iain, Author at West Highland Museum

MY BLARMACFOLDACH SCHOOL DAYS

Deep in my memories is the love for our little school in the country which at the time of me attending only had four pupils. My sister Margaret and

Much of history is of great events – good or bad – often told from the point of view of the victor. But often on a journey through a museum little p

I have been thinking about what to write for this blog post now for a couple of months. It seems like my words have disappeared from me during the

A relic of the museum’s early days in Fort William was donated back in 2013 when it turned up in a bookshop in Western Pennsylvania in the USA.
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As part of the #MuseumsSparkJoy campaign Ron Cameron tells us what objects in the West Highland Museum’s collection spark joy and inspire him.
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In the Highlands and beyond the story is well-known. The brave encounter of Major Donald Macdonell of Tirnadris* who, with just 11 men and a piper,

The West Highland Museum’s Commando room has proved to be a hugely successful recent development.
As a child in Banavie in the 1940s and 1950s, the

On 8 May 1945 the country celebrated VE Day. Betty Bruce lived with her parents in Inverlochy village on the outskirts of Fort William where she at

In 2016 it was a very distinct honour to work on the original sword of Donald Cameron of Lochiel (1700 – 1748).
Donald Cameron was the 19th Clan Ca

The Lochaber Power Company and the British Aluminium Company were formed, and by 1924 work had begun on constructing a smelter at Fort William.
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