This is the fascinating story of a Victorian oil painting that was bequeathed to the West Highland Museum in 1999, but an object that has never been inside the museum building. Letters and News at the Loch Side was given as a wedding gift to Gertrude Astley (1849 – 1920) from her sisters, Constance (1851 […]
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A tropical palm-leaf hat with a wide brim and shallow crown is displayed discreetly on a wall in the museum’s Victorian gallery. The hat once belonged to the infamous big game hunter Roualeyn George Gordon-Cumming (1820-1866). The museum once also had his walking stick, which was iron shod with a plaster head of lion separately
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This week’s blog focuses on a beaded bag in the West Highland Museum’s collection. The museum exclusively collects objects associated with the Highla
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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.
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
Death is inevitable. For the living, however, death has been treated with reverence, ritual and ceremony.
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There is a dress on display at the West Highland Museum which has fascinated me for several years, as it seems somewhat out of place, especially con
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Four beautiful examples of 19th century pistols were gifted to the West Highland Museum in 2017.
The pistols were owned by Major James MacFarlane (17
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A silver water cruet was donated to the West Highland Museum in 2011 and now forms part of the collection. The small silver water cruet was found i
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