Our popular family activity sessions return to the Museum this week. Join us this Thursday 18 October 10.30 - 12 for crafts, games and stories on a tree theme to celebrate the Scottish Tree Festival. Afterwards why not get out and explore the wonderful trees in the castle grounds?

We are pleased to announce that this year's Macdonald of Sleat Poetry prize has been awarded to Torquil Macleod from Lochs, Isle of Lewis.

Torquil’s poem, An Ròs Fhiadhaich (The Wild Rose), evokes the poet’s feelings for the ruined township of his ancestors in Lewis. Torquil gave a moving reading of his poem at a ceremony in the Museum of the Isles on Saturday.

The competition, which is run by Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Scotland's Gaelic College, was instituted by Sir Ian MacDonald of Sleat in memory of his daughter, Deborah, who passed away at an early age.

Read more: https://www.armadalecastle.com/news/poetry-prize-winner-awarded/

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We're delighted to be joining with other gardens across Scotland for the first ever Scottish Tree Festival, launched this weekend. Check out VisitScotland's top tips (including us!) and find out what else is going on around the country.

Our touring exhibition has been on a tour - to Raasay

We had great fun taking our ‘Coming Home’ Exhibition to Raasay Primary School recently. Read about what we all got up to here:
https://raasayprimary.com/2018/09/26/ww1/

The exhibition closes this Sunday so there's just 2 days left to catch it in our museum before it continues its tour - next stop is Grantown Museum.

And while on Isle of Raasay ... we also had a quick peek at the stunning new Raasay Distillery and some lovely tea and cake in Raasay House while waiting for the Calmac Ferry Isle of Raasay - hope to be back soon!

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