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Take 5<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Celebrate Highland traditions and identity<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n What do we think of when we think of the Highlands? What are the objects and stories that matter? There\u2019s so much to celebrate and explore on Museum of the Highlands, including creativity and clanship, music and even misadventures.<\/p>\n 1) A great starting point for exploring Highland identity is with music, which has to include the clarsach or harp!<\/p>\n In fact, there are two on Museum of the Highlands, the beautifully decorated Poltalloch clarsach at West Highland Museum and a lovely example of a more typical clarsach from Grantown Museum.<\/p>\n You can explore the sound of the harp with What\u2019s that Noise? Or there\u2019s also an Object in Focus activity. But we couldn\u2019t forget the bagpipes! You can listen to a set of those too! 2) There\u2019s heaps on Museum of the Highlands to help you explore clan history too.<\/p>\n At Grantown Museum, the outstanding example of a ring brooch, the Cromdale Brooch, will take you into the mysterious world of the Clan Chattan, a unique confederation of Highland clans that flourished from the thirteenth century. The families came together under one group for protection against threats from larger clans around them. Or explore a carved wooden box with stag design, from Clan Mackenzie, in Gairloch Museum. 3) One incredible story that you can\u2019t miss concerns the \u2018liberation\u2019 of the Stone of Scone, taken from Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day, 1950.<\/p>\n Find out more as we focus on the character of Kay Matheson, inspired by an object from Gairloch Museum. Why is this stone a symbol of Scottish identity and where is it now? Explore it all in our interactive story. 4) The Highlands is also the home to an incredible variety of creative talent. Museum of the Highlands celebrates Highlands artistry and skill again and again.<\/p>\n From the Celtic Revival, you\u2019ll find a wealth of objects and stories from Groam House Museum, including the hunting-design rug by George Bain and Celtic-inspired designs from the island of Iona, with everything from a tea cosy to a hair slide. Next, explore the career of George Bain and an important commission he received on the shores of Loch Ness.
Poltalloch Clarsach | Museum of the Highlands<\/a>
Clarsach | Museum of the Highlands<\/a>
NOISE-3 | Museum of the Highlands<\/a><\/p>\n
NOISE-2 | Museum of the Highlands<\/a><\/p>\n
Cromdale Brooch | Museum of the Highlands<\/a><\/p>\n
Clan Mackenzie Designed Box | Museum of the Highlands<\/a><\/p>\n
Kay Matheson | Museum of the Highlands<\/a><\/p>\n
Hunting Rug | Museum of the Highlands<\/a>
Iona Celtic Art Tea Cosy | Museum of the Highlands<\/a>
Crescent Hair Slide by Alexander Ritchie | Museum of the Highlands<\/a><\/p>\n
George Bain | Museum of the Highlands<\/a><\/p>\n