Scottish Highlands - Museums

This small museum in Newtonmore covers the history of Clan Macpherson and the Badenoch area. A special highlight is the story of Macpherson of Cluny, one of the last of the Jacobites. Cluny went into hiding after the Battle of Culloden and was on the run for 9 years.
Main Street, Newtonmore, Cairngorms, Highlands and Islands, Scotland, PH20 1DE

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Heritage Highlight: The Black Chanter of Clan Chattan

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Corrigall is a museum of farming and rural life set in a group of stone 18th-century buildings restored to late 19th-century appearance, giving a glimpse of traditional Orkney life in the Victorian period.
Harray, Orkney, Highlands and Islands, Scotland, KW17 2JR

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The attractive 18th-century town courthouse in Cromarty has been converted into a fascinating free museum and visitor centre. Witness a recreation of an authentic trial in the courtroom, and see the original gaol cells where prisoners were held to await trial.
Church Street, Cromarty, Ross and Cromarty, Highlands and Islands, Scotland, IV11 8XA

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Culloden was the last tragic roll of the dice in Bonnie Prince Charlie's attempt to wrest the throne of Britain from the Hanoverian dynasty. On these fields near Inverness the Jacobite army met the English under the Duke of Cumberland, on 16 April 1746. The Jacobites were routed, and the Prince was forced to flee.
Culloden Moor, Inverness, Highlands, Highlands and Islands, Scotland, IV2 5EU

Attraction Type: Museum - Battlefield
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Heritage Highlight: Where the Jacobite cause died at last

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The Dunbeath Heritage Centre is a local heritage museum and archive, covering the rich history of the Dunbeath area. The centre is housed in the old school building, once attended by novelist Neil Gunn, who grew up in Dunbeath. Discover Gunn's connections to the area, and see a wealth of archaeological artefacts found locally.
Off the A99, Dunbeath, Highlands and Islands, Scotland, KW6 6ED

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Heritage Highlight: 7th-century Ballachly Stone

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The Fort Augustus Clansman Centre is a combination Celtic craft shop and interactive Highland museum, featuring live demonstrations by costumed actors dressed in traditional Highland garb, who give visitors a glimpse into traditional Highland customs and a way of life that has thrived in this area for hundreds of years.
Fort Augustus, Loch Ness, Highlands, Highlands and Islands, Scotland, PH32 4BD

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Heritage Highlight: Housed in a 19th-century schoolhouse

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This attractive modern museum is housed in a converted nuclear bunker and showcases life in the North West Highlands, including a recreation of a traditional crofting cottage and a schoolroom.
Auchtercairn, Gairloch, HIghlands , Highlands and Islands, Scotland, IV21 2BH

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Garenin (or Gearrannan as it is spelled in Gaelic) is a coastal crofting village on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis, north of Carloway. The area has been settled since ancient times, but the village at Gearrannan dates to the 17th century. Gearrannan inhabitants lived in a type of thatched cottage known as a 'blackhouse', built of stone and turf, with walls of double thickness.
Gearrannan, Carloway, Garenin, Isle of Lewis, Highlands and Islands, Scotland, HS2 9AL

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This small museum in Rosemarkie is home to the best collection of Pictish art in the Ross-shire. The core of the exhibit is 15 beautifully carved Pictish stones, all carved locally, dating to the 7th-9th century.
High Street, Rosemarkie, Highlands, Highlands and Islands, Scotland, IV10 8UF

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Heritage Highlight: 8th century Rosemarkie Cross Slab

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The Highland Folk Museum was the very first open-air museum in mainland Britain and includes traditional Highland buildings brought to the Newtonmore site from across the north of Scotland, including a blackhouse, clack mill, and a schoolhouse.
Kingussie Road, Newtonmore, Highlands, Highlands and Islands, Scotland, PH20 1AY

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Heritage Highlight: Re-created 1700 crofting township

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