EVENTS 2021

Here are the events we have planned out for 2021 so far - Covid and government regulations allowing!

DRAWN FROM THE PAST
​VOICES FROM DAVA MOOR
22 May - 17 July 2021

New research reveals a grim story of a failed experiment with tragic results.
Grantown museum’s latest exhibition shines light on the dark past of Dava moor where enlightened thinking led to misery, evictions and murder….
Combining art, sound, poetry and historical research it tells the story of the mostly abandoned crofts that lie dotted on the landscape of the wild stretch of moorland between Grantown and Forres. The exhibit accompanies a new book written by historian Charles Fletcher who has found evidence of an ambitious agricultural experiment carried out by the Laird of the Grant estates, Sir James Grant, founder of Grantown, which was doomed to failure and led to the eventual evictions of many families in Strathspey.  
The show also features fascinating sound recordings of memories from the people who have lived on the Dava, many of whom were the last tenants of the small farms that can be seen today. They tell of happier times in the middle of the last century,  scraping a living from the unyielding land but managing to create long lasting friendships within a tight knit community.
​The book accompanying this exhibition will be available
for pre-order from Saturday 22 May.

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Jan Holm Exhibition
19 - 31 July 2021

Our favourite photographer returns for his latest exhibition of photographs featuring the Scottish landscape, wildlife and coastline. 
​Jan is based in the Highlands of Scotland and combines his passion of wilderness places and walking to produce creative images of the diverse landscape and nature of our beautiful country.

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Adventures in Costume
1 - 15 August 2021

Experience life in the Past -
​Grown Up Dressing Up
Grantown Museum presents costumes from its unique dressing up experience.  On display will be over 20 exquisite, handmade replica costumes in sumptuous fabrics. 
If you would like to try on any of the costumes, book an hour in the museum or an afternoon 'on location'​  with our expert dresser who will take you on an adventure through time. Take home a video and souvenir photographs and feel what it was like to be dressed in the finery of the day.

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The Countess takes the Reins

20 August - closing date for the season 2021 (TBC)
An exhibition on the Countess of Seafield, Caroline Stuart

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Charlie McKerron 

Date TBC
The museum is proud to present one of Scotland's finest fiddle players. Charlie McKerron has been a major figure in the traditional music scene since the early 1980’s and is internationally regarded as one of Scotland's finest fiddlers. 

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Christmas Arts & Crafts Fair
​27 November - 5 December 2021

Join us again for our ever popular arts and crafts fair featuring Scottish artists and unique gifts.
​Now expanded to cover 2 weekends.

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Blues Guitarist - Claude Bourbon
Friday 28 January 2022

7pm at the museum (doors 6.30pm)
​Tickets £12
A breathtaking acoustic fusion of blues, jazz, folk, classical and Spanish guitar from a stunning guitar virtuoso…”Altadena News, USA”
Claude Bourbon is an enigma, he is a classically trained musician, who fuses every conceivable genre of acoustic guitar music into a master-class of a stage performance. There are Latin, Spanish, Gypsy, Jazz and Delta Blues influences throughout, and often within one seamless stream of perfection. ​

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Sarah McQuaid
​Friday 13 May 2022

Folk Concert - 7pm
​Doors 6.30pm - Tickets £12
The museum is proud to present the folk singer and songwriter Sarah McQuaid. Her award-winning musicianship, distinctive chocolatey vocals and mastery of the songwriting craft have led reviewers to describe Sarah McQuaid as a “triple threat”. Add to that a warm, charismatic stage presence, five critically acclaimed solo albums and a battery of instruments including acoustic and electric guitars, drum and piano — and you’ve got a one-woman powerhouse who defies categorisation because there simply isn’t anyone else out there quite like her. Not to be missed!

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