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Humans have always used stories to make sense of the world. Since pre-history, we’ve told them in many different ways; through rock art, rhymes, songs, myths, legends, fables and epic poems. Even [...]

After a very long haul we are delighted to share that we now have the funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, matched with money from Paths for All, Inspiring Scotland, SSE Drumderg and [...]

Spring is a fantastic time of year to visit east Perthshire and west Angus – and the Cateran Ecomuseum has a range of activities and suggestions for things to do over the Easter holidays to [...]

An exciting start to our community co-created School of the Moon pilot programme continues in 2023. There will be community poetry projects happening in both Meigle and Kirkmichael – keep [...]

One of the Cateran Ecomuseum’s innovative projects has been awarded nearly £60,000 thanks to Inspiring Scotland and the Scottish Government’s Rural and Island Communities Idea into Action (RICIA) [...]

OVER THE LAST YEAR, WE’VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF THE HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS IN PREPARING THE GROUND FOR WHAT WE HOPE WILL BE A WIDE-RANGING PROGRAMME OF [...]

A huge thank you to everyone who has contributed ideas and suggestions to how we might develop The School of the Moon with input by nearly 100 folk of all ages, from communities across the [...]

‘Cha neill e Sgoille a phaipear ghaell bhami ciallachadh, ach sgoille-na-geallaich’ – [It is not the School of the White Paper that I am thinking of, but the School of the Moon.] The ‘Halkit [...]

Over the last year, we’ve had the privilege of working with the University of the Highlands & Islands in preparing the ground for what we hope will be a wide-ranging programme of [...]

This summer, Alyth Museum has relaunched as the new ‘physical’ hub for the Cateran Ecomuseum. The partnership between Culture Perth and Kinross and the Cateran Ecomuseum sees a major [...]