HISTORYLINKS MUSEUM
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Dornoch Historylinks Museum

The museum is dedicated to the history of Dornoch parish. The permanent exhibition shows the Cathedral, feuding clans, the shameful burning of Scotland’s last condemned witch and the treachery and violence of Picts and Vikings.

 

Current displays show a golf professional’s workshop where Donald Ross honed his skills, an unusual insight into Andrew Carnegie at home in Skibo and historic objects and local tales to give a precious insight into the lives of ordinary, and not so ordinary Dornoch folk.

 

 

 

 

Dornoch on Film

For your entertainment we have a choice of three films:

 

Proud Sutherland

 Links through
The Dornoch Light Railway
(Sutherland in 1950)
Dornoch's history

To overcome the physical limitations of our small museum, Historylinks is making increasing use of digital technology to provide access to additional images relevant to displays.

Fun for the Children    

 

 

 

Puzzles and quizzes with the Dornoch Imp as your guide.

Dress them up!

 

Lock them up!

(Photographs of children displayed with parents' permission)

School Parties

School parties are welcome with prior contact with the Museum Curator, Peter Wild, at : enquiries@historylinks.org.uk

Primary and secondary school education packs are available.

Historylinks Trail

 

Don't miss the Historylinks Trail. Starting from the museum the trail leads through 16 sites of particular historical interest.

There is a display board at each site but, if you wish to have more detail, illustrated guide books in English, Gaelic, French, German and Italian are available for purchase at the museum shop.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VisitScotland 5 Star Museum award

Left to right: Trustee Cllr Jim McGillivray, Trustee Christine Murray, Curator Peter Wild, Museum Manager Sue Higgins, Trust Chairman John Barnes, Trustee Cliff Reddin

Historylinks Museum in Dornoch was delighted to receive the prestigious VisitScotland 5 Star museum award in September 2009, the only such award in the Highlands and one of seven museum awards in Scotland.

The award cited Historylinks very high quality of displays and the ability to engage the attention of visitors from the very small to very senior with a wide range of subjects in an excellent standard of interpretation.

All past and present Historylinks Trustees, Heritage Society Officers, Members and volunteers share in this notable achievement, which marks a long term programme of development of the museum. Teamwork has been the key to innovation and enhancement in museum displays, exhibitions, publications, film production, the shop and web sites, plus the complementary 'back-room' activities of cataloguing acquisitions, the development of protocols and procedures, and routine administration.

Rather than resting on our laurels the Trust is actively seeking ideas and offers of individual skills for new developments and projects to consolidate the newly won position by further innovation.

Last updated: 22 March, 2011

Dornoch Heritage SCIO

Registered Charity No.

SC008747