What's On

Trial by Jury with author Mark Bridgeman

Friday 25 October - 7pm - £12.50 per ticket

Will You Send A Man To The Gallows?

Best-selling author Mark Bridgeman will be celebrating the launch of The Scottish Murder Book at the West Highland Museum, with a real life murder trial - in which YOU the audience will become the jury! See the evidence, hear the witnesses, listen to the advocates, make your decision.

With a PRIZE for one lucky winner, the verdict revealed, and a Q&A with the author, this promises to be an event to remember! Complimentary drinks and nibbles included.

Community event - limited availability

Rural Education Trust - pop up session

Tuesday 5 November

Our friends from the Rural Education Trust at Torlundy will take over the Commando Room for a pop up workshop on all things crofting. There will be exhibits from their crofting museum, as well as volunteers from their team available to chat to you about what they do.

At 11am there will be an opportunity to watch the team make butter, the old fashioned way, using their butter churn from the croft.

This will be a walk in event, so no need to pre-book, come along, meet the volunteers and learn more about what it was like to grow up on a croft.

We look forward to seeing you there ...

Community event

Camanachd: Geama Aosda nan Gleann Abrach

Shinty: Ancient Game of the Lochaber Glens exhibition

September to the end of October

West Highland Museum is hosting its “Camanachd: Geama Aosda nan Gleann Abrach” (Shinty: Ancient Game of the Lochaber Glens) exhibition from 2nd September to the end of October to celebrate the Camanachd Cup Final being played in Fort William on 21st September.
The exhibition focuses on the history of shinty, its Gaelic connections & episodes in the history of the 3 local teams - Fort William Shinty Club, Lochaber Camanachd Club & Kilmallie Shinty Club - up until 1964.

Thanks to Shinty Memories Scotland for sponsoring the exhibition.

Exhibition

The Lost Portrait of Bonnie Prince Charlie

1 July 2023 - April 2024

Believed to be the famous lost Highlander Portrait of Bonnie Prince Charlie, this portrait was thought to have been painted in Scotland in 1745/6. It is on public display for the very first time since its identification by Dr Bendor Grosvenor.

ADMISSION: Free. Donations welcome

TO BOOK: No booking required

EXHIBITION

Our Museum Guided Tour

Ongoing

Are you a group of 10 or more? Join one of our expert volunteer guides for a tour of the museum. Guided tours are subject to the availability of our guides.

ADMISSION: Contact us for group prices (under 18s free)

BOOKING essential. Email info@westhighlandmuseum.org.uk to enquire.

Tour