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We’re delighted to have the Scotia Crafters with us all this week and we’ve had a few group visits too! The Scotia Crafters will be at The Devil’s Porridge Museum until Sunday 3rd September 2023. Learn more here> Read more about what’s been this happening this week at The Devil’s Porridge Museum below!

Monday 21st August 2023

After setting up last weekend, the Scotia Crafters are back in The Devil’s Porridg Museum’s education room for this year. It’s great to have them back again! They will be in The Devil’s Porridge Museum until the 3rd September 2023. Read more about this here>

We’ve been sure to include lots of photographs of the Scotia Crafters, beautful homemade crafts and gifts in this Weekly Roundup! Take a look at the first three below.

We also had a group visit to The Devil’s Porridge Museum today. Brilliant to see them enjoying their visit! It is essential for group visits to book in advance. Learn more about this here>

Tuseday 22nd August 2023

We had another group visit to The Devil’s Porridge Museum today.  Read more about group visits here>

Scotia Crafters continued to sell some fantastic local crafts, products, gifts and more in The Devil’s Porridge Museum’s Education Room! Read more about this here>

Below are three more photos of the Scotia Crafters lovely handmade gifts and crafts. Be sure to come and see them! The Scotia Crafters will be at The Devil’s Porridge Museum until 3rd September 2023.

Wednesday 23rd August 2023

On Wednesday we had another group visit. They had the chance to purchase some quality, homemade, local, items from the Scotia Crafters. You can read more about the Scotia Crafters here>

Here are three more photos of the lovely Scotia Crafters exhibition. Visit them at The Devil’s Porridge Museum until 3rd September 2023.

Thursday 24th August 2023

Today we had another  group visit! It’s turning into quite a busy week! Learn more about group visits here>

This group also had chance to treat themselves or someone else with the beautful handmade products being sold by the Scotia Crafters.

Take a look below for three more photos of the Scotia Crafters local homemade crafts and gifts. Remember to visit them, as they will be at The Devil’s Porridge Museum until the 3rd September 2023.

Friday 25th August 2023

The Devil’s Porridge Museum’s education room continued to play host to the Scotia Crafters. They even sell some delicous homemade sweet treats!

Here are three more photos of the Scotia Crafters beautiful arts and crafts. It’s well worth a visit to them. From beautful knitted gifts, needle felted items, jewellery, local photography, handmade soap and much more there’s a stunning selection of local items for sale. They will be at The Devil’s Porridge Museum until 3rd September 2023. Learn more here>

Saturday 26th August 2023

Homemade, local, gifts, arts and crafts and more were being sold by the Scotia Crafters in The Devil’s Porridge Museum’s Education room. If you’ve got anyone’s Birthday coming up this is the perfect place to buy their gift! Come along and see them for yourself until the 3rd September 2023.

Below are a few more photos of the Scotia Crafters exhibition. Learn more about this here>

Sunday 27th August 2023

It was lovely to have the Scotia Crafters with us again today. If you haven’t had chance to pop in and see them this week don’t worry! They will be at The Devil’s Porridge Museum until the 3rd September 2023! You can read more about this here>

So that’s the end of this week’s Weekly Roundup! As our normal Weekly Roundup person is off next week, we won’t be back with our Weekly Roundup for a wee while. Rest assurred we will be back with a full Monthly Roundup for September 2023! Keep an eye out for that on our social media platforms here>

In the meantime you can read our last Weekly Roundup here> 

It’s been another exciting week at The Devil’s Porridge Museum with creative writing and a Bee Celebration! Read more in our Weekly Roundup below!

Monday 14th August 2023

Today we had a scriptwritting workshop for young people aged 16 – 26 years old with Haltwhistle Films. We had a very interesting workshop with object handling and we even had chance to film draft videos for our upcoming hologram. Take a look at some of the photos of what happened below.

Wednesday 16th August 2023

Wedenesday was a busy day with not one, but two group visits. It was brilliant to have them visiting The Devil’s Porridge Museum. Learn more about group visits here>

Saturday 19th August 2023

On Saturday we had a Bee Celebration and we think it went bee-illiantly, even if we do say so ourselves! There was lots of fun activities from honey taste testing, trying on beekeeper suits, beautiful wax art demonstrations, candle making and more! A huge thank you to everyone who helped out with this event and all those who came along.

We got lots of great photos! Have a look below.

Some of the people who came along also helped us start to fill a time capsule with letters, drawings and messages for future generations.The capsule is set to be opened in 2050, and the UK is aiming to achieve net zero CO2 emissions by then. Who knows how much life will have changed by the time it gets opened!

Our gardening club was also a hive of activity (I promise that’s the last bee related pun in this Weekly Roundup). You can see some of what they have been growing in the photos below. Learn more about this here>

Sunday 20th August 2023

The Socotia Crafters came to set up in The Devil’s Porridge Museum today. They sell a lovely selection of homemade, local, produce, gifts and arts and crafts. The Socotia Crafters will be at The Devil’s Porrridge Museum until Sunday 3rd September. Come along and treat yourself or someone else! Perhaps you could even make a start on your Christmas shopping while they’re at The Devil’s Porridge Museum (or is that still too soon?).

Thanks for joining us for this week’s Weekly Roundup! Come back again next week to keep up to date with what’s been happening. In the meantime see what’s comming up at the museum by checking out our events page here> You can read last week’s Weekly Roundup here>

We’ll see you again next week!

It’s time for another Weekly Roundup of all that’s been going on at The Devil’s Porridge Museum. There’s been group visits and mocktails this week! Read more below.

Tuseday 8th August 2023

On Tuseday we had a group visit come to The Devil’s Porridge Museum. It’s always nice to see groups enjoying their visit to The Devil’s Porridge Museum. It is essential that group visits book in advance. Learn more here>

Wednesday 9th August 2023

Today we also had a group visit to The Devil’s Porridge Museum. It was great to have them. You can learn more about group visits here>

Friday 11th August 2023

In the evening, Monica, The Devil’s Porridge Museum’s Youth and Communitiy Engagement Officer, headed off to the Xcel Youth Centre in Langholm to offer a mocktail masterclass to the young people there! Brilliant to have her repersenting The Devil’s Porridge Museum!

Saturday 12th August 2023

Today we had another group visit to The Devil’s Porridge Museum. It was brilliant to see them enjoying their visit to the museum! Learn more about group visits here>

It may have been a bit too rainy for gardening club this morning, but all the plants are looking very good and the rain did a very good job of watering them for us! Learn more about gardening club here>

Take a look at some of the flowers they have been growing in the photos below.

Thanks to Emily for sharing these three beautful photos of our garden too!

That marks the end of this week’s Weekly Roundup! Be sure to check in again this time next week to keep up to date with what’s been happening at The Devil’s Porridge Museum. We still have some events comming up soon, including an exciting Bee Celebration next week! Check out what’s happening on the events page here> 

As always you can read last week’s Weekly Roundup here>

See you next week!

It’s time for our first Weekly Roundup in August 2023! This week’s Weekly Roundup is a wee bit shorter than usual, but we’ve got some exciting workshops still to come (including scriptwriting and mocktails). Be sure to check out our events page to learn more! Read more about what’s been happening below.

Saturday 5th July 2023

Our gardening club were once again hard at work! Take a look at some of their hard work in our Dig For Victory Garden in the photos below.

A huge thank you to all the young people who come along to the gardening club and to Wendy! She is a huge help with many activities and more at The Devil’s Porridge Museum including gardening club! Our Dig For Victory Gardern wouldn’t be anywhere near as successful without her!

Gardening club is ideal for children and teenagers aged up to 16 years old. Why not join us? Learn more about our gardening club and how to book your place here>

Sunday 6th August 2023

It was brilliant to have representatives of The Devil’s Porridge Museum at a local Family Funday event held in Annan. Thanks for having us!

That’s all for this week’s Weekly Roundup. Be sure to come back again next week to keep up to date with all that is happening at The Devil’s Porridge Museum. We’ve still got some events coming up at the museum, so be sure to take a look at our events page here> You can take a look back at last week’s Weekly Roundup here>

Have you had chance to visit our book box yet? You are welcome to browse the selection of books in our phone box within The Devil’s Porridge Museum’s  opening hours. A £1 donation is required per book. Current UK currancy only please! All funds raised go back into The Devil’s Porridge Museum.

Thank you to Graham for the idea and all his time and hard work on this! Another thank you to anyone who has donated books for the book box so far!

Recently there’s been so much happening at The Devil’s Porridge Museum that we’ve decide to start a weekly roundup to keep you all up to date! This week there’s been creative writing, jewellery and more! Read the full rundown below.

Monday 10th July 2023

We started off the week with a group visit to The Devil’s Porridge Museum.

Tuseday 11th July 2023

Today we had not one, but two Jewellery Workshops!

We had an amazing experience at the Teenagers’ Jewellery workshop. It was a pleasure to create beautiful pieces of jewellery with such talented and creative teenagers. Their skills and imagination were truly impressive. Take a look at some photos of this below!

We also had so much fun in the Little Girls Jewellery Workshop!!! Have a look at their beautiful creations in the photos below!

Tuseday was certianly a very busy day! We also had two diffrent group visits to The Devil’s Porridge Museum.

Wednesday 12th July 2023