Strathnaver Museum
@strathnaver-museum.bsky.social
Fully accredited volunteer led museum on the North Coast 500. Explore 8,000 years of human occupation in north west Sutherland through the lens of the brutal Highland Clearances.
Open Day | FREE Entry | 20 Sep
11am kids crafts | 2pm building tour | spinning demo | treasure hunt #DoorsOpenDays #HIClimateFest #KidsInMuseums #FamilyFriendly
11am kids crafts | 2pm building tour | spinning demo | treasure hunt #DoorsOpenDays #HIClimateFest #KidsInMuseums #FamilyFriendly
September 19, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Open Day | FREE Entry | 20 Sep
11am kids crafts | 2pm building tour | spinning demo | treasure hunt #DoorsOpenDays #HIClimateFest #KidsInMuseums #FamilyFriendly
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
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
September 8, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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
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
Follow Wild For Scotland or search Highlands Reimagined wherever you get your podcasts.
#CommunityDevelopment #TeensInMuseums
September 2, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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
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
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
August 16, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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
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
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
July 28, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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
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
The guide is presented on a large iPad and gives access to all the audio visual displays, highlights key objects in each display, and provides panoramas of the Daily Life Room and Mackay Centre.
June 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The guide is presented on a large iPad and gives access to all the audio visual displays, highlights key objects in each display, and provides panoramas of the Daily Life Room and Mackay Centre.
Instead we turned to a digital solution and the team at Abound Design & Interpretation Ltd and CMC Associates Ltd created our Virtual Access Guide.
June 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Instead we turned to a digital solution and the team at Abound Design & Interpretation Ltd and CMC Associates Ltd created our Virtual Access Guide.
Our architects, Oberlanders Architects, took advice from the Sutherland Access Forum to make practical solutions where we could. Unfortunately a lift was unfeasible within the building.
June 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Our architects, Oberlanders Architects, took advice from the Sutherland Access Forum to make practical solutions where we could. Unfortunately a lift was unfeasible within the building.
Improving accessibility was a major consideration during our refurbishment project; not an easy feat within our 250 year old listed building!
June 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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
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
June 6, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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
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
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
June 5, 2025 at 9:16 PM
#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
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
Just as those who were removed during the Highland Clearances took their culture to new parts of the world, so did their more ancient forebears, with their beaker designs and funerary practices.
#HighlandMuseums #MuseumsWeek2025
#HighlandMuseums #MuseumsWeek2025
June 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Just as those who were removed during the Highland Clearances took their culture to new parts of the world, so did their more ancient forebears, with their beaker designs and funerary practices.
#HighlandMuseums #MuseumsWeek2025
#HighlandMuseums #MuseumsWeek2025
Grave goods were objects of significance to the departed. This practice of burying them was present in many cultures and provides archaeologists with information to help us understand past peoples.
June 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Grave goods were objects of significance to the departed. This practice of burying them was present in many cultures and provides archaeologists with information to help us understand past peoples.
The Chealamy Beaker was discovered by chance during road widening works in 1981. The beaker was found in a burial cist, a small stone-built coffin like structure, at Chealamy in Strathnaver. The beaker was found alongside the remains of a human skeleton, suggestive of grave goods.
June 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The Chealamy Beaker was discovered by chance during road widening works in 1981. The beaker was found in a burial cist, a small stone-built coffin like structure, at Chealamy in Strathnaver. The beaker was found alongside the remains of a human skeleton, suggestive of grave goods.
One of the oldest objects in #StrathnaverCollection represents a story of in-migration to Strathnaver, that of the Beaker people about 4,000 years ago. The style originates in Iberia, modern day Spain and Portugal, and was brought to Britain in the late Neolithic period about 4,400 years ago.
June 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
One of the oldest objects in #StrathnaverCollection represents a story of in-migration to Strathnaver, that of the Beaker people about 4,000 years ago. The style originates in Iberia, modern day Spain and Portugal, and was brought to Britain in the late Neolithic period about 4,400 years ago.
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.
June 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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.
To the environment, peoples' livelihood's, and to the way we connect as individuals & a society... we'd love to hear your thoughts. Is AI a useful tool, or a step to far?
June 2, 2025 at 6:13 PM
To the environment, peoples' livelihood's, and to the way we connect as individuals & a society... we'd love to hear your thoughts. Is AI a useful tool, or a step to far?
We fed in the information we knew about the witnesses and evicted, including occupations and age at the time of the clearances. This was cross referenced with painting styles from carefully selected contemporary artists, lighting and desired expression to help generate suitable portraits.
June 2, 2025 at 6:13 PM
We fed in the information we knew about the witnesses and evicted, including occupations and age at the time of the clearances. This was cross referenced with painting styles from carefully selected contemporary artists, lighting and desired expression to help generate suitable portraits.
"While visitors listened to their accounts, we wanted to project the faces of the evicted onto the minister's pulpit. We needed to add a suite of powerful new portraits and as an experiment we turned to AI software.
June 2, 2025 at 6:13 PM
"While visitors listened to their accounts, we wanted to project the faces of the evicted onto the minister's pulpit. We needed to add a suite of powerful new portraits and as an experiment we turned to AI software.
We've given them voice but how do we give those who suffered the removals a face? We've paintings of the powerful protagonists whose quest for agricultural improvement inflicted so much hardship, but what of the powerless? As CMC Associates, the team behind our audio visual display, explains:
June 2, 2025 at 6:13 PM
We've given them voice but how do we give those who suffered the removals a face? We've paintings of the powerful protagonists whose quest for agricultural improvement inflicted so much hardship, but what of the powerless? As CMC Associates, the team behind our audio visual display, explains:
So it was important that when giving voice to those who suffered the removals that we used authentic local voices from our community and our volunteers did a wonderful job of bringing their forebears stories to life.
June 2, 2025 at 6:13 PM
So it was important that when giving voice to those who suffered the removals that we used authentic local voices from our community and our volunteers did a wonderful job of bringing their forebears stories to life.
Authenticity of voice is incredibly important to us and the pulpit display uses the words of those who were dispossessed during the 19th century Highland Clearances. These testimonies, often adults recounting their experience as children, are deeply moving.
June 2, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Authenticity of voice is incredibly important to us and the pulpit display uses the words of those who were dispossessed during the 19th century Highland Clearances. These testimonies, often adults recounting their experience as children, are deeply moving.
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
#MuseumsWeek2025 #AIMuseumsMW #HighlandMuseums
June 2, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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
#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
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
May 18, 2025 at 9:41 AM
🌟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
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
🖊 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
May 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM
📚 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
🖊 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