Sobieski Kilt
In this blog tartan historian, Peter Eslea MacDonald, focuses on a 19th century kilt in our collection said to have belonged to the Sobieski brothers.
Reopening 1st June 2021
We are pleased to announce that the West Highland Museum re-opened to the public on Tuesday 1 June 2021.
We currently have limited opening hours: Tues
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Jon Schueler’s “Snow Cloud: Sun and Sleat, I.”
Jon Schueler (1916-1992)
Snow Cloud: Sun and Sleat, I, November 1974 28 x 24 in/71.12x 60.96 cm, oil on canvas (o/c 379)
Collection: The West High
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Museum to Feature in BBC Grand Tours series
We’re really excited that the museum will be featuring in BBC Scotland’s Grand Tours of Scotland’s Lochs series on Wednesday 24th March 2021.
In this
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2021 Student Bursary Scheme Launched
We’re very pleased to announce the return of the West Highland Museum Bursary for 2021.
We are looking for one or two students to help us out over
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Major MacFarlane’s Pistols
Major MacFarlane’s Pistols
Four beautiful examples of 19th century pistols were gifted to the museum in 2017.
The pistols were owned by Major Jam
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The Sinister History of Mort Safes
The Sinister History of Mort Safes
Death is inevitable. For the living, however, death has been treated with reverence, ritual and ceremony.
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Fort William’s friendship with the Objiway
In July 2020 we had an enquiry about one of the more unusual objects in our collection. Tucked away in our attic store is a deer skin scroll inscribed
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100 Objects online event – 9th February 2021
We are working in partnership with the Open Visual Worlds team at St Andrews University to create an online gallery showcasing the top 100 objec
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The West Highland Museum’s Top 10 objects relating to Bonnie Prince Charlie
Today marks the 300th anniversary of the birth of Prince Charles Edward Stuart. To commemorate this special occasion the West Highland Museum has bee
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