Caithness talk will give insight into Highland Folk Museum
The Highland Folk Museum in Newtonmore will be the focus of Caithness Family History Society’s December talk.
Liz English, the curator of buildings and large objects, will give an online presentation entitled Isabel Grant and the Highland Folk Museum.
The museum is now owned by the Highland Council and administered by High Life Highland but was founded in 1935 by Isabel Grant (1887-1983) on the island of Iona.
It has moved location and developed greatly since then and now has a collections building holding around 12,000 items. The open-air museum covers 80 acres, with more than 30 buildings where everyday objects, tools and machinery are displayed in lifelike settings.
The talk, on Tuesday, December 10, at 7pm, will give an insight into the origins of the museum and its pioneering founder. All are welcome.
Registration is essential before Friday, December 6, at www.jotform.com/chaircaithnessfhs/december
Caithness Family History Society has a website and a Facebook page.
