NEWS & EVENTS

We welcome Colleen Foggo, our new Manager!

30.01.2012

Well known in Lochaber, being married to Andrew Foggo and as Business Manager with the Fort William Branch of the Bank of Scotland for 25 years, she is actively involved in cycling.  She has competed in mountain biking races and on road and is a member of the West Highland Wheelers. She brings local knowledge [...]

Winter closure

19.12.2011

The Museum will be closing for some essential works for the months of January and February. We will reopen in March next year and anticipate an embryonic Commando Exhibition. More information to follow……

Mairi Mooney leaves at end of January

At the end of January we will say goodbye to our Curator/Manager Mairi – who has overseen the major changes in the Museum over the last year. Mairi is taking off travelling and we wish her all the very best. We are presently in the recruitment process for her replacement.

“Letters and News at the Lochside” by Henry Tamworth Wells.

11.12.2011

At a meeting of the Trustees on 24 November 2011, the painting by Henry Tamworth Wells, “Letters and News at the Lochside”, was discussed. Last year the Trustees had considered the sale of the painting, which currently hangs in Arisaig House, to raise funds for the Museum – to acquire land for access to build [...]

“Strip the Willow 1997″ DVD!

03.12.2011

Our 1997 “Longest Strip the Willow in the West” DVD is now available! The “Strip theWillow” was organised to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the Museum, just as we reopened after a major refurbishment. Were you one of the 3,000 on the High Street on 23rd May 1997 when Fort William danced the night away [...]

As others see us!

06.11.2011

Receiving feedback on the Museum is always valuable. Better too when the reports are as good as those on TripAdvisor recently! October 2011: “Some of the best mementoes of the Jacobite era that I have seen. Also original documents relating to Culloden and the Glencoe massacre.” September 2011: “Because it was raining, we went into [...]

Finding our new Manager…..

02.11.2011

Our ‘splendidly idiosyncratic’ * Museum will start  2012 with a new Manager as  Mairi Mooney, our Curator/Manager,  will leave at the end of January to pursue new ideas – we will be wishing her well.  The closing date for applications has now passed and we are in the selection process. * ‘The Rough Guide to [...]

Model T Ford

20.05.2011

On Saturday 13th May 1911 a Model T Ford, driven by Henry Alexander of Edinburgh, reached the summit of Ben Nevis.  That event was commemorated almost exactly 100 years later, on 18th May 2011, when  a 1911 Model T was carried to the summit by a party of over 60 volunteers, which included one of our Trustees.  That [...]

Motorbikes on Display

The museum is currently home to two motorbikes on loan from the Scottish Six Day Trials Association. It is expected that the motorbikes will remain in the museum over the summer season.  Some photographs and memorabilia are also on display.

Museum Re-opens FREE admission

09.03.2011

The West Highland Museum will be re-opening at 10am on the 14th March 2011. Admission to the museum is now FREE. We have new ranges in the shop which will continue to expand over the coming months and expect to welcome new exhibits to the museum during summer.