Glencoe Stagecoach PosterGlencoe Folk Museum The stagecoach gave tourists a chance to see Glencoe. The Highlands was one of the first UK tourist destinations, with tours of the region beginning in earnest from the 1750s. At this time, war in Europe prevented the...
Coach Lamp Glencoe Folk Museum The Highlands was one of the first UK tourist destinations, with tours of the region beginning in earnest from the 1750s. At this time, war in Europe prevented the wealthier classes from partaking of the Grand Tour to expand their...
Fish FossilNairn Museum This unusual object is actually a fossilised ‘armoured’ fish from the Middle Devonian period, which is often termed ‘the Age of the Fishes’. It was towards the end of the Devonian period that fish crawled out onto land and would...
A Piece of Thatch from Marram GrassNairn Museum This triangular shaped piece of marram grass was a piece of thatch taken from a Fishertown house. It was gifted by Mr John Mackintosh of Cawdor Village Store in 2004. Marram grass was often used to thatch houses in...
Taxidermy StoatGrantown Museum Taxidermy is the practice of preserving and mounting animal skins in lifelike postures and was very fashionable with Victorian collectors. This taxidermy specimen would have been of interest because it shows the stoat in ermine – in...
