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Archives Revealed Consortium Grant: Celebrating Gaelic archive collections

High Life Highland's Highland Archive Service (HAS) is delighted to announce that it has been awarded an Archives Revealed Consortium Grant for a collaborative project led by the Skye and Lochalsh Archive Centre. Working in partnership with the Scottish Council on Archives, Tasglann nan Eilean, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar and Sabhal Mòr Ostaig (UHI), the initiative will help safeguard and increase access to Scotland's rich Gaelic archival heritage.

Group photograph of eight people standing outdoors on a gravel terrace overlooking a town and surrounding greenery. The group is arranged in a line facing the camera, with buildings, trees, and rolling hills visible in the background under a cloudy sky. The image appears to have been taken during a staff, volunteer, or community heritage gathering in a scenic Highland setting.

Summer 2026 Newsletter

Explore what's been happening across the Highland Archive Service in our Summer 2026 Newsletter

Group photograph of Highland Archive Service staff gathered outside the Highland Archive and Registration Centre in Inverness. Team members are seated and standing in front of the building, with the High Life Highland logo and centre name displayed on the stone-clad exterior

Highland Archive Service's Annual Report 2025-2026

Discover the Highland Archive Service's achievements, projects and impact over the past year

Spring 2026 Newsletter

Discover the latest updates, community events, and conservation work from Highland Archive Service centres across the Highlands

A collage of four images showing community group activities and presentations related to local history. The top-left image depicts a group of people seated in a room with wooden doors and stacked chairs, arranged for a talk or discussion. The top-right image shows several individuals pointing at a large screen displaying a black-and-white photograph of a school group with text above it. The bottom-left image features a presentation slide titled “1715: Highland Family Connections” projected on a screen, with two people seated near the front. The bottom-right image shows a larger group gathered in a meeting room, seated around tables with a projector and presentation materials visible. The setting suggests educational or heritage engagement events.

Winter 2025 Newsletter

Catch up on the latest news, events, and community outreach from Highland Archive Service's centres across the Highlands

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Highland Archive Service Accreditation Review Success

Highland Archive Service continues to retain its status as an Accredited Archive Service

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Enabling historiography: the responsibility of the archivist as conduit

Highland Archive Service takes part in ‘Transnational Island Museologies’

Group photo of staff standing indoors on a stone-tiled floor between two vertical banners. The left banner reads “Conservation Glèidheadhchas” with images of archival materials and the High Life Highland logo. The right banner reads “Highland Archive Taghlaran na Gàidhealtachd” with images of archive facilities and the same logo.

Highland Archive Service remains top of its game

 Highland Archive Service has achieved reaccreditation

Historic black-and-white photograph showing a group of female workers outdoors at a fish processing site. Several individuals are wearing heavy aprons and head coverings, carrying large metal tubs filled with fish. In the background, there are wooden structures, barrels, and additional workers engaged in similar tasks. The setting appears to be an early 20th-century herring industry scene.

Funding award – Stories of the Herring Girls

Funding award for the Herring Girls exhibition

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Closing the queer history gap

Stories of the LGBTQ+ community in the Highlands & Islands

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Highland Archive Service receives national accreditation

Highland Archive Service receives national accreditation

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Archives Accreditation awarded to Nucleus

The Nuclear and Caithness Archive is the latest Scottish service to be awarded Accredited Archive Status

Donate to our Archives

The Archive Service preserves, conserves and makes accessible over 700 years of Highland history. There is no charge to visit our Archive Centres and access the collections we hold, but High Life Highland is a charity and we rely on your donations.

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