Youth Work

We may be nearing the end of July, but there’s still a lot happening at The Devil’s Porridge Museum. This week we’ve had rock art, wax painting and even some mocktails! Thanks go as always to everyone who came along and all those which helped us with this week’s workshops! Read all about it below.

Monday 24th July 2023

Today we had rock painting! It was fantastic to see so many young people join us for this workshop and see all their creativity. Take a look at the photos below.

A huge thank you to everyone who has been volunteering to help us out with all our workshops so far. We always really appricate your help!

Wednesday 26th July 2023

This evening we had a mocktail masterclass at The Devil’s Porridge Museum. It was brilliant to see how everyone decorated their mocktails!

Thank you to a youth worker from Youth Work D & G for joining us for this event.

Thursday 27th July 2023

On Thursday morning we had a group visit to The Devil’s Porridge Museum. It was great to see that they enjoyed themselves! Just a quick reminder it is essential for you to book any group visits and catering for the group in advance. Learn more about group visits to the museum here>

We also had a wax painting workshop for young people in The Devil’s Porridge Museum. Take a look at some of the beautiful artwork, created in workshop in the photos below. If you attended the workshop and have yet to collect your artwork please remember to drop by the museum and pick it up from the front desk! Thanks again to everyone who volunteered to help us with this!

Friday 28th July 2023

The Devil’s Porridge Museum was very busy today with another group visit! Learn more about group visits here>

Saturday 29th July 2023

Our gardening club were busy in the garden today, even if things did get a bit rainy!

You’d be welcome to come along and join our gardening club. Learn more about this here>

 

Thanks for joining us for this week’s Weekly Roundup! Catch up with us again next week to keep up to date with what is happening at The Devil’s Porridge Museum. In the meantime you can check out what events are coming up at The Devil’s Porridge Museum here> and find our previous Weekly Roundup here>

 

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Catch up with all that’s been happening at The Devil’s Porridge Museum with our weekly roundup. This week we’ve had gardening, living history reenactors and we’re thrilled to have been shortlisted for the Scottish Thistle Awards!!! Read all about it below.

Monday 17th July 2023.

On Monday we were delighted to welcome another group visit to The Devil’s Porridge Museum. Find out all you need to know about group visits here>

On this day in 1944 the decision was made to abandon RAF Annan. At its peak RAF Annan could boast a staff of 400 RAF personnel housed across its 200-acre site. Tragically, many pilots lost their lives while training at RAF Annan.

You can learn more about RAF Annan by visiting The Devil’s Porridge Museum.

Thursday 20th July 2023

Today we discovered that we were once again in finals for the Thistle awards!

We were thrilled to have been shortlisted for the South of Scotland Thistle Awards Regional Finals in the following categories:

 

Friday 21st July 2023

Today we had Strasbourg Youth Symphony Orchestra visiting us for a look around The Devil’s Porridge Museum! It was fantastic to have them all visit.

Saturday 22nd July 2023

Our gardening club was hard at work growing fresh food and flowers this morning. Why not come along and join them? Gardening club is ideal for children and young people aged up to 16 years old. You can learn more about this here>

Take a look at this beautiful flower they have grown below. It’s one of the many things they have grown so far!

Visitors to The Devil’s Porridge Museum  could also see two living history reenactors from On War Service as part of their visit to the museum today. They were in uniform as WW1 military nurse and her patient, a German soldier.

On War Service also had  authentic items from the World War One on display in the museum’s education room.

It was brilliant to have two members of On War Service at The Devil’s Porridge Museum. You can learn more about On War Service here>

 

That brings up to the end of our weekly roundup! Remember to join us again next week to keep up to date with what’s been happening at The Devil’s Porrridge Museum. If you want to read more about what has been happen in the meantime check out last week’s weekly roundup here>

You can also take a look at our events page to see if there’s anything coming up that you would like to get involed in here>

Planning a visit with your family? Take a look at our brand new family visits page to find out all you need to know!