THE HEPBURN BEQUEST
One question most often asked by our visitors is how we acquire our exhibits.
Some of our exhibits are gifted by individual donors, or by families c
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10 FACTS YOU (PROBABLY) DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT THE WEST HIGHLAND MUSEUM
1. A milestone is within reach
The Museum celebrates its 100th birthday in May 2022. Descendants of original founders Victor Hodgson and Elizabeth
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ALLT A’ CHÀISE: THE CHEESE BURN
There were once five sets of tunnels under the Caledonian Canal between Banavie and Gairlochy. One of these collapsed about 1840 and drained the canal
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NO LONGER FORGOTTEN AFTER 80 YEARS – THE 51ST HIGHLAND DIVISION
ST VALERY-EN-CAUX JUNE 1940
In his book, ‘Fo Sgàil A’ Swastika”(“Under the Shadow of the Swastika”)(1), Donald John MacDonald recounts what happened
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THE PERSONAL TOUCH: SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE MUSEUM’S COLLECTION
Much of history is of great events – good or bad – often told from the point of view of the victor. But often on a journey through a museum little p
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MY BLARMACFOLDACH SCHOOL DAYS
Deep in my memories is the love for our little school in the country which at the time of me attending only had four pupils. My sister Margaret and
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WORN AT CULLODEN
I have been thinking about what to write for this blog post now for a couple of months. It seems like my words have disappeared from me during the
A GLIMPSE INTO THE HISTORY OF THE WEST HIGHLAND MUSEUM: THE 1925 JACOBITE EXHIBITION
A relic of the museum’s early days in Fort William was donated back in 2013 when it turned up in a bookshop in Western Pennsylvania in the USA.
I
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JEMIMA BLACKBURN: A VICTORIAN PIONEER
As part of the #MuseumsSparkJoy campaign Ron Cameron tells us what objects in the West Highland Museum’s collection spark joy and inspire him.
“Jem
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THE STORY OF RANALD MACDONELL OF TIRNADRIS
In the Highlands and beyond the story is well-known. The brave encounter of Major Donald Macdonell of Tirnadris* who, with just 11 men and a piper,
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