Crannog Apprentices – Georgia’s First Week
New Customer Service Apprentice Georgia writes about her first few weeks at the Crannog Centre. I am Georgia and I am one of the apprentices at the Scottish Crannog Centre. The apprenticeship is in customer service which I started on the 10th of August. When I first arrived, I was quite nervous and […]
Crannog Apprentices – The First Week!
Digital Marketing Apprentice Toby interviews his colleagues about their few weeks working at the Scottish Crannog Centre! On 1st August, 5 new apprentices started at the Crannog Centre! For the next year, they will be working towards a Scottish Vocational Qualification while learning all about life on the crannog. Toby, our Digital Marketing Apprentice, […]
Sketching Scotland
Find out all about the new online series here! This week our Marketing Manager Ellen attempted to complete one of the Visit Scotland “Sketching Scotland” videos – find out how she got on below! Lockdown feels like it’s been happening forever (14 weeks and counting at this point) and like everyone I’ve been looking […]
Kat’s Week on Placement
Find out how student Kat got on volunteering at the Crannog Centre in February! My name is Kat and I was a volunteer at the Scottish Crannog Centre for a week this February. In October I will take up a place at the University of Cambridge to study Classics, so Iron Age Britain is […]
From Seed to Plant to Colour
Textile Interpreter Jason talks about this experience this past year learning about dyeing plants in Iron Age Scotland. This year in the textile area we had two main goals – producing colour from plants and setting up our loom in order to practice ancient weaving techniques (more about the latter in a later blog). […]
Skills for Success 2019
Our Skills for Success Trainee Ellen recently featured in a case study video for the programme – click here to watch it! Skills for Success trainee Ellen completed a year-long placement at the Scottish Crannog Centre, acquiring both a permanent job at the museum and a vocational qualification in the process. Here she tells Museums […]
Revealing our “Opening the Box…” Refurbishment
The crannog team have been hard at work this past year, not only delivering a great experience to visitors through guiding and demonstrating Iron Age lifestyles, but also working on completing the exhibition refurbishment which began back in February. Thanks to funding from Museums Galleries Scotland, the Scottish Crannog Centre has had the chance […]
Barnaby Brown September Residency
Ancient Music Expert Barnaby Brown joined the Scottish Crannog Centre for a week-long residency, sharing his knowledge and expertise of lyre building with Kenmore Primary School and the Aberfeldy Ukulele Band. Thanks to funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, the Crannog Centre was able to procure the expertise of Barnaby Brown, an internationally […]
From Deerskin to Leather
Our Crannog Technology Interpreter Emma was gifted a fresh roe deerskin and so began the 12-week saga of tanning her first piece of leather… I have long been fascinated by leather as a strong but supple, beautiful but functional material. Leather can be cut, moulded, carved, stitched, hardened and stretched. It would have been a […]
My Life as a Museum Novice – The Last Month
Skills for Success trainee Ellen talks about her final month on the programme. July marks the final month of my Skills for Success traineeship. It feels like just yesterday I donned my Iron Age clothing for the first time and nervously did my first guided tour! But in fact, it’s been nearly a year of […]