Stone Water Bottle Ullapool Museum Stone hot water bottles have been used for centuries as a way to heat the bed and even to alleviate aches and pains when wrapped up in cloth. They are found in most social history collections within museums, due to their popularity!...
Ullapool Museum Model Ullapool Museum This model representation of the Telford Church in Ullapool also depicts the Ullapool Museum building! Religion was an important part of life in the Highlands in the nineteenth century but many communities did not have a church....
Bronze Age Axe HeadUllapool Museum Axes like this were everyday tools during the Bronze Age and essential for survival. They were used for lots of tasks like butchering meat and scraping animal hides, but mostly for chopping down wood. Wood was an important fuel...
Simrad Echo Sounder Ullapool Museum Echo-sound technology like this Simrad echo sounder cleverly works to locate objects under the sea. By sending out sound waves and recording the time it takes for the echo to return, the echo sounder is able to detect the depth of...
Butter StampUllapool Museum This butter stamp would have been used for creating a design on a block of warm butter. Stamps were sometimes used by farmers and commercial dairy companies as a way of labelling their produce, functioning as an early form of ‘trademark’....
