Highland Life

Traditionally on Burns night we toast the Bard with whisky, we recite the Selkirk grace[1] and we address a haggis. Did addressing a Hanoverian in 168

Cameron is a place name in the ancient kingdom of Fife meaning “crooked hill” from the old Gàidhlig words cam brun. It gave its name to a knightly fam

During the lockdown of 2020 I wrote a series of articles, about the remote and unique island archipelago of St Kilda. Somehow the isolation of lockdow

In September 2021 Jan Manos, a museum professional from the United States got in touch with us to offer us a very special gift.  This beautiful Christ

In November, John Currie visited us as the West Highland Museum and was able to provide a fascinating insight into one of the objects in our collectio

A recent Lochaber Archaeological Society visit to old Kilmallie Cemetery unearthed a familiar problem. The gravestone of Alan Cameron, baker of Inverl

Within the Museum stands a mysterious block of iron known as the ‘Clanranald anvil’.  Amid a haze of folklore, we can discern something intriguing, so

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