Discover what's on in the Annan area ... below you will find a list of events happening soon in the Annan area.
There are also regular events, annual events and films at the Lonsdale City Cinema ...
Space: Fact
and Fiction This exhibition explores a brave new world of science facts and takes a giant leap into science fiction.
From a local observatory to the Galloway Dark Sky Park and galaxies far, far away there are plenty of hands on activities for all ages to enjoy.
Drop in gallery activities to
accompany The Space: Fact and Fiction exhibition:
• Be an astronaut or an alien in our dress up bay
• Follow the rocket trail
• Make an alien face mask
• Space themed quizzes and colouring sheets
The Case of Robert Smith – Last
Public Execution in Scotland 2018 is the 150th anniversary of the last public execution in Scotland. Robert Smith was convicted and hung in Dumfries.
The Mostly Ghostly Tour team describe their research findings and the history behind this shocking crime which took place near Cummertrees in Dumfriesshire.
Please phone Annan Museum on 01461
201384 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.
Florence Dixie was born in 1855. As part of the
Douglas family she was brought up and later
lived at Kinmount near Annan.
One of the most prominent figures of the late 19th Century she is remembered for her involvement with the British Ladies Football Club. She was a political activist who campaigned for women’s right to vote and stood for election, speaking out for the restoration of the Scottish Parliament. She was a traveller and even at one point a war correspondent.
This exhibition explores the life of an enigmatic and often misunderstood local figure.
This exhibition has been developed in partnership with historian Stuart Biggs.
Drop in gallery activities to
accompany the
Lady Florence Dixie exhibition:
Exercise your right vote. 10 of our museum objects
have been nominated for object of the year – vote for
your favourite.
• Try on our Victorian-style corsets
• Gallery trails and quizzes
Wreay Woods, Wreay, Carlisle
Circular route over quiet country roads, field paths, riverside and woodland trails.
Walk distance: 4.3 miles approx. | Walk time:
3 hours approx.
Click here for full details of this walk and Annan Walking Group
To coincide with the opening of the Flow Country exhibition we will explore the
history, wildlife and environmental importance of peatlands on a national scale,
illustrated with examples from Dumfries and Galloway.
Andre Berry from Natural England will describe the long history of peat use in Britain. Extending back to the Bronze Age it has been put to some extraordinary uses over time. This talk explores the tools, techniques and landscapes of hand peat cutting, with reference to the collections in the Dumfries and Galloway Museums.
Peter Norman, former Biodiversity Officer, will describe the special plants, insects, birds and other wildlife of our peatlands. From the intricate world of Sphagnum mosses to the mysterious nocturnal song of the Nightjar, each species is adapted to a life on bogs.
Finally staff from the Crichton Carbon Centre, will tell us about how bogs can be brought back to life after forestation and how important bogs are in capturing carbon – a major factor in controlling climate change.
Refreshments will be served.
Please phone Annan Museum on 01461
201384 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.
The Flow Country is a vast area of peat bog in the highlands
of Scotland and is the best example of its type in the world.
This touring exhibition offers a rich and interactive insight into the importance of our peatlands – the diversity of habitat they provide, their role as a huge carbon store in the fight against further global warming and how they are restored following damage by large scale afforestation. The exhibition also highlights how people live and work in this fascinating landscape, and how they are connected to it.
The exhibition has a rich variety of artwork, displays, and interactive media and also offers hands on fun for children.
This exhibition was created by the Peatlands Partnership, lead project partner RSPB Scotland.
Drop in gallery activities to
accompany The Flow Country
exhibition:
• Interactive exhibition fun
• Flow Country gallery trail
• Colouring sheets and
quizzes
• Animal and insect masks
to make
Drop in summer activities at Annan MuseumFrogtastic amphibians
Use cardboard tubes, paper and pens to make fly catcher frogs and tumbling toads.
Suitable for aged 5 and upwards, all children must be accompanied by an adult. Please wear old clothes - workshops can be messy!
To reserve a place please phone Annan Museum on 01461 201384 during normal opening times (Monday - Saturday 11am - 4pm).
Activities are free. Donations towards the cost of materials are always appreciated and help to make the museum sustainable in the longer term.
Dramatic dragonflies
Find out more about these beautiful insects and make your own giant dragonfly to take home.
Suitable for aged 5 and upwards, all children must be accompanied by an adult. Please wear old clothes - workshops can be messy!
To reserve a place please phone Annan Museum on 01461 201384 during normal opening times (Monday - Saturday 11am - 4pm).
Activities are free. Donations towards the cost of materials are always appreciated and help to make the museum sustainable in the longer term.
Fearsome flowers
Did you know that some plants eat insects? Find out more, add some imagination and make your own fearsome flower.
Suitable for aged 5 and upwards, all children must be accompanied by an adult. Please wear old clothes - workshops can be messy!
To reserve a place please phone Annan Museum on 01461 201384 during normal opening times (Monday - Saturday 11am - 4pm).
Activities are free. Donations towards the cost of materials are always appreciated and help to make the museum sustainable in the longer term.
Cute caterpillars
Use beads or paper to create these wiggly beasties.
Suitable for aged 5 and upwards, all children must be accompanied by an adult. Please wear old clothes - workshops can be messy!
To reserve a place please phone Annan Museum on 01461 201384 during normal opening times (Monday - Saturday 11am - 4pm).
Activities are free. Donations towards the cost of materials are always appreciated and help to make the museum sustainable in the longer term.
Silver Flowe is Dumfries and Galloway's Flow Country, and this is a rare opportunity to visit, in the company of expert guides from the Forestry Commission and the Crichton Carbon Centre, this remote and special place, hidden deep in the Galloway Forest Park.
The site takes it's name from the myriad of bog pools which, when viewed from the surrounding hills, sparkle in the sunlight. The bog surface is a carpet of delicately-patterned mosses, which support specialist boglife such as Sundews, Large Heath butterflies and rare Azure Hawker dragonflies.
Meeting point - 10.30am at Clatteringshaws Visitor Centre car park, near New Galloway. Participants will transported by minibus on bumpy forestry roads for the last 5 miles of the journey. Access over the bog will be on foot and dependent on weather conditions, but expect wet, rough ground. Return approx 2.30pm at Clatteringshaws car park.
Friday 27 July
Open to all, but especially for those working in peatland restoration or with a particular interest in the ecology of bogs. We will visit Beggar’s Moss, where restoration is planned as part of the Galloway Glens Landscape Partnership Scheme, then on to Silver Flowe to discuss the ecology of the most important upland bog in south west Scotland and its role in climate control.
Saturday 28 July
Enjoy an introduction to boglife in one of Dumfries and Galloway's wildest places. No previous experience necessary, with (optional) limited walking across the bog surface to discover wildlife and visit the bog pools.
These free events are being organised in partnership with the Crichton Carbon Centre and the Galloway Glens Landscape Partnership.
Please phone Annan Museum on 01461
201384 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.
Birds above
Find out the names of some of our birds that live in bogs. Make paper bird models to hang up at home.
Suitable for aged 5 and upwards, all children must be accompanied by an adult. Please wear old clothes - workshops can be messy!
To reserve a place please phone Annan Museum on 01461 201384 during normal opening times (Monday - Saturday 11am - 4pm).
Activities are free. Donations towards the cost of materials are always appreciated and help to make the museum sustainable in the longer term.
Drop in summer activities at Annan MuseumSlithering snakes
Discover ssseveral different ways to make sssslithering paper snakes.
Suitable for aged 5 and upwards, all children must be accompanied by an adult. Please wear old clothes - workshops can be messy!
To reserve a place please phone Annan Museum on 01461 201384 during normal opening times (Monday - Saturday 11am - 4pm).
Activities are free. Donations towards the cost of materials are always appreciated and help to make the museum sustainable in the longer term.
EXHIBITIONThe story of the Priestside anchor and the ships that carried Roman invaders to our shores 2000 years ago.
We know that the Roman Army was almost invincible on land of its own choosing but what is less well known is that it was closely supported by sea by a formidable navy.
For many years an ancient iron anchor from Priestside near Annan has been on display in Dumfries Museum. New studies have revealed that this may be one of the rarest survivors of an invading Roman navy. Find out more about the anchor and how the Romans used boats to conquer and colonise.
Drop in gallery activities to
accompany the Roman
Invaders in the Solway exhibition:
• Make a Roman boat model
• Anchors aweigh gallery trail
• Quizzes and colouring sheets
What was the role of the
Roman navy in conquering
Scotland? Could the Priestside anchor be a relic of this Roman invasion?
Historian Dr John Reid presents evidence of the Roman’s use of boats around the coast of Scotland and conservator Will Murray describes a new study that is comparing ancient anchors, placing the Priestside anchor in context
Please phone Annan Museum on 01461
201384 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.
