From the 18th October onwards, the Lochaber Archive Centre will be launching its own monthly ‘Archive Afternoons’, an initiative that has been extremely successful across the other three centres. These afternoon’s will give the public the opportunity to learn something new, chat with staff and other visitors, and interact with our collections in a fun… Read more »Read more
Our Learn With Lorna series, in which Community Engagement Officer, Lorna Steele, looks at stories of people and places in the Highland Archive Service collections, recently looked at the aluminium industry. Watch the film here to learn more about this important Highland industry and the part Lochaber has played! Read more
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In November, we welcomed a group from Strontian Primary School to look at some archives showing the history of their village. It was a great morning, they did a quiz where they answered some questions based on the documents we had out and also made tourism leaflets for Strontian. We recently received thank you letters… Read more »Read more
The West Highland Museum & the Lochaber Archive are hosting a joint event in the Commando Room at the West Highland Museum. Come along and see demonstrations of close combat commando training as taught at Inverailort and Achnacarry from Paul MacDonald of MacDonald Armouries, Edinburgh. Explore archive material relating to Lochaber during the war. This… Read more »Read more
It has been a busy summer so far for the Lochaber Archive Centre. Back in June we hosted an ‘Outlander Day’ with the West Highland Museum. The day began at the Museum with our attendees looking at their fascinating Jacobite collections followed by a large display of amazing documents dated from c1680s-1750s relating to the… Read more »Read more
In January, Community Engagement Officer Lorna Steele gave a talk to members of the Lochaber Family History Society. The talk covered some of the work of the Highland Archive Service, showing the types of activities we are involved in. It also covered the history of the Lochaber Archive Centre, and featured behind-the-scenes photos of the… Read more »Read more
To mark the centenary of the Armistice in 1918, Lochaber Archive Centre is hosting an exhibition of documents relating to the local area during World War I. Historic documents from soldiers fighting on the front lines will be featured, as well as documents showing the impact of the War on local life. This is a… Read more »Read more
We are pleased to announce that Lochaber Archive Centre will be reopening on 20th September, as the relocation of the archive collections to the new facility within Alexander Ross House (formerly Fort William Primary School) on Achintore Road, Fort William, is now complete. Ahead of the public re-opening we would like to invite you to… Read more »Read more
