City Highlights, Heritage
Scotland’s Global Impact Conference
This October, more than 30 leading historians from half-a-dozen countries, will come together in Inverness to discuss and debate Scotland’s impact across the globe and…
City Highlights
Eastgate Centre Highland Homecoming festival – Homecoming Visitors Book
If you’re in Eastgate Centre during the overall homecoming celebrations between the 19th and 31st October come along and visit the official Highland Homecoming Visitors…
City Highlights
Eastgate Centre Highland Homecoming festival – An Lanntair: Na Gàidheil air Sgèith ...Gaels on the Wing
If you’re in Eastgate Centre during the homecoming celebrations between the 19th and 31st October come along and visit the official Highland Homecoming Visitors Book…
City Highlights, Heritage
Eden Court Highland Homecoming film highlights
From the 20th to the 24th October enjoy a round-up of some of the best cinematography and film celebrating the Highlands and Scottish culture. Film…
Walking Tours & Safaris, City Highlights
Inverness Town House Tours
Take a guided tour of Inverness Town House, one of the City’s most impressive and historic buildings and scene of an historic meeting of the…
City Highlights
Arts in Motion
Inverness City Centre will come alive during Highland Homecoming as a fantastic selection of Scottish imagery is projected onto landmark buildings by specialist company Arts…
City Highlights
The Puppet Lab’s Sky Trumpets
Between the 22nd and 24th of October, The Puppet Lab’s Sky Trumpets will be out and about in Inverness using their magical musical instruments to…
