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Saturday 24th 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
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
ThreeSixFive - A Year In The Highlands & Islands / TrìSiaCòig - Bliadhna air a’ Ghàidhealtachd ’
Enjoy this touring photographic exhibition that combines photographs taken by 52 people throughout the Highlands & Islands over the course of a year, with monochrome…
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
The Art of Mvsick present Ae Fond Kiss: Music & Poetry from 18th-century Scotland
The Art of Mvsick, the Highland duo comprised of James Ross and Bill Taylor, present a concert of music and poetry, including historical and traditional…
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, Heritage
Bards of Brae Lochaber: concert, seminar and archive event
Delve into the rich archival history and heritage of the Lochaber area. Join local archive experts and The Highland Council Genealogy Service at Roybridge Memorial…
Music & Ceilidhs
Fuaim – fantastic new Mallaig band
Living in the stunningly beautiful area around Arisaig and Mallaig on the north west coast of Scotland is a brand new traditional band called Fuaim.…
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…
Music & Ceilidhs
Ceòl Beò & Traditional Music Classes (TMC) Partnership Ceilidh
Ceòl Beò and the TMC Partnership are coming together for a spectacular Homecoming ceilidh. Members of the TMC Partnership including Inverness Fiddlers, Commun na Clàrsaich,…
Music & Ceilidhs
Past, Present, Future (Roimhe, An-dràsta, Ri Teachd) – Highland Music Association
Highland Music Association in partnership with Inverness College and Arts in Motion present this spectacular concert composed and performed by young people from the Highlands.…
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…
Walking Tours & Safaris
National Trust for Scotland: The Buachaille
A high-level walk along Buachaille Etive Mor – the perfect way to discover the stunning mountains around Glencoe. A walk along the ridge of Buachaille…
Heritage
Highland Folk Museum
On the 21st and the 26th of October visitors to the Highland Folk Museum can see “Waulking the Cloth”, the traditional shrinking of the tweed,…
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
Discovering Lossie Forest: Scotland’s WWII Coastal Defences
Discover the story of the Second World War coastal defences hidden within Lossie Forest. On this guided walk, explore the coastal gun battery and surronding…
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…
Heritage
Following In The Family Footsteps
Short 30 minute performances by costumed actors will cover the history of the Macdonald family, its place and influence in Scottish history, and how the…
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 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…
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…
