News and Events
Our new promotional banner
We are very pleased to announce that we have a new promotional banner. We hope you like it and it is on display in the Centre and if we are out-and-about promoting Tarves Heritage Project.
Aberdeenshire Doors Open Days 2024
We are delighted to again be taking part in this event. We will be open from 10am-4pm on Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd of September. Please come along and enjoy the fun activities we will have on offer. These include: writing with pen and ink, slate and pencil, covering a book, guess the weight of a parcel, block and ink printing, dressing-up selfies and the puppet theatre.
We had over 120 visitors visit us over the weekend which was great. They left us lots of fantastic comments about their experience.
Scarecrow Competition 2024
We had a great competition this year with 17 entries. The winner was no.3. Well done to them.
Displays - Season 2024
This year's main displays are based on Duthie's Shop from the mid-century, the Church and all things joinery and mechanical. Come and visit us. We are sure you will enjoy a walk down memory lane.
Walkabout Tarves Quiz
Print off the quiz below and take a walk around Tarves Village. Can you find all the answers? Come into Tarves Heritage Centre and ask one of our volunteers if you would like to check your answers.
Walkabout Tarves Quiz
Hetty Heritage Mouse Postcard Quiz
Hetty Heritage Mouse has been out and about exploring around Tarves. One of our volunteers noticed that she had gone missing from the museum but then we started getting postcards from her. On each postcard she asked us to try and work out where she had been and to answer some questions about each location. (Hetty loves to play games!)
If you would like to explore the places that Hetty went to and answer her questions then you can print off the postcards below. Hetty spent several days scampering around on her adventures and she did tell us to enjoy the views and take some cheese or other nibbles because some places are quite far away and you might get hungry.
Hetty is now back in the Heritage Centre and if you're standing at the gates then look carefully and you will see her peeking out of the window.
If you would like to share some photos of your adventures whilst looking for Hetty's postcard places (You might want to take a cuddly animal with you to enjoy the adventure!) then please email them to tarvesheritage@outlook.com or message them to the Tarves Heritage Project Facebook page or Instagram page.
If you need to check the answers then you can download them here too.
Hetty's Postcard Quiz (Answers)
We Will Remember Them
Tarves War Memorial was unveiled on 23rd April 1922. No fewer than 80 young men from Tarves and Barthol Chapel, most of them not yet 20, laid down their lives in the First World War. The photo below shows the unveiling of the War Memorial.
Stone Circle Grass Cutting
We try to keep the Stone Circle clear of long grass. The stone circle is well worth a visit. Follow the signs off the B999.
Footpaths
There are several interesting paths running through the wood but some of them can get very "boggy"!. Some drainage pipes have been put in already but more were needed. Spades and mattocks came in handy but in the end it came down to sheer muscle power and a lot of enthusiastic hard work. Thanks must go to Chris and Tamsin for their expertise in path building and for providing some delicious refreshments!
Doors Open Day
We are delighted to let you know that we will be taking part in the 2024 Doors Open event from the 21-22nd of September 2024. Come along and join in with the fun events we have planned.
