This exhibition was held from 21st December 2005 to 20th January 2006 with a very successful preview evening on 18th December.

 The preview evening included 15 pupils from Applegrove Primary School presenting five short pantomime sketches on the stage which was specifically built for the exhibtion.

The Plasmon Mill Project

This exhibition was a culmination of the work carried out by the ‘Wet-ones’ a fifth year class at Forres Academy in 2004 and attracted over 2,000 visitors.

The group, with the help of many community volunteers, had worked over the year, to reclaim the former Plasmon Mill pond. The overgrown and silted up pond was in drastic need of a makeover to make it into a beautiful garden space – an open area for both the community and local wildlife to enjoy.

The exhibition showed the history of the mill and the work of the students and other groups involved in completing the project.

 ‘Landfull’ sought to raise awareness about environmental issues and contemporary art.  The project also supported the Moray Council’s new kerbside recycling collections, which aims to help people ‘reduce, re-use and re-cycle’. Various partners in the project also held a series of talks and workshops for the community, and school groups.

The ‘Landfull’ exhibition ran from the 25th September to the 30th October, 2004, attracting 2,017 visitors to the Museum.

Toys From Christmas Past

Turn A Leaf

The Museum's first "Christmas" Exhibition was held in December 2003 and was a great success with
over 800 visitors.

The exhibition featured toys donated by Friends’ Members such as Board Games, Train Sets, Teddy Bears, Puppets, pull-along “Flintstones” characters and model cars including “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”. The Christmas theme was continued with a variety of Christmas Cards, some of which dated from Word War I.

Primary 3 pupils of Andersons Primary School, Forres painted posters of toys and these were also be on display during the exhibition.

The five week exhibition held in March/April 2003 explored Scottish and global plant diversity and how we use and interact with plants in our everyday lives.

Friends volunteers and local schoolchildren did a tremendous amount of work to ensure the success of this event.
Star attractions were the cocoa pod made from sweetie wrappers, the crispy tattie made from crisp packets, cotton buds and rubber trees.
Friends member Veerle Van den Eynden, a Botanist, was the driving force behind the exhibition and her expertise proved invaluable in setting up the exhibition and in securing the loan of the Flora Celtica display from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.