On Tuesday 27th June 2017, Richard Aitken ACR, Senior Conservator at the Highland Archive Centre, attended the launch of Archi’ved, Preserved and Conserved. The Archi’ve Preserved and Conserved awareness campaign took place with kind permission at the House of Lords, and was sponsored by the co-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Archives and History, Lord Clark… Read more »Read more
Our next High Life Highland YouTime event to be held at the Highland Archive Centre is on Wednesday 28 June 2017, 2.00 – 3.30 pm. ‘Sports’ is the theme and we invite you to come along, share your own sporting memorabilia and enjoy viewing associated images, documents and artefacts from Am Baile (the Highland History and Culture… Read more »Read more
What a great fortnight we had in May with Michael Wunderle and Jennifer Zeuke (pictured above), and Andre Macho and Nicole Ryvkin (pictured below) who were all taking part in The Highland Council’s Augsburg Work Exchange Visit. The students are apprentices studying Business Administration in Augsburg, Germany. They are just four of twenty exchange students on the two-week placement… Read more »Read more
What a great day we had on Saturday 13th May at the ninth Inverness Classic Vehicle Show. Our friends from Inverness BID helped us put up our tent at Falcon Square, the weather was kind and it was fantastic to see the city centre buzzing. We chatted to lots of people including car enthusiasts, visitors and… Read more »Read more
On 6th April 2017, Family Historian, Anne Fraser, and Archive Assistant, Lorna Steele represented the Highland Archive Service at Who Do You Think You Are? Live at the NEC in Birmingham. They were sharing the stall of the Scottish Council on Archives, a charitable body which works to represent all archives in Scotland. It was a… Read more »Read more
‘Mining the Archives’ gave adults and children the opportunity to visit the Highland Archive Centre (in person or online), view a range of archives and use them as inspiration for creative writing. Over 230 people took part and submissions were received from people of all ages, including pupils from St Joseph’s RC Primary School, Inverness… Read more »Read more
We were delighted to welcome participants, parents, teachers and members of the public to the Highland Archive Centre on the evening of Tuesday 28th March for the launch of ‘Mining the Archives’ – a display of creative writing by adults and children inspired by archives. The readings, including several by Millburn Academy pupils, were thought-provoking and… Read more »Read more
Speaking Out: Recalling Women’s Aid in Scotland Exhibition at Highland Archive Centre, 7th March – 1st April To celebrate and mark the 40th anniversary of Scottish Women’s Aid, Speaking Out is gathering the unique stories of people involved with Women’s Aid throughout the years. This collaboratively curated exhibition features oral history recordings alongside material from… Read more »Read more
In November 2016, the Highland Archive Centre in Inverness invited adults and children to view a range of archives and use them as inspiration for creative writing. Over 230 people of all ages took part. As a result of this, we would be delighted if you were able to join us at the Highland Archive Centre in… Read more »Read more
Last Friday, our Museum Information Exchange Day was the perfect end to the week. We enjoyed sharing information with fifteen representatives from independent museums throughout the Highlands We found out what the independent museums hold in their collections and they discovered what we have here at the Highland Archive Centre. This valuable knowledge exchange will enable us… Read more »Read more
