‘Tissie’ DollHighland Museum of Childhood Tissie was one of the very first objects to be donated when the Highland Museum of Childhood was established. She is a beautiful example of an expensive, early Victorian doll. Her head and shoulders are made of papier-mâché,...
Bronze-Age BeakerWest Highland Museum This special Bronze Age object dates to the Beaker Period, around 4,000 years ago. This period takes its name from the number of distinctive beakers found. This one was in a gravel knoll above the Nether Lochaber Hotel in Corran,...
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....
Raptor Claw Brooch Grantown Museum This set of talons come from a bird of prey, probably a golden eagle. The claw has been made into a brooch and dates from the late 1800s. During this period, jewellery made from animal and insect parts was considered the height of...
