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  • West Highland Museum Charity Dinner Feb 2026

    West Highland Museum Charity Dinner Feb 2026

    On Friday evening, 13 February 2026,  the museum hosted a Charity Fundraising Dinner at The Highland Soap Company Visitor Centre & Larder Cafe in Fort William. This was a wonderful event with many individuals and businesses supporting us with raffle & auction prizes, plus many people donating their time and expertise to help us ensure…

  • West Highland Museum celebrates 100 years of Jacobite collecting with new acquisitions

    West Highland Museum celebrates 100 years of Jacobite collecting with new acquisitions

    This year West Highland Museum in Fort William celebrates 100 years since it held its very first Jacobite exhibition, Prince Charles Edward & the ’45 Campaign Exhibition.  Over the past century the organisation has accumulated one of the best collections of Jacobite material culture in Scotland. To acknowledge this milestone in its history the Museum successfully…

  • Treasured World War II Medals with a Fascinating Story Gifted to the Museum

    Treasured World War II Medals with a Fascinating Story Gifted to the Museum

    The museum was delighted to be recently gifted military service awards that once belonged to Fort William soldier, Alexander Finlayson Beaton. The medals were donated by his daughter Maggie Hardy (nee Beaton) and granddaughter Tracy Anderson.  The World War II military service medals and badge were awarded to most servicing military personnel, but what makes…