Highland Folk Museum
Young Curators - Open Call
A new opportunity for young people people aged 16-24.
Badenoch Textiles: Economy, innovation and identity in the eighteenth century
An introduction to a new PhD exploring eighteenth‑century Badenoch textiles, identity, and a…
Heritage in Action ‘makes a splash’ at Highland Folk Museum.
Water is the theme for the last 'Heritage in Action' Day of the season at the Highland Folk Museum…
High Life Highland joins forces with museums on UK-wide collaborative programme
High Life Highland is joining a major UK-wide project, Going Places, to co-create touring…
McLean’s shop stores a shed load of memories
Step back in time at the Highland Folk Museum and explore McLean’s Shop, a newly restored exhibit…
Steele and Horn
A visit to a horn worker reveals traditional techniques, Traveller heritage, and a craft now at…
Taking the collection by the horns
Exploring how horn was shaped into spoons, tumblers and unique everyday objects.
Marvellous Barvas: Part 2 - Baking
How our handmade Barvas-inspired pots fired, glazed in milk compare to the originals.
Marvellous Barvas: Part 1 - Making
A hands-on experiment recreating traditional Barvas Ware pottery methods.
Barvas Ware and Craggans
Discover the story of Barvas Ware, a unique Hebridean pottery style.
Giving it a whorl
A hands-on look at learning to spin wool using traditional tools.
Reel detective work
A behind‑the‑scenes look at piecing together fragile textile tools from scattered fragments.
These are a few of our favourite things…
A behind‑the‑scenes look at two historic Highland baskets and the stories they reveal.
A buzz about skeps
Explore the history, making and museum care of traditional straw‑work, especially bee skeps and…
Pads for pack saddles
How the museum protects fragile pack saddle pads with custom supports, careful handling and…
Baskets – style and substance
Explore the craft, materials and remarkable variety of traditional Highland baskets and their uses.
Baskets, Bobbins and Barvas Ware - Meet the team
Meet the team behind a year‑long project preserving and documenting Highland museum collections.
Introduction to the project
An introduction to the museum’s project to document, conserve and better understand fragile…
Baskets galore
A behind‑the‑scenes look at how museum staff document, assess and protect the basket collection.