Name: The Imaginarium’s Missing Museum: A Space for Imagining Possibilities
Start: 2025-03-28T14:00:00Z
End: 2025-03-29T17:30:00Z
Location: The Tolbooth

The Imaginarium’s Missing Museum: A Space for Imagining Possibilities

Findhorn Bay Arts is an award-winning arts producer making creative things happen across Moray and beyond.

Findhorn Bay Arts

We invite you to join us in the exploration of the lost histories of Forres by reimagining Forres – Then and Now.

The Tolbooth

The Imaginarium’s Missing Museum is a space where hidden stories come to life and where time travel exists, allowing the past, present, and future to collide in delightfully unexpected ways.The Forres Edition of The Missing Museum is an exchange and residency delivered in partnership with The Stove and the What We Do Now network in Dumfries and Galloway, artist DJ McDowall (founder of The Imaginarium) and local artist Margot Henderson as well as members of the local community. More than a museum, it is an invitation to experience history differently —an open call to explore, question, and (re)claim historical narratives that have long been under-represented, misrepresented or erased. It challenges traditional frameworks of curation and replaces the invisible hand of the curator with something far more democratic: a cohort of Community Curators. Through interactive participatory approaches, we make space for voices that have long been on the margins - to take centre stage, (re)claiming their space in our shared collective history.At The Missing Museum, we don’t just reveal history—we proactively (re)view it, (re)present it, and (re)place it where it rightfully belongs, in the hearts and minds of its local communities. By asking what belongs in a museum and who gets to decide what is saved or lost, we spark deeper questions and conversations about inclusion, representation, and the power dynamics of storytelling. We invite you to join us in exploration of the lost histories of Forres by reimagining Forres – Then and Now and immerse yourself in the world of The Missing Museum on Fri 28th and Sat 29th of March at the Tolbooth, Forres. This will be an interactive workshop session that invites you to become Community Co-Curators and take a fresh look at how we (re)view the past (re)present it, and its impact on our future. Duration: 1 hour 45 min. Various timesAge Guidance: Adults / 12+ must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardianLocation: Tolbooth, Forres, MorayAccess: As you enter The Imaginarium's Missing Museum you will be met by guides who will take you on a tour of the Tolbooth, which includes upstairs to the clock tower and down to the cells. There is a stair lift to the first floor.However, this is not suitable for wheelchair users or those with mobility limitations. For those who cannot access this event, we will invite the artist DJ McDowall for a 1-2-1 interactive session so you can contribute to the project on Saturday 29 March at 5.45 pm.Please email our Community Engagement Officer, Gill Bird, <a href="mailto:gill@findhornbayarts.com" title="mailto:gill@findhornbayarts.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">gill@findhornbayarts.com</a> to find out more and to book your place for the access showing. Limited spaces available. To find out more about the project and read the artists' blogs, <a href="https://findhornbayarts.com/projects/residencies-commissions/the-missing-museum/" title="https://findhornbayarts.com/projects/residencies-commissions/the-missing-museum/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">click here</a>

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Access:          As you enter The Imaginarium's Missing Museum you will be met by guides who will take you on a tour of the Tolbooth, which includes upstairs to the clock tower and down to the cells. There is a stair lift to the first floor.
However, this is not suitable for wheelchair users or those with mobility limitations. For those who cannot access this event, we will invite the artist DJ McDowall for a 1-2-1 interactive session so you can contribute to the project on Saturday 29 March at 5.45 pm.
Please email our Community Engagement Officer, Gill Bird, gill@findhornbayarts.com to find out more and to book your place for the access showing. Limited spaces available.

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