Highland Life

In September 2021 Jan Manos, a museum professional from the United States got in touch with us to offer us a very special gift.  This beautiful Christ

In November, John Currie visited us as the West Highland Museum and was able to provide a fascinating insight into one of the objects in our collectio

A recent Lochaber Archaeological Society visit to old Kilmallie Cemetery unearthed a familiar problem. The gravestone of Alan Cameron, baker of Inverl

Within the Museum stands a mysterious block of iron known as the ‘Clanranald anvil’.  Amid a haze of folklore, we can discern something intriguing, so

When the last thirty-six St. Kildans left their island homes in August 1930, a unique Gaelic culture that had existed out in the furthest reaches of t

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

The population of St Kilda, before the island’s evacuation, survived mainly on seabirds and their eggs. Because fishing in the waters around the arc

90 years ago today, at 8am on 29th August 1930 the evacuation of the far flung island archipelago of St Kilda began. The HMS Harebell pulled away fr

Encouraged by an upturn in public interest in St Kilda, in the middle of the 19th century, and having just returned from delivering a public lecture

The island archipelago of St Kilda, sitting alone in the Atlantic some 40 miles west of North Uist, was once home to a small population who endured mu