Anstruther Harbour Festival invite you to learn or practice your Gaelic at three free language sessions at the Scottish Fisheries Museum on Sunday 21st July.

Led by Fife Gaelic Development Group, the classes are suitable for Gaelic speakers of any level but particularly aimed at beginners who would like to give Gaelic a go.

Programme:

11 – 11.30 am

12 – 12.30 pm

1 – 1.30 pm

All sessions are free but places are limited so please visit Eventbrite or contact the museum to reserve your place.

As part of Anstruther Harbour Festival, the Scottish Fisheries Museum presents an afternoon of traditional music and dance.

On Sunday 21st July, our Zulu Gallery will resound to the famous fiddle of Pete Clark as he and his fellow Trooters Gregor Lowrey and Jim Leighton accompany the energising and colourful spectacle of the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society Edinburgh Branch and put them through their paces.

In between performances, we present Ceòl na Mara (music of the sea), featuring Anne Bennett and Ross Penman of the Dundee Gaelic Choir who will perform a selection of Gaelic songs on nautical themes.

Sunday 21st July

The Trooters:

1.30 – 2.30 pm & 3.45 – 4.45 pm

Ceòl na Mara:

2.30 – 3.30 pm

Entry Free but booking advised: contact the Museum or book via Eventbrite

Open ONLINE: To mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day, we explore the role played by Scotland’s fishing communities during the Second World War.

To brighten up these weird, wintry days come and enjoy something warming from our tearoom and browse these lovely photos by Emily and Caroline in our Merchant’s Room.

An online exhibition of knitted herring inspired by the unique knitting heritage of coastal fishing communities of Scotland.

The role the sea plays in emotional, mental and physical well-being.

Exhibition of the extensive restoration work our historic flagship Reaper

The latest exhibition in the Merchant’s Room is an evocation of the East Neuk by Yolande Kenny. With pen and watercolour, Yolande With pen and watercolour, Yolande celebrates both the museum’s 50th anniversary and everyday life in the East Neuk.

To celebrate the museum’s 50th anniversary, we focus on the last 50 years of the fishing industry charting the changes to the fleets, the harbours, the livelihoods and the lives of those who work to put fish on our tables.

With this exhibition we travel through time to discover the history that lies hidden all around us and in the earth beneath our feet.

As part of a series of events and exhibitions designed to celebrate the Museum’s anniversary year we are holding an exhibition of the Museum’s development over the last 50 years

Now open ON-SITE and ONLINE: We look to the future to explore what the seas, and the fishing industry, will be like 50 years from now.