‘Amazing’ support for museum
KILMARTIN Museum has has said a big thank you to people in the area for the huge amount of support it has received for its development plans.
Over the summer, museum staff attended local shows and events to speak to people about the museum and the ambitious plans to enlarge and enhance it – and it seems to have paid dividends.
Meg Haig, Kilmartin Museum redevelopment project officer, said: ‘Kilmartin Muse- um prides itself on being a fulcrum for community activity. We have an amazing team of local volunteers, who donate their time to everything from gardening to leading our highly-rated guided glen walks. We work closely with local artists and Artmap Argyll to display and sell beautiful artworks.
‘Many members of our Friends of Kilmartin Museum are from Argyll, as are several of the aptly named Always Argyll, which generously supports our Friends Newsletter.
‘As such, it should come as no surprise that more than £98,000 has been donated to our exciting redevelopment project by people living in Argyll. As a charity, we rely on the kindness of those who donate to our cause to continue providing the service we do.’
Meg continued: ‘The redevelopment project will allow us to offer even more to peo- ple living our local area in terms of community space, employment and volunteering opportunities and a museum they can be proud to tell family and friends around the world about.
‘Kilmartin Museum is enormously grateful to everyone who has donated so far and want to thank all our supporters, near and far, for their generosity.’
Find out more, visit www.kilmartin.org