Clan MacPherson House and Museum

Clan MacPherson House and Museum
Main Street,
Newtonmore,
Inverness-shire
PH20 1DE
Tel: 01540 673332
Open from 01/04/2005 to 31/10/2005.

Free admission

The Clan MacPherson Museum in Newtonmore contains exhibitions for those with an interest in the history and fortunes of this famous clan, (which includes authors Ian and Elizabeth MacPherson, and super-model Elle MacPherson).

Highland Folk Museum

Highland Folk Museum
Kingussie and Newtonmore.
Tel: 01540 661307
Open between March and October.

The Highland Folk Museums invite you to enter the World of the Highlander - to see, touch, smell and feel the atmosphere as you are guided through 400 years of Highland life from clansman to crofter. The Newtonmore site offers live demonstrations of traditional skills and crafts, on-site transport, catering facilities including provision for picnics, dog pound, play areas and gift shop. It offers a varied activity programme ranging from rope making to stone dyking.

Grantown Museum and Heritage Trust

Grantown-on-Spey
Tel: 01479 872478
Open March to December

This memory begins in 1765. Grantown Museum tells the story of the town’s beginnings and is a source of great pride to the people of Grantown. The museum was awarded ‘Commended’ in the Scottish Museum of the Year Awards 1999. Temporary exhibitions are also a regular feature.The museum hosts meetings of the Grantown Society and houses its archives. It provides research facilities for genealogy and local history. Grantown is the traditional home of the Clan Grant and the museum receives frequent visits and enquiries from Grants across the world.