Our latest Monthly Roundup is for the 16th June to 20th July 2025 is below, but before we start we would like to share that The Devil’s Porridge Museum has been honoured to be shortlisted in the Inclusion Award in the South of Scotland Thistle Awards in 2025! A huge thank you to all our amazing volunteers and staff, not to mention the support of all our visitors and regular attendees! It is a privilege to be shortlisted alongside Airhouses and The Great Tapestry of Scotland. We would like to congratulate all the nominees (a shout-out to Mostly Ghostly who we were delighted to work with in October last year and nearby attraction Annandale distillery, who have also both been nominated in different categories) and wish everyone best of luck! We will see you all on October 2nd 2025 at GG’s Yard in Laggan!
In the meantime, you can keep reading to find out about what’s been happening at The Devil’s Porridge Museum; this round-up ranges from a fashion talk to an animation workshop!
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Monday 16th June 2025
Our Monthly Roundup kicks of with a very busy day.
In the morning it was lovely to welcome a group visit to The Devil’s Porridge Museum. A huge thank you to them for joining us. If you would like to bring a group to the museum, find out more by clicking here>
Excellent to have our Cordite Club of retirees back in the museum for some lunch and then they went on a trip to Annan Cinema, where they watched new film ‘The Salt Path.” A huge thank you to Annan cinema for having us. Take a look at some photos of this event below.
Our Arts and Crafts club were also in this afternoon. Thanks to Wendy and all the young people who join us for this.
Tuesday 17th June 2025
In the evening our Warhammer Club was on in The Devil’s Porridge Museum.
Thanks as always to everyone who helps out with this and all those who join us!
Saturday 21st June 2025
We had some beautiful weather for our Gardening Club today.
If you would like to join us for Gardening Club and learn some new gardening skills you can learn more by clicking here>
Monday 23rd June 2025
In the morning we were pleased to welcome another group visit to The Devil’s Porridge Museum. Please remember that you need to book your group visit and any food you would like in advance. Learn more about group visits here>
Our term-time Arts and Craft Club was back on today! It was fantastic to have them and a huge thank you goes to Wendy for all her help with this.
Saturday 28th June 2025
Saturday’s mean Gardening Club with Wendy.
A huge thank you to Wendy for all her help with this.
Monday 30th June 2025
It was super exciting to have a new exhibition “Factory Fashion” being installed at The Devil’s Porridge Museum today. This is a travelling exhibition was created by Rotherwas Munitions Factory Project and we were thrilled to have them help us install the exhibition. You can read more about our current exhibition by clicking here>
The last Cordite Club until after the school holidays was on today. As well as enjoying afternoon tea, card bingo and a quiz, Elizabeth from the Rotherwas Munitions Factory Project kindly took the time to give them a talk about the new factory fashion exhibition. We were delighted to have her join us for this and below are a few photos of this.
Later, we were delighted to have Elizabeth give another fascinating, free, talk to the public about the Factory Fashion exhibition. A huge thank you to her, Rotherwas Munitions Factory Project and everyone who joined us for this.
Tuesday 1st June 2025
Our Warhammer Club was on again this evening. During the school summer holidays, we are delighted to be running our free Warhammer Club at an earlier time.
Find out more about our new Summer holiday Warhammer Club by clicking here>
Wednesday 2nd July 2025
We were delighted to have a school visit to The Devil’s Porridge Museum today. A huge thank you to them for joining us and you can learn more about school visits by clicking here>
Saturday 5th July 2025
Gardening Club was on again today. Our gardening club is starting to look really good.
Take a look at this in the photos below.
Tuesday 8th July 2025
We were delighted to welcome another group visit to The Devil’s Porridge Museum today. Please remember that you need to book your group visit in advance. Find out more about group visits by clicking here>
Wednesday 9th July 2025
Our summer holiday programme of activities was off to a flying start today with our parachute workshop.
We even managed to capture (a somewhat blurry) action photo of one of the toy parachutes in flight, thanks to the help of one of the young attendees. Below are a couple of photos from this workshop.
A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for this!
Saturday 12th July 2025
Our Saturday Gardening Club was on again today. You can learn how to grow your own fresh fruit, veg, flowers and more by coming along.
Find out how to get involved in our Gardening Club by clicking here>
Monday 14th July 2025
In Scotland the school holidays may be in full swing, but we were delighted to welcome a school from the other side of the border to visit The Devil’s Porridge Museum today. It was fantastic to have them and we hope that they enjoyed their time at the museum!
You can find out more about school visits by clicking here>
Wednesday 16th July 2025
We were delighted to welcome people to a drop-in Summer Holiday edition of our Warhammer Club at an earlier time for the school holidays!
A huge thank you to everyone who joined us!
To find out more about our Warhammer Club by clicking here>
Thursday 17th July 2025
Lights, Camera… Animate! We had a fantastic animation workshop with young people today!
Hopefully, we will be able to share some more photos or videos from this very soon!
Saturday 19th July 2025
The last thing on this month’s Monthly Roundup is Gardening Club!
If you would like to learn more about our Gardening Club please click here>
Conclusion
This marks the end of this Monthly Roundup!
Keep an eye on our events page, as there is always something new coming up and we still have plenty of school summer holiday activities to come! Find our events page by clicking here>
Meanwhile, you can find our last Monthly Roundup by clicking here>
We’ll see you in August for our next Monthly Roundup!
