Our current exhibition focuses on the historic castles of the area and features original paintings and prints held in our collections. This includes the watercolour paintings by David L Roberts (1931-1997) of familiar castles as they may have appeared during their heyday.Read more
Skye and Lochalsh Archive Centre, Portree Wednesday 21 February 2018, 11am-12.30pm We are delighted to have Dr Hugh Dan MacLennan and Norman Macdonald present illustrated talks focussing on the key Skye personalities who contributed to shinty at a national level. Those featured in the presentation by Dr Hugh Dan MacLennan will include Peter M Macleod, John… Read more »Read more
We will be celebrating 125 years of Skye Camanachd with an exhibition at the Skye and Lochalsh Archive Centre opening on Monday 22 January at 10am. The exhibition will feature photographs and original material relating to the history of shinty in Skye. We are also looking for new material to collect and would be grateful… Read more »Read more
The Skye and Lochalsh Archive Centre is running another 2 week block of classes – Using School Records for Family and Local History Research – as part of High Life Highland’s You Time programme. Classes will be held at the Archive Centre in Portree from 10:30-12:30 on Wednesday 22 and Wednesday 29 November. The cost… Read more »Read more
The Banks of Bayfield: Salmon Fishing in Skye and Raasay Our new exhibition will be available until Friday 29 September during usual archive centre opening hours: Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri from 10am-1pm and 2pm-5pm. The display features photographs and business papers from the West Highland Salmon Fisheries Co Ltd, which operated from 1944-1962 by James… Read more »Read more
A successful storytelling session was held with local poet and author Morag Henriksen on Wednesday 12 July. Twenty four primary children joined us as part of their summer activities programme with the active schools co-ordinator. Morag entertained the children with stories based on local folklore and legend, accompanied by her own fantastic illustrations. There were plenty… Read more »Read more
A big thank you to all who attended the Skye and Lochalsh Archive Centre Open Day on 6th June 2017. We launched our new exhibition of historic photographs and postcards of the area which was very well received. It was lovely to see so many new visitors to the centre and to welcome back many… Read more »Read more
We are holding an Open Day at the Skye and Lochalsh Archive Centre in Portree on Tuesday 6 June from 11am-7pm. Our new Photographic Exhibition features a selection of old favourites from the Duncan Macpherson and David Banks Salmon Fishing collections along with rare views of Skye and the Cuillin which have never been displayed… Read more »Read more
Laura West will be offering a full day of bookbinding tuition at the Skye and Lochalsh Archive Centre in Portree on Wednesday 17 May 2017. This is a great opportunity for those of you who wish to learn how to bind your own local or family history project, a thesis, dissertation or manuscript. The work… Read more »Read more
(Sepia postcard of Cameron Highlanders from Elgol during World War 1) The Skye and Lochalsh Archive Centre is running another 2 week block of classes – Researching Your WW1 Ancestors – as part of High Life Highland’s You Time programme. This is the same class that we ran in November 2016. Classes will be held at the… Read more »Read more
