Museums · Scottish Highlands
Gairloch Museum
In or near Gairloch.
Gairloch Museum — museum in Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Family-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Gairloch Museum is a museum in the United Kingdom. Address: IV21 2BP. Wikidata describes it as: "museum in Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom". Coordinates: 57.7284°, -5.6905°.
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From the Wikipedia article
Gairloch Museum (Scottish Gaelic: Taigh-tasgaidh Gheàrrloch) is an independent museum in the Wester Ross region of Scotland. The museum is located in the Highland village of Gairloch, in Achtercairn. The museum moved to a new site in 2019- a former Cold War building that had been converted to house exhibitions. The following year the museum was named one of the five winners of the 2020 ArtFund Museum of the Year Award.
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Background
History
The museum opened in 1977, with the organisation set up as local branch of the Ross and Cromarty Heritage Society. This came about through the efforts of Sylvia Murdoch, her husband Morton Murdoch and others, such as Kay Matheson. This would later become the Gairloch & District Heritage Society and then the Gairloch & District Heritage Company Ltd. They applied and were successful in converting part of the existing farm steading in Achtercairn to form a heritage museum and clubs rooms for members during the winter months for lectures and films, among others. The year later they applied and were successful in converting the second wing of farm steading to extend the museum as the current…
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- Coordinates
- 57.7284, -5.6905
- District
- Highland
- Postcode
- IV21 2BP
- Parliamentary constituency
- Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire
- Established
- 1977
- Official site
- www.gairlochheritagemuseum.org
Sources
- wikidata: Q16838220 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Gairloch Museum (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: External shot of Gairloch Museum.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Gairloch Museum?
- Gairloch Museum is in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom (postcode IV21 2BP).
- What is Gairloch Museum?
- Gairloch Museum — museum in Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Gairloch Museum?
- Drivers can use postcode IV21 2BP.
- When was Gairloch Museum built?
- Built or established in 1977.
- How do I get to Gairloch Museum?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode IV21 2BP. It sits within the Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire parliamentary constituency.