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A real treat for next week:

🕑 Monday to Friday 9am-12noon and 1pm-5pm 📰 KKS News published monthly, price - £1 🛍 Selection of gifts available to buy 📍40a Main Street, Kirkconnel, Sanquhar, DG4 6NB ✉️ kksnews@hotmail.com 🖱️facebook.com/KirkconnelPari… #LoveDGHeritage #LoveDandG

⭐️Many local heroes are out there championing our heritage & this week’s #DGSpotlight is celebrating the Kirkconnel Parish Heritage Society🔎 Based on Main Street, they hold a vast collection of photos, books & artefacts - everyone is welcome to visit! facebook.com/KirkconnelPari…

One week now until you can visit and soak up the atmosphere of our #1940s Home Front day on Saturday 8th June. We have a number of living history groups displaying and live music. Half price entry entry if you come in period dress! #dumfries #aviation #museum #events #daysout

This Friday, 7th June, will be the 695th anniversary of the death of Robert the Bruce. The picture is a plaster cast of his skull which can be seen in Dumfries Museum. At 7pm we'll have a special free event 'Medieval Death and What Followed' by @TomTellTale and @MostlyGhostly_

🌟STILL / WATERS / RUN / DEEP exhibition at TIDESPACE in #Kirkcudbright 25th May to 9th June Science, Fiction and Folk Drawn from Water’s Unseen Landscapes Book a Tour & Talk on Sunday 2nd June at 4pm via info@tidespace.uk (£5 per ticket) tidespace.uk

❗️ATTENTION D&G EVENT ORGANISERS ❓Networking and information day 📆June 7, 2024 🗺Easterbrook Hall, Dumfries 🎤Are you an event organiser who has received funding over the past 3 years from DGC? Are you considering planning future festivals or events? Email: Events@dumgal.gov.uk

🌟There are still spaces available for this free event tomorrow - a guided walk around Wamphray led by D&G Council Archaeologist, Andrew Nicholson. Roaring waterfalls, 8th-century carvings, Iron Age settlements and then some tea and cake😁 Book via eventbrite.co.uk/e/wamphray-unc…

📣 Organising an event within #DumfriesAndGalloway & want to spread the word? 👇 You can list your event on the @SScotDAlliance website for FREE - no need to be a member. Just fill in a simple form with the details & add a nice image - easy as that. ssdalliance.com/events-submiss…

'May Day' by Catherine Walker We couldn't resist sharing this print from the @gracefieldarts collection with you 😍 - have a great May Day everyone! Digital image courtesy of Future Museum futuremuseum.co.uk #LoveDGHeritage #lovedandg #ScotlandStartsHere

☀️ Annan Museum - dgculture.co.uk/venue/annan-mu… ☀️The Whithorn Trust - whithorn.com ☀️ Dryfesdale Lodge Visitor Centre - dryfesdalelodge.co.uk ☀️ The Mill on the Fleet - millonthefleet.co.uk Give a shout out in the comments to others now re-opened for the season 📢

☀️ Moffat Museum - moffatmuseum.co.uk ☀️ Newton Stewart Museum - facebook.com/themuseumnewto… ☀️ Sanquhar Tolbooth Museum - dgculture.co.uk/venue/sanquhar… ☀️ Creetown Heritage Museum - creetown-heritage-museum.com

☀️ Dumfries & Galloway Aviation Museum - dumfriesaviationmuseum.com ☀️ Robert Burns Ellisland Museum & Farm - ellislandfarm.co.uk ☀️ John Paul Jones Birthplace Museum - johnpauljonesmuseum.com ☀️ Dalbeattie Museum - dalbeattiemuseum.co.uk

📢 Museums Now Open 📢 It's not just nature that starts to come alive in spring, but many of our member venues are re-opening their doors after winter 🎉 We know that they're excited to see you so pop in for a warm welcome! A thread of places to visit for your history fix👇

📍 Mill Road, Dumfries, DG2 7BE 🕑 Centre open April to September: Mon-Sat 10am-5pm & Sun 2-5pm; October to March: Tues-Sat 10am-1pm & 2pm-5pm 🎟️ Free admission to Centre 🛍️ Gift Shop 🖱️ dgculture.co.uk/venue/robert-b… (film theatre - rbcfilmtheatre.co.uk) #LoveDandG #LoveDGHeritage

⭐️ No visit to D&G would be complete without a little Rabbie Burns, so this week's #DGSpotlight is on the Robert Burns Centre 📜 The Centre tells the story of Burns’ last years in #Dumfries & in the evenings it hosts Scotland’s smallest film theatre! dgculture.co.uk/venue/robert-b…

@Devils_Porridge @MostlyGhostly_ @atheairts @DumGalLibraries On Wednesday 3rd April, Gracefield Arts Centre have a free Children's Play Session - drop in and try out card making, bunny mask decorating and their Easter quiz! On from 10.30am till 2.30pm 🐰 📍 Gracefield Arts Centre, 28 Edinburgh Road, Dumfries, DG1 1JQ

@Devils_Porridge @MostlyGhostly_ @atheairts Looking for something creative, fun and free to do with the kids this Easter? Why not pop along to your nearest Lego Stay N Play club with @DumGalLibraries? Great fun for kids of all ages! No need to book. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

💐 Easter Events 🐇 A thread showing some of the events that our members have lined up for Easter. For all ages and interests, starting today 🐣 #lovedandg #lovedgheritage #Carsphairn