Scottish Highlands - Museums

Hugh Miller, stonemason, geologist, editor and writer, was born in this simple thatched cottage in 1802. Beside the cottage is a Georgian house now used as a museum of Miller's extraordinary life and work.
Church Street, Cromarty, Highlands, Highlands and Islands, Scotland, IV11 8XA

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The premier museum and gallery venue in Inverness, this modern museum with historic roots hosts displays on the heritage of the Highlands way of life, local history, the Picts, the Caledonian Canal, and silver production.
Castle Wynd, Inverness, Highlands , Highlands and Islands, Scotland, IV2 3EB

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This modern museum lies on the A865 about seven miles from Lochboisdale. The museum is only part of a small complex of buildings which include a cafe, craft shop for local artisans, and a cultural centre. Much of the museum collection was drawn together by Father John Morrison, the local parish priest of Iochdar during the 1950s and 60s.
A865, Kildonan, Highlands and Islands, Scotland, HS8

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The Kirbuster Museum is housed in an unrestored traditional Orkney longhouse, dating to at least the 16th century. A stone bed, traditional household furnishings, farm implements, and artefacts of daily life provide a fascinating glimpse of daily life in Orkney over the past centuries.
Birsay, Kirbuster, Orkney, Highlands and Islands, Scotland, KW17 2LR

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A traditional 18th-century thatched longhouse has been preserved and includes a dwelling area, workshop, byre, and free-standing thatched barn. The interior of the crofter's cottage is a delightful jumble of traditional artefacts from daily life, including an example of a 'Caithness chair' and a box bed.
A9, Laidhay, Dunbeath, Highlands and Islands, Scotland, KW6 6EH

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The Loch Ness Centre and Exhibition tells the story of Loch Ness and the legendary Loch Ness Monster. Themed exhibition areas explore the unique ecology of the loch and the history of the search for 'Nessie' lurking in its depths.
A82, Drumnadrochit, Highlands and Islands, Scotland, IV63 6TU

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A 19th-century crofter's cottage has been kept as it was when the last owner left it. Look back in time at a way of life followed by three generations of the same family. See the thatched pig hut and peat-fed open range.
Ness Road, Dunnet, Highlands and Islands, Scotland, KW14 8YD

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Heritage Highlight: A time-capsule of crofting life

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A reconstruction of an Iron Age corn mill and kiln driven by a stream from nearby Loch Roinavat. The mill was in use until the 1930s. There are two traditional thatched buildings, built in part by local schoolchildren, showing how the Norse ground and dried corn.
A858, Shawbost, Highlands and Islands, Scotland, HS2 9BJ

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Heritage Highlight: The only working traditional mill in the Western Isles

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This picturesque croft house gives a picture of mid-19th-century rural life in an environment where the menfolk tended to fish while women and children worked the land. This cottage at Boddam was in use until the 1960s and has been maintained to show how a typical 19th-century crofting family would have lived.
Boddam, Mainland, Shetland, Highlands and Islands, Scotland

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The Shetland Museum houses an important collection of Pictish silver ornaments and utensils from the 8th century, along with exhibits on the archaeology, maritime history, and folk life of the Shetland islands.
Hay's Dock, Lerwick, Mainland, Shetland, Highlands and Islands, Scotland, ZE1 0WP

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