Highland Life

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

In June Betty Bruce recollected her childhood memories of VE Day in Fort William. In this second instalment she reminisces about life after the War.

Some beautifully embroidered postcards were recently gifted to the Museum.

These postcards are part of a much larger collection sent by John McCall

When Highland Council relocated to the Charles Kennedy Building in 2018, they gifted an array of interesting items to the Museum.  Among the objects d

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