- Wikidata identifier:
- Q113369893
- Instance of:
- museum; independent museum
- Museum/collection status:
- Accredited museum
- Accreditation number:
- 67
- Persistent shareable link for this record:
- https://museumdata.uk/museums/q113369893/
Collection-level records:
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Collection overview (Collection development policy)
Strathnaver Museum’s permanent Collection comprises approximately 1,800 artefacts relating to the following subjects/themes:
- The prehistory and archaeology of Strathnaver
- Life in Strathnaver in the early historic to early modern period
- The Strathnaver Clearances
- Life in Strathnaver in the 19th and early 20th Centuries
- The Grimble Collection: Strathnaver Museum founder, broadcaster, & historian Dr Ian Grimble
- Clan Mackay Collection
- Mackay Country Community Trust Archive
- Intangible cultural heritage of Strathnaver
The permanent Collection is made up of material collected from the area bounded by Strathhalladale in the East, Strathmore in the West and Ben Klibreck in the South.
The period of time to which the permanent Collection relates is prehistory to the present day.
Strathnaver Museum has a supporting Collection of unaccessioned material which is used in school & lifelong learning loan boxes.
Source: Collection development policy
Date: 2024
Licence: CC BY-NC