Posted Monday 16 January

Across Scotland and beyond, writers from the 26 collective have explored ways of bringing 26 objects from the National Museum of Scotland to life in words - after all, a museum is a treasure chest not just of objects but of stories!

The Winter Words Festival in Pitlochry will offer the first opportunity in Scotland for some of the results of this collaboration to be viewed and explored.

26 Treasures will come to life at regular intervals throughout the Festival via a short audio visual loop located in Pitlochry Festival Theatre, where visitors can hear and see the powerful results of this unique collaboration.

In addition, a panel of three writers including Alison Weir and two Perthshire based writers Linda Cracknell and Jamie Jauncey will discuss how, by tapping into the rich story of Scotland's past through objects, we can connect them not only to social, political, cultural and religious history, but to the powerful emotions of people who lived at the time on Saturday 4th February, 4.30pm. For tickets, call box office on 01796 484626 or buy online!

There's also news of an exciting creative project for young people and school students to tell their stories of treasures from their own family's personal history through words and video.

In conjunction with the National Museum of Scotland's young people of any age are invited to submit a short video of their ‘Family Treasure' with 62 words of description telling how the special object is important and significant to the student's family.

26 video clips will be selected and added into the Audio Visual exhibition from National Museum of Scotland during its visit to Winter Words. It is also the plan to choose a further three to be shown during the afore mentioned discussion event For further information, you can contact Drew Scott, PFT's Community and Education Director on 01796 484600 or via email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it