WHAT'S ON BY DATE

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Exhibitions / Taisbeanaidhean

19th to 31st October 2009/19mh gu 31mh Dàmhair

Scottish Ballet 40th Anniversary photography exhibition

Eden Court, Inverness/ Talla Eden Court, Inbhir Nis

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… (read more)

5th to 31st October/ 5mh gu 31mh Dàmhair

Where Tomorrow Begins: Reflections of Scottish Innovation

Eden Court, Inverness/ Talla Eden Court, Inbhir Nis

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… (read more)

22nd to 24th October / 22mh gu 24mh Dàmhair

Tobar an Dualchais (Kist o Riches) exhibition and website at Scotland’s Global Impact

Eden Court, Inverness/ Talla Eden Court, Inbhir Nis

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… (read more)

19th to 31st October 2009/19mh gu 31mh Dàmhair

Think UHI, Experience UHI

UHI Millennium Institute, Executive Office, Inverness

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… (read more)

19th to 31st October/ 19mh gu 31mh Dàmhair

Precious Cargo - Obair-ceàird Alba An-diugh

Eden Court, Inverness/ Talla Eden Court, Inbhir Nis

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,… (read more)

31st October/ 31mh Dàmhair

Inspiration & Returning Home - Glass artists Brodie Nairn and Nichola Burns

GLASSTORM Contemporary Glass Studio, 2 Chapel St, Tain, Ross-shire

Returning back to their roots in Scotland after ten years of working abroad Brodie Nairn and Nichola Burns create an event which shows their journey… (read more)

24th October to 6th November/ 24mh Dàmhair gu 6mh Samhain.

ThreeSixFive - A Year In The Highlands & Islands / TrìSiaCòig - Bliadhna air a’ Ghàidhealtachd ’

Iona Gallery, Kingussie

Enjoy this touring photographic exhibition that combines photographs taken by 52 people throughout the Highlands & Islands over the course of a year, with monochrome… (read more)

1st May to 31st October/1d Cèitean gu 31mh Dàmhair

Groam House – Annual Exhibition: Games & Gatherings

Groam House, Rosemarkie

To mark the Year of Homecoming the Groam House annual exhibition, which opened on 1 May, has been dedicated to ‘George Bain – Games &… (read more)

22nd to 24th October/22mh gu 24mh Dàmhair

Scotland’s Places Research Clinic and Launch

Eden Court, Inverness/ Talla Eden Court, Inbhir Nis

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… (read more)

9-31 October

Reading Roots

Highland Libraries

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… (read more)

19th to 31st October 2009/ 19mh gu 31mh Dàmhair

This is Who We Are exhibition

Eden Court, Inverness/ Talla Eden Court, Inbhir Nis

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,… (read more)

9-31 October

Books on the Move

Various

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… (read more)

19-31 October

Am Baile - Letters home / Litrichean dhachaigh Exhibition and Highlanders on the Move / Gàidheil air Imrich Web presentation.

Link to participating libraries

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.

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19 October to 31 October / 19mh Dàmhair gu 31mh Dàmhair

Leaving Home

Inverness Museum and Art Gallery

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… (read more)

21st to 27th October /21mh gu 27mh Dàmhair

From the Fishertown

Cromarty Courthouse Museum

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… (read more)

19th to 31st October/19mh to 31mh Dàmhair

Virtual Galleries

Eden Court, Inverness/Talla Eden Court, Inbhir Nis

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… (read more)

22nd October to 24th October/ 22mh gu 24mh Dàmhair

Highlands and Islands Museum Forum (HIMF) stand – exclusively showing at Scotland’s Global Impact

Eden Court, Inverness/ Talla Eden Court, Inbhir Nis

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… (read more)

20-31 October / Dàmhair

Scottish Ballet 40th Anniversary Mercury Screenings

Eden Court, Inverness/ Talla Eden Court, Inbhir Nis

Scottish Ballet presents free screenings of Mercury, a newly commissioned film examining the art of movement, created by Scottish artist Daniel Warren who worked with… (read more)

22nd October /22mh Dàmhair

Scotland, Ink. - How 10 Scottish Books Changed the World

Eden Court, Inverness/ Talla Eden Court, Inbhir Nis

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… (read more)

5th to 31st October/5mh gu 31mh Dàmhair

Wanderings with a Camera - exhibition of the photography of Erskine Beveridge

Eden Court, Inverness/ Talla Eden Court, Inbhir Nis

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… (read more)

19th September to 31st October/ 19mh Sultain gu 31mh Dàmhair

Exhibitions: Leaving Home

Inverness Museum & Art Gallery

Inverness Museum & Art Gallery brings you two fascinating exhibitions featuring the history of the Highlands.  “Inverness Ladies in Canada” is a case display containing… (read more)