{"id":1511,"date":"2012-01-26T11:16:19","date_gmt":"2012-01-26T11:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/CreativityPortalAdmin\/?p=1511"},"modified":"2012-01-26T11:16:19","modified_gmt":"2012-01-26T11:16:19","slug":"robert-burns-activities-from-national-museum-of-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/CreativityPortalAdmin\/2012\/01\/26\/robert-burns-activities-from-national-museum-of-scotland\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Burns activities from National Museum of Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"

Celebrate Robert Burns 2012 at the National Museum of Scotland from 21st – 27th January.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Robert Burns: To a Mouse Family Footprints Trail<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dates:<\/strong> Sat 21\u00a0\u2013 Fri 27 January
\nTime:<\/strong> All day
\nCost:<\/strong> Free
\nAvailable from:<\/strong> Info Zone, Level 3, Grand Gallery Balcony<\/p>\n

A new museum trail for families exploring one of Burns\u2019 famous poems through exhibits in our Scottish collections.<\/p>\n

Supported by Scotland\u2019s Winter Festivals.<\/p>\n

Dates:<\/strong> Sat 21, Sun 22 and Fri 27 January
\nTimes:<\/strong> 11:00\u201313:00, 14:00\u201316:00
\nWhere:<\/strong> Scotland galleries Levels -1, 1 and 3<\/p>\n

Three colourful characters step from the pages of history into the Museum, to\u00a0explain what life was like in the past.<\/p>\n

Supported by Scotland\u2019s Winter Festivals.<\/p>\n

Date:<\/strong> Sunday 22 January<\/p>\n

Join us for an afternoon of engaging activities, workshops, performances and encounters with some of our\u00a026 Treasures<\/a> writers, Hopscotch Theatre, and Slice of Life characters who will help you celebrate and explore Scotland, Burns and the Scots tongue!<\/p>\n

The Scots Magical Museum<\/h3>\n

Time:<\/strong> 13:00\u201316:00 (drop in, but please\u00a0gather at 13:00 for the introduction if possible)
\nWhere<\/strong>: Grand Gallery, Level 1
\nCost:<\/strong> Free<\/p>\n

More than 200 years ago a man called James Johnson, working in collaboration with Robert Burns, published an important set of books of Scottish songs called The Scots Musical Museum. This afternoon, Scots writer\u00a0James Robertson<\/a> will help create a Scots Magical Museum. Join James at 13:00 as we kick off with some fun introductory games in Scots before you go off and select an interesting object to draw. James will help you find a word or phrase in Scots to describe it before you add it to the Scots Magical Museum. What will you choose?<\/p>\n

Hopscotch Theatre: Tam O\u2019Shanter<\/h3>\n

Times:<\/strong> 13:30 and 15:30 (45 mins)
\nWhere:<\/strong> Hawthornden Court, Level 1
\nCost:<\/strong> Free<\/p>\n

Join the more than slightly tipsy Tam as he clambers aboard his long suffering, but trusty grey mare Meg, and sets off into the heart of a wild storm, for a confrontation with witches, warlocks and \u2018the deil himsel\u2019!\u00a0 Performed in the round and with audience participation, the versatile actors will bring to vivid life the many colourful characters from this epic, cautionary tale, full of couthy humour and dark mystery.<\/p>\n

Supported by Scotland\u2019s Winter Festivals.<\/p>\n

SuperScot!<\/h3>\n

Time:<\/strong> 14:00 (60 mins)
\nWhere:<\/strong> Learning Centre Level 4
\nCost:<\/strong> Free, but places are limited. Please sign up on the day in the Learning Centre.
\nSuitable for:<\/strong> Ages 9\u201312<\/p>\n

What would your ideal Scottish Superhero be like? What superpowers would they have? Join 26 Treasures writer\u00a0Kate Tough<\/a> to create your own Super Scot through words and pictures in this workshop suitable for ages 9\u201312.<\/p>\n

Viking Gold<\/h3>\n

Time:<\/strong> 15:00 (60 mins)
\nWhere:<\/strong> Learning Centre, level 4
\nCost:<\/strong> Free, but places are limited. Please sign up on the day in the Learning Centre.
\nSuitable for:<\/strong> Ages 10\u201315<\/p>\n

V Campbell\u2019s<\/a> latest book Viking Gold is an historical action adventure about a 16 year old Viking boy who discovers America with the help of a mysterious Irish manuscript. Victoria will read excerpts from Viking Gold and use replica Viking arms, costumes, everyday objects and multi-media to instigate discussions about what life would be like for young people in Dark Age Europe. There will also be a chance to ask questions about her book and the writing process.<\/p>\n

Dates:<\/strong> Mon 23 and Wed 25 January
\nTimes:<\/strong> 10:30, 11:30 (20 mins)
\nSuitable for:<\/strong> Up to 5 years
\nCost:<\/strong> Free \u2013 sign up on the day for a limited place at the Information Desk in the Entrance Hall.<\/p>\n

Our magic carpet introduces your little ones to different themes and galleries in the museum through stories, songs, objects and activities.\u00a0 Join guest leader and Scots writer Aimee Chalmers for some special sessions themed around Robert Burns and the Scots language.<\/p>\n

Supported by Scotland\u2019s Winter Festivals.<\/p>\n

Date:<\/strong> Thu 26 January
\nTime:<\/strong> 18:30 (1.5hrs)
\nCost:<\/strong> \u00a36, \u00a35 Concession and Members
\nBooking:<\/strong> Book tickets online<\/a> or call 0300 123 6789<\/p>\n

A museum is a treasure chest not just of objects but of stories.\u00a0At this closing event for the\u00a026 Treasures<\/a> project, James Robertson, Sara Sheridan, Lee Randall and Lucy Harland join Jamie Jauncey to discuss how they tapped into the rich story of Scotland\u2019s past through objects that connect them not only to social, political, cultural and religious history, but to the powerful emotions of people who lived at that time.<\/p>\n

James Robertson and Aimee Chalmers kick off this event with a selection of Burns poetry and a 21st century Scots poem inspired by the bard.<\/p>\n

Supported by Scotland\u2019s Winter Festivals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Celebrate Robert Burns 2012 at the National Museum of Scotland from 21st – 27th January. Robert Burns: To a Mouse Family Footprints Trail Dates: Sat 21\u00a0\u2013 Fri 27 January Time: All day Cost: Free Available from: Info Zone, Level 3, Grand Gallery Balcony A new museum trail for families exploring one of Burns\u2019 famous poems … Continue reading Robert Burns activities from National Museum of Scotland<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1272,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1030,1034],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-languages-and-literacy-news","category-social-studies-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/CreativityPortalAdmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/CreativityPortalAdmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/CreativityPortalAdmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/CreativityPortalAdmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1272"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/CreativityPortalAdmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1511"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/CreativityPortalAdmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1515,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/CreativityPortalAdmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1511\/revisions\/1515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/CreativityPortalAdmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/CreativityPortalAdmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/CreativityPortalAdmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}