High Life Highland Conservation Service offers a range of services, advice and training. We specialise in: Conservation, stabilisation, cleaning, re-construction and repair of archaeological and historic artefacts including ceramics, metals, wood and organic materials. Bookbinding and repair of volumes, parchment, paper, seals, maps, plans and photographs. Advice on suitable packaging including custom-made boxes and folders,… Read more »Read more
Our June 2017 Highland Archive Service Newsletter is out with updates from: Nucleus: The Nuclear and Caithness Archives Skye and Lochalsh Archive Centre Lochaber Archive Centre Highland Archive Centre, Inverness You can read the full newsletter online here.Read more
Our May 2017 Highland Archive Service Newsletter is out with updates from: Nucleus: The Nuclear and Caithness Archives Skye and Lochalsh Archive Centre Lochaber Archive Centre Highland Archive Centre, Inverness You can read the full newsletter online here.Read more
Our Spring 2017 Highland Archive Service Newsletter is out with updates from: Nucleus: The Nuclear and Caithness Archives Skye and Lochalsh Archive Centre Lochaber Archive Centre Highland Archive Centre, Inverness You can read the full newsletter online here.Read more
We were delighted to welcome participants, parents, teachers and members of the public to the Highland Archive Centre in Inverness on the evening of Tuesday 28th March for the launch of ‘Mining the Archives’ – a display of creative writing by adults and children inspired by archives. The readings, including several by Millburn Academy pupils, were… Read more »Read more
In November 2016, the Highland Archive Centre in Inverness invited adults and children to view a range of archives and use them as inspiration for creative writing. Over 230 people of all ages took part. As a result of this, we would be delighted if you were able to join us at the Highland Archive Centre in… Read more »Read more
We are very excited to announce that the Nuclear and Caithness Archives will be opening on St Valentine’s Day, Tuesday 14th February 2017. The brand new, state-of-the-art building will be home to the archives of the entire UK civil nuclear industry as well as the historical archives of the county of Caithness. It is designed to… Read more »Read more
The construction works on the new Nuclear and Caithness Archive Centre are advancing well and the building is really taking shape. The steelwork is complete and all of the floor slabs have been poured. The roofing/cladding works are progressing and the mechanical and electrical trays are being installed to run and contain the cables throughout the… Read more »Read more
Izzy Pritchard is one of the volunteers currently helping us catalogue our collections. We are pleased to offer volunteering opportunities to people like Izzy who are considering following a career in archives. Izzy became interested in archives through researching her family’s history: she succeeded in tracing her ancestors back to various parts of the UK… Read more »Read more
Our Trainee Archivist Debbie was recently awarded Trainee of the Year at the Highland Council’s Quality Awards. She took up her 4-year post in April 2014 and is studying for a MLitt in Archives and Records Management with the University of Dundee, through their distance learning programme. Debbie’s passion, commitment and imaginative use in promoting our… Read more »Read more
