Open Day | FREE Entry | 20 Sep 11am kids crafts | 2pm building tour | spinning demo | treasure hunt #DoorsOpenDays #HIClimateFest #KidsInMuseums #FamilyFriendly

Behind the postcard view, the Scottish Highlands is tackling a depopulation crisis. What will encourage its young people to stay or return? Explore the reality of growing up in Mackay Country in this new 3-part podcast, #HighlandsReimagined. Out now! #ScottishHighlands #Podcast

We are excited to launch Highlands Reimagined. Join host Will Sadler and a cast of folk living and working in north Sutherland as they explore what it means to live here. Follow Wild For Scotland or search Highlands Reimagined wherever you get your podcasts. #CommunityDevelopment #TeensInMuseums

Check out our historic graffiti! Begun by Rev George Munro in 1774 when our church was built. He made sure to include his predecessor John Skeldoch. John was said to be more interested in his cattle than his flock. Listed to is David Mackenzie, minister at the time of the Highland Clearances

Another delivery of Morsbags from the wonderful Strathnaver Stitchers. Morsbags are made from unwanted & discarded fabric: reusing material, reducing material going to landfill, & reducing plastic use. Available with large purchases while stocks last. #GreenTourism #HighlandMuseums #HIClimateFest

Improving accessibility was a major consideration during our refurbishment project; not an easy feat within our 250 year old listed building!

Shipshape by Joanne B Kaar 10am to 5pm, Saturday 7th June Pop into the Strathnaver Museum Annex tomorrow for our new exhibition, meet the artist & have a go at woodcut printing! Explore the intangible cultural heritage around clinker-built boats. #FamilyFriendly #KidsInMuseums #ArtistsInMuseums

#MuseumsWeek today is #TogethernessMW & over 8 decades, volunteers have made Strathnaver Museum what it is today. In the 1950s our founder's vision was to create a museum for the area. Their successors build on this & today Strathnaver Museum is an important attraction. #VolunteersWeek2025

Todays #MuseumWeek topic is #MovementMW. Following on from yesterdays post about the testimonies of those who were removed from their homes during the Highland Clearances there are stories of inward migration.

Our pulpit audio visual display is one of our most popular and emotive exhibits but did you know it uses AI technology? #MuseumsWeek2025 #AIMuseumsMW #HighlandMuseums

🌟Upcoming exhibition in the Annex🌟 Shipshape by Joanne B Kaar 6th June to 26th July Preserving the intangible cultural heritage around traditional boat building. #ICH #TraditionalSkills #Art #Printmaking #NC500 #HeritageCrafts

📚 Explore life in 1700s Mackay Country through the tale of a favourite son. 🖊 Dr Ellen Beard, Dr Elizabeth Ritchie and Malcolm Bangor-Jones. This informative 76 page booklet can be purchased in our gift shop for £5 or online: www.strathnavermuseum.org.uk/rob-donn-tra... #NC500 #LocalHistory

Nurse Barbara Sutherland from Kirtomy served as a Queen Alexandria Imperial Military Nurse during #WWII. Signing up in 1942 she boarded the SS Ceramic headed to South Africa with 29 other QAIMNs. Their ship was torpedoed off the Azores with the loss of 656. #VEDay #VEDay80 #BettyhillWarMemorial

Cycling in the Straths our popular sportive is back. Join us for a fun day of cycling in beautiful north Sutherland and enjoy our famous Mackay Country hospitality. Help support our community heritage projects. Sign up here: www.cyclinginthestraths.co.uk/entries #Cycling #CyclingSportive #Cycle

All ready for our pop-up exhibition in Bettyhill Village Hall tomorrow! There will be a display of biographical panels, our 2005 film Their Past, Your Future, objects from the store, refreshments and table top games. 11am to 3pm, 3rd May. #VEDay80 #VEDay #HighlandMuseums #LocalHistory

Hamish is delighted with his edible National Art Pass from @artfund.bsky.social. Enjoy free access to Strathnaver Museum and lots of other great heritage sites across the UK with your National Art Pass. Get yours here: www.artfund.org/national-art...

🌟 Strathnaver Collection Spotlight 🌟 This is one of two chairs that were rescued from one of the longhouses during the Strathnaver Clearances. #StrathnaverCollection #HighlandMuseum

Very excited to be welcoming @communitylandsc.bsky.social Where We Stand to Strathnaver Museum Annex in May! Join us at our National Lottery Open Week Open Day on Saturday to find out what's new for 2025. #ThanksToYou #HighlandMuseums #CommunityOwnership

Glass artist Marta Sienkiewicz has created the most beautiful painted glass panel for us! Inspired by the Species on the Edge project and made possible thanks to funding from MGS, #UKSPF, Highland Council, and the William Syson Fund. Come see it at our Open Day on Saturday #HighlandMuseums

We had a fantastic time at the Highland Heritage Day on Saturday. Fiona shared our fundraising tips to a packed auditorium, we learned about succession planning from Ian Leith of Wick Heritage, John O'Groats Mill, and Scottishn Civic Trust. And we made lots of great connections with heritage groups!

Thanks to Farr Primary School & ELC for hosting us. We explored museum objects & made quilt squares with messages of hope & action for the future of our planet. Part of National Museums Scotland Sewing Hope project funded by Scottish Government Climate Engagement Fund. #KidsInMuseums #GreenTourism

To be paid and credited for scientific work as a woman in the 1880s, financially supporting her mother and sisters, and leaving behind a wealth of stunning and accurate entomological images that are still relevant today. 🐞 Please join us in in celebrating Maud Horman-Fisher 🎨🦋

Today is #InternationalWomensDay and this year's theme is #AccelerateAction. Women's stories and achievements are often overlooked in the archives. Museums have a role to play in sharing these stories and inspiring future generations to action. During #WomensHistoryMonth we'll share #HerStory

In celebration of #WomensHistoryMonth we'll be sharing women's stories from our archives throughout the month of March. Jessie Mackay (1864-1938), poet, New Zealand #WomensHistory #HighlandMuseums #ClanMackay #ScottishDiaspora #HerStory #MackayArchive

🎊 New exhibit for 2025 🎊 Inspired by our Shirley Poole watercolours and the work of Species on the Edge glass artist Marta Sienkiewicz has created a stunning glass panel. Made possible with support and funding from Museums Galleries Scotland, Highland Council, #UKSPF, and Species on the Edge.

We are hiring! Museum Operational Manager Full job description and person specification are available at: www.westhighlandmuseum.org.uk/opportunitie... Apply by email with your CV to: [email protected] #jobs #museumjobs #ScotlandJobs #hiring #recruit

Rugadh mis' anns a' gheamhradh Measg nam beanntaichean gruamach I was born in the winter Among the lowering mountains Opening lines of Rob Donn's 'To the Earl of Sutherland', written for the 18th Earl. #LàAbairtNaGàidhlig #SayAGaelicPhraseDay #HighlandMuseums

Gearing up for a month of Sewing Hope! With the help of pupils from North Sutherland School Group and North Coast Campus we'll be sharing our hopes for our planet as part of National Museums of Scotland's Climate Change project funded by Scottish Government's Climate Engagement Fund. #KidsInMuseums

More Ship to Shore printmaking experiments from Joanne B Kaar, our Artist in Residence, exploring the legacy of boat building. Press Gang workshops and fish printing with schools coming soon!

🌟In search of local artists!🌟 Goldeneye Environment is looking to contract a local artist to deliver a “Creative Evaluation” of the Species on the Edge (north coast) conservation work with Small Blue butterflies in Caithness. For more info: [email protected]. 📸 Sharp Photography

The snowdrops are looking bonny in the winter...gearing up to reopen in March! Tue to Thu, 10am to 2pm, from 4th March. Mon to Sat, 10am to 5pm from 1st April.

Shipshape by Joanne B. Kaar, Artist in Residence Joanne has been exploring the intangible cultural heritage surrounding boat building and boat building tools and techniques. Joanne is a research based visual artist and these are some of her first woodcut experiments.

We're delighted to be here and will be sharing stories from 8,000 years of human occupation in northwest Sutherland in the bonny Scottish Highlands.