iain, Author at West Highland Museum

Reopening 1st June 2021

We are pleased to announce that the West Highland Museum re-opened to the public on Tuesday 1 June 2021.
We currently have limited opening hours: Tues

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Jon Schueler’s “Snow Cloud: Sun and Sleat, I.”

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Jon Schueler (1916-1992)
Snow Cloud: Sun and Sleat, I, November 1974 28 x 24 in/71.12x 60.96 cm, oil on canvas (o/c 379)
Collection: The West High

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Museum to Feature in BBC Grand Tours series

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We’re really excited that the museum will be featuring in BBC Scotland’s Grand Tours of Scotland’s Lochs series on Wednesday 24th March 2021.
In this

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2021 Student Bursary Scheme Launched

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We’re very pleased to announce the return of the West Highland Museum Bursary for 2021.
We are looking for one or two students to help us out over

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Major MacFarlane’s Pistols

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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

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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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Fort William’s friendship with the Objiway

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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

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