Robert III Half Groat CoinCromarty Courthouse Museum This coin is one many silver coins that have been found by metal detectorists in the fields above Cromarty in the last few years. It is one of the few coins from a Scottish King found in the fields. The coin is a...
Wooden Spear with SnakeskinNairn Museum This Arab spear is known to have belonged to the Baggara or Chadian Arabs. It has a pointed leaf-shaped metal blade and a wooden shaft. Snakeskin is wrapped around it at both ends of the shaft. It is one of several unusual...
Child’s Nurse Dressing-up CostumeHighland Museum of Childhood This nurse dressing-up costume is typical of the uniform nurses wore during the 1940s and 1950s. Consisting of a blue dress, a navy and red cape, an apron, cap, and arm cuffs, it shows high levels of...
Top & WhipHighland Museum of Childhood Childhood was quite different in the 1930s than it is today! Children had far fewer toys, particularly as the country emerged from the privations and rationing of World War Two. During that time, factories, materials, and...
Teddy BearHighland Museum of Childhood This teddy bear was made in the 1930s by the London-based manufacturer Dean’s, the first British company to produce teddy bears. Once covered in soft and fluffy mohair, it is now worn and bare, and rough to the touch,...
