Posts for July, 2026

Join us every Wednesday from the 8th July to the 26th August for our Heritage in Action Days!
Across the museum we’ll be demonstrating various traditional crafts including weaving, spinning, ropemaking, and more including performances from the Badenoch Waulking Group.
Activities will vary each week

New for 2026 – We’ll also have open sessions in our Am Fasgadh collections store from where anyone can drop in between 2pm and 3:15pm and see our collection of over 15,000 objects. No need to book!

We don’t charge for entrance to the Museum but do welcome donations.

Discover the hidden world of Moths at Dalnacardoch Estate. Starting with a look through the previous night’s moth trap. This special morning event continues with a creative painting workshop, led by artist Jan Hendry, inspired by the remarkable lifecycle of moths, from egg to adult.

Back by popular demand, we’re offering the chance for children to get a taste of what it’s like to be a zookeeper with our exciting two hour Junior Highland Keeper experience!

For children aged 8-15, our Junior Highland Keepers will get hands-on opportunities to care for the animals, learn about their habitats and understand the importance of wildlife conservation. Children will assist with feeding, cleaning enclosures and preparing special treats for the animals such as Mishmi Takin, Bactrian Camel and Japanese Macaques.

Each slot has space for four children to participate. Children must be accompanied by one adult aged 18+ for the duration. The accompanying adult entry is complimentary.

Please email events@rzss.org.uk for more information.

Please make sure to read our Junior Highland Keeper terms and conditions on the Highland Wildlife Park website.

New to Highland Wildlife Park, we’re offering the chance for children to get a taste of what it’s like to be a zookeeper with our exciting 1.5 hour Mini Highland Keeper experience!

For children aged 5-7, our Mini Highland Keepers will get opportunities to care for the animals, prepare feeds, learn about their habitats and understand the importance of wildlife conservation. Children will assist with feeding, cleaning enclosures and preparing special treats for the animals such as Mishmi Takin, European Forest Reindeer and Wolverine.

Each slot has space for four children to participate. Children must be accompanied by one adult aged 18+ for the duration. The accompanying adult entry is complimentary.

Please email events@rzss.org.uk for more information.

Please make sure to read the Mini Keeper Experience terms and conditions on the Highland Wildlife Park website.

Join us at Highland Wildlife Park for a talk by Dr Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi, an award-winning scientist and conservationist who has studied the snow leopard for twenty years. Promoting his new book, he shares tales of his unique, high-altitude field study from the Himalayas which has inspired the powerful storytelling in his new book ‘The Ghost of the Mountains’.

Although aimed at adults, children are also welcome. We recommend this talk being suitable for ages 12+.

Please note, your ticket does not include entry to Highland Wildlife Park and is for the talk only.

For further information contact events@rzss.org.uk.

Join acclaimed Strathspey musician and composer Hamish Napier for an immersive day delving into top trad tunes, arrangements, and creativity. This daytime weekend workshop is designed for players who want to deepen their skills and explore traditional Scottish tunes in a welcoming group setting.

10.30am – 4.30pm

We will focus on:

🎵 Expanding your trad session tune repertoire
🎶 Learning a few cracking local tunes from Badenoch & Strathspey
🎻 Exploring ornaments and variations to bring melodies to life
🎼 Learning how to arrange music for small folk ensembles

Open to adult instrumentalists (ages 16+) with some experience in traditional music. Suitable for both by-ear players and readers (those who can read a little music). Players of all melody instruments (e.g. fiddle, flute, whistle, accordion, etc.) and accompaniment instruments (e.g. guitar, piano) are welcome!

Calling writers – and anyone who’d simply like to give writing a go.

These relaxed and welcoming workshops invite you to spark stories from the remarkable objects and spaces of the Highland Folk Museum.

A lantern, a pair of boots, a cooking pot, an old tool… everyday objects that once belonged to real lives. Each month we’ll explore a small selection from the museum’s collection or surroundings and use them as starting points for imagination.

From there, the writing can go anywhere.

Stories, poems, memoir, drama, humour, fantasy – there are no rules about genre, subject or style, and no expectation to write about history or the Highlands unless you want to.

The objects are simply doorways into creativity.

Calling young writers, storytellers, and curious imaginations – or anyone who’d like to give writing a try.

These fun and welcoming workshops invite young people to spark stories from unusual objects and places around the Highland Folk Museum.

A lantern, a pair of boots, an old shinty stick, a mysterious tool… everyday objects that might hold hidden stories. They’re simply starting points for the imagination.

From there, anything is possible.

Participants might write stories, poems, comedy, drama, fantasy, or something completely unexpected. The writing doesn’t need to be about history or the Highlands – the objects are just creative sparks.

Join us for a fascinating walk to the site of an old bobbin mill with Strathspey Story Walks’ Sarah Hobbs who has been researching their hidden history

Leaving from the museum in a minibus to location..

Please bring weather appropriate clothing , footwear and something to drink.

Free to attend, however please book your ticket as spaces are limited.

Spinning yarns, Tartan talks.

Sure to be thoroughly entertaining ..

A short evening of tales, stories and musings from two people who live and breath tartan.

Following in her Mother’s footsteps Margaret Grant, master kiltmaker in Grantown has been making kilts since she was 13. She is self confessed as tartan obsessed, an entrepreneur and excellent raconteur Margaret joins in conversation with Scotland’s pre- eminent Tartan Historian Peter MacDonald who has been weaving, designing and researching tartans for decades.