Time for the Monthly Roundup for 21st October to 17th November 2024. There was a spook-tacular Halloween party this month. We were also very proud to remember and honour the animals and people who sacrificed so much during wartime.
Monday 21st October
Fantastic to have Mostly Ghostly join us at The Devil’s Porridge Museum for an interactive, family friendly, spooky, storytelling session! It was lovely to see the young people create their own artwork as part of this event and the every generation of family from children to grandparents enjoying the spooky stories that Mostly Ghostly had to tell.
A huge thank you to Mostly Ghostly! Another thank you to everyone who joined us for this.
Below are some photos of this Halloween activity.
Tuesday 22nd October
We were delighted to have a group visit with us at The Devil’s Porridge Museum today. Please remember that you need to book any group visits in advance and you can find out how to do this by clicking here>
Wednesday 23rd October
Excellent to have another group visit to The Devil’s Porridge Museum today! If your wondering what happens during a group visit you can find out more by clicking here>
Thursday 24th October
Our spook-tacular Halloween Party took place today!
There were some ghoulishly great Halloween costumes and it was amazing to have so many young people come along. A huge thank you to everyone who helped to make this happen and everyone who came along!
Below are some photos from the Children’s Halloween Party. It was fang-tastic! A huge thank you to Lois for taking and sharing these!
Saturday 26th October
This Saturday was the last gardening club of 2024.
A huge thank you to Wendy and the everyone who joined us for gardening club this year! We hope you enjoyed learning some new skills in our Dig for Victory garden.
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The Devil’s Porridge Museum was delighted to feature in an episode of ‘Abandoned Railways from Above’ on Channel 4. We’re very proud to have featured in this and found it a very interesting series. If you haven’t seen it already we would highly recommend a watching it!
You can catch up on all episodes of ‘Abandoned Railways from Above’ (including episode six, which features us) by clicking here>
Monday 28th October
Time for a ghoulishly great Halloween edition of our Cordite Club. It was fang-tastic to have our Cordite Club back in The Devil’s Porridge Museum after a break.
This week they had pumpkin soup, treacle scones and enjoyed some chair aerobics to the Time Warp song. There was also a Halloween craft activity. As always a huge thank you to everyone who helps to make this happen and all those who joined us!
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Arts and Crafts club was back in The Devil’s Porridge Museum after October half term today! Thanks to Wendy and everyone who comes along to this.
One of the attendees of our Arts and Crafts club, Haley, wanted to lead a session of origami. Prior to October half term, we were proud to have her prepare, plan and lead Arts and Crafts club for a day. Her edition of Arts and Crafts club was fantastic and everyone who came along really enjoyed it!
We love to help build the confidence of young people and give them new opportunities at The Devil’s Porridge Museum!
Take a look at some photos of Haley’s Arts and Crafts club session below.
Friday 1st November
Friday 1st November marks the end of Heritage Careers Week. We were proud to share some stories from The Devil’s Porridge Museum throughout this week and two of our members of staff made blog posts to share their experience working in the Heritage Sector. Even though Heritage Careers week is now over you are welcome to read these, especially if you are interested in working in museums or the heritage sector!
- Read Youth and Community Engagement Officer, Monica’s blog by clicking here>
- Read Museum Assistant, Desray’s blog by clicking here>
The Devil’s Porridge Museum also offers a Museum Mentorship Programme for 16 to 24 year olds, where you can gain hands on experience, support and guidance in your chosen volunteer role. Find out more about our Museum Mentorship Programme by clicking here>
Monday 4th November
On Mondays we always have Arts and Crafts club. This week they were crafting poppies for remembrance day.
Friday 8th November
Excellent to have another group visit to The Devil’s Porridge Museum today. Please be aware that group visits need to book in advance and you can find out how by clicking here>
Sunday 10th November 2024
To commemorate Remembrance Day today, we asked our visitors to join us in a two minutes silence at 11am to remember all those who sacrificed so much in past conflict, as well as those who continue to do so or are affected by conflict today.
We were also proud to have representatives of of The Devil’s Porridge Museum laying wreaths at Eastriggs and Dornock war memorial on Remembrance Sunday.
Monday 11th November
We were proud to have local schools, the nursery, the public and their animals join us for our Animals in War Remembrance Service on Armistice Day. During this service we placed wreathes at our Animals in War memorial and took the time to remember all those who have been affected by conflict in the past and present. Thank you to everyone who joined us for this.
Below are some photos of this.
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Cordite club was back in The Devil’s Porridge Museum again today. This week they also took the time to remember those who have been affected by conflict and / or wartime.
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In the afternoon, we had Arts and Crafts club in The Devil’s Porridge Museum.
Wednesday 13th November
Brilliant to have a school visit to The Devil’s Porridge Museum today. It was lovely to have them. Read more about school visits by clicking here>
Friday 15th November
Lovely to have a nursery group visit join us at The Devil’s Porridge Museum today. As always, you can click here to read more about school visits>
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And that’s the end of this week’s Monthly Roundup! Join us again in December for The Devil’s Porridge Museum’s last Monthly Roundup of 2024! As always, you can catch up on our previous Monthly Roundup by clicking here>
We still have some exciting events coming up! Learn more on our events page here>
