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Three Ross-shire museums to work with Gaelic development officer


By Imogen James

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Rubha Re lighthouse lense and Gaelic listening booth, Gairloch Museum.
Rubha Re lighthouse lense and Gaelic listening booth, Gairloch Museum.

THREE Ross-shire museums are benefitting from an award from Bord na Gàidhlig which will appoint a Gaelic development officer to promote the use of language across their sites.

Gairloch Museum, the Highland Museum of Childhood in Strathpeffer and Applecross Historical Society will benefit from the scheme.

The West Highland Museum in Fort William is also a recipient.

The officer will be tasked with identifying chances to use and promote Gaelic language and displays in the museums and create outreach opportunities.

It is hope this will create better links in the Gaelic communities and encourage the museum goers to work on their Gaelic skills.

Dr Karen Buchanan, curator at Gairloch Museum, which is taking lead on the project, said: "his is an exciting opportunity for the four museums to take a strategic approach to embedding their heritage activities in Gaelic culture with the help of a Gaelic speaking heritage professional. All four of the museums involved wish to increase their use of Gaelic within the museum and for outreach activities, but it has proven difficult to find Gaelic speaking volunteers within the communities to champion this objective.

"With the help of this new post, we will be able to create bilingual displays, customise displays for Gaelic speakers and learners and design handling boxes for outreach with Gaelic speaking groups. We will also be creating Gaelic language materials for a new digital learning hub that will connect the Highland Museums to teachers and pupils in schools across the Highlands.”

Shona NicIllinnein, ceannard, Bòrd na Gàidhlig added: “Bòrd na Gàidlig welcomes this exciting new position which will strengthen the use of Gaelic in an area well-known for its strong links to our language, culture and heritage.

"The work will contribute to the National Gaelic Plan’s aim that Gaelic is used more often, by more people and in a wider range of situation's as well as contributing to the Gaelic Tourism Strategy for Scotland. We wish Gairloch Museum and partners all the very best with this innovative appointment.”

The funding scheme will contribute £28,500 towards the post.


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