After immersing yourself in the captivating personal stories, historical objects, and the remarkable events spanning the 225-year history of The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Museum, your museum journey may seem to be drawing to a close as you make your way towards the exit. Yet, just as you approach the staircase that will lead you …
With the weekend fast approaching, what better time than to delve into the museum’s collection of whisky – all of which have a nod to The Argylls in one way or another. As a traditional Scottish alcoholic beverage, whisky holds strong ties in Scotland’s cultural history as it has been produced here for hundreds of …
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders had several different mascots over the centuries. However, it is the Shetland pony named Cruachan that has become synonymous with the regiment, a tradition which has now been carried on with the Royal Regiment of Scotland. A mascot was kept by the regiment for ceremonial duties as well as acting …
To help inspire us in the pursuit of knowledge and progress, International Space Day is celebrated on the first Friday of May. In more recent years, a variant of this, “May the Fourth be with you” (May 4th), a nod to the Star Wars quote “May The Force be with you” has become popular with …
A recent collection donation to the museum has shed light onto one soldiers World War Two experiences. Private James Weir Baird, 7th (Stirlingshire) Battalion of The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Private Baird, known as ‘Weir’, enlisted at Stirling on the 16th of October 1939 and became a Prisoner of War (POW) less than a year …
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