The Artmap Argyll group show in the Glebe Cairn Café at Kilmartin House Museum is running in conjunction with the Artists Open Studios Event on the 7/10 August.  It follows on from their successful collective show at the Pentagon Gallery in Glasgow earlier this year.  As a departure from their normal format, every participating artist has been restricted to an 8" square, it has been an interesting exercise and visitors can see for themselves how each artist has risen to the challenge.  The show runs from the 15th of July to 17th October and gives those visitors to the area unable to do the Studio Trail a chance to appreciate the wide range of talent and skills amongst artists in the area.

To celebrate Kilmichael and Kilmartin's contribution to Scottish history, the Museum will be hosting a

number of events in 2009.  This includes our new temporary exhibition - Carved Stones and Ancient Bones: The Early Christian Church in Argyll.

The centre piece is the medieval Torbhlaren Bell and Shrine, which is on loan from the National Museums of Scotland, and has come home for the first time in nearly 200 years.

There will also be schools days, open days, storytelling and much more.  If you would like more information see our Homecoming page.

As well as featuring on the recent BBC series called 'A History of Scotland', Radio Scotland and the Open University have created a guided walk of Kilmartin Glen which you can download onto your i-pod!

Neil Oliver again features as the presenter and he is joined by a number of writers and scholars with a wealth of experience about the area.   For more information click here to see the Radio Scotland information and pictures on the walk.

To download the walk onto your i-pod so you can stroll around the Glen and feel surrounded by experts click here!