West Highland Museum has recently obtained on long term loan a distinctive snuff box that was present during the Battle of Culloden. This item is a ram’s horn snuff mull – taking snuff was the fashionable means of inhaling Nicotine before cigarettes. The object has a silver lid inscribed with the motto of Clan Chattan: […]
A Grim Relic from the Battle of Culloden Read More »
One cannot properly understand the exiled Stuarts in Rome, and the importance of their relationship with Poland, without understanding the role played by one extraordinary individual. That man was the Stuarts’ most trusted confidant. He was also an intimate friend of the Stuarts’ closest Polish cousins, Prince Michał Radziwiłł and his eldest son Prince
BISHOP GIORGIO LASCARIS AND THE STUART – RADZIWILL CIRCLE BY PETER PININSKI Read More »
Objects from the Drambuie Collection have been on loan to West Highland Museum since 2018 and can be viewed in our Jacobite Gallery. Following on from our highly successful “An evening with Drambuie” event, Andy Fairgrieve from William Grant and Sons Ltd has written a blog for us focusing on the history of Drambuie liqueur.
A History of Drambuie Read More »
The Clan
The Highland Clan System and our way of life eventually gave way to Feudal tenure and Oighhread (pronounced owruck), which was introduced to
The Hero of High Bridge Read More »
With just over one week to go before this iconic exhibition closes, Curator Vanessa Martin reflects on the highlights of bringing this iconic exhibiti
Return of the Stuarts Centenary Exhibition Read More »
Continuing with the article from the London Illustrated News, dated 27th January 1872, in which the Victorians marked the 150th anniversary of Flora M
Flora MacDonald – Part II Read More »
2022 marks the 300th anniversary of Flora MacDonald’s birth. With it comes the opportunity to honour her life and her bravery, in assisting Prince Cha
2022 marks the 300th anniversary of Flora MacDonald’s birth. With it comes the opportunity to honour her life and her bravery, in assisting Prince Cha
Flora MacDonald – Part I Read More »
In progress and will be accessible at 2pm on Friday 16th July
Jacobite Banknotes – The Story, the Sale and the Raffle Read More »