Buddies do like to be beside the seaside...
Grab your buckets and spades for museum’s final farewell
23.11.2018 Winter may have arrived but youngsters can have some fun at an indoor beach that’s been created inside Paisley Museum.
Making sandcastles and playing beach games are just some of the activities being organised at an event called Farewell Frenzy.
Now that the museum, Central Library and Coats Observatory are closed for major redevelopment, staff at Renfrewshire Leisure decided to have a final goodbye bash.
There will be free activities such as board games, roller disco, Laser Quest, a pop-up cinema, indoor sports activities, gaming, family ceilidh and a kids messy play area, along with the indoor beach.
The Farewell Frenzy starts tomorrow and goes on until Sunday with activities taking place both during the day and in the evening.
Councillor Lisa-Marie Hughes, chair of Renfrewshire Leisure, said: “It’s rather strange seeing Paisley Museum empty of all the fantastic exhibits and artefacts that have been there for many years.
“But before the work starts to refurbish the building, we thought we’d give kids and adults alike some fun by inviting them into the building for a whole host of different activities you wouldn’t normally find in a museum.”
The Farewell Frenzy is part of a bumper weekend of activities in Paisley town centre as it’s also the first weekend of Paisley First’s Winterfest and the Paisley Winter Mela is being held in the town hall, on Sunday.
Paisley Central Library will move to a temporary home early next year near in the Lagoon Leisure Centre before moving to the new learning and cultural hub being built on the High Street when it re-opens in 2021.
Public access PCs are available at the Paisley.Is offices at 5a High Street, Paisley.
Library staff will be available to assist and the opening hours are Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday,from 9am to 5pm, and Tuesday and Thursday, from 9am to 8pm.
To access the Paisley Museum collections, you can book a tour of The Secret Collection, 9 High Street, Paisley on www. renfrewshireleisure.com
The Heritage Centre has now moved to Mile End Mill, Abbey Mill Studios, Seedhill Road, Paisley. Opening hours are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 9am to 5pm, and Thursday from 9am to 8pm.
The redevelopment work is part of a £42million investment in Paisley town centre venues by Renfrewshire Council to support a wider push to use the town’s unique cultural and heritage assets to transform the area’s future and bring new footfall to the town centre.
That programme includes the transformation of Paisley Museum, which will reopen in 2022, a revamp of Paisley Town Hall and Paisley Arts Centre and a new learning and cultural hub on the High Street.
Log on to www. renfrewshireleisure. com/ farewellfrenzy for full details of events.