(Image courtesy of the Wick Society) A Brief Introduction In December 2023 we ran an exhibition at Nucleus to celebrate the launch of The Wick Society Collection (Ref. WS). It seemed only right that we share some of the amazing stories from the collection here. We also wanted to share the inspiring story of the… Read more »Read more
William Rae of Staxigoe, 1876, The Johnston Collection, courtesy of the Wick Society (Ref. JN05974P048) A Brief Introduction In the hundred years from 1820 to 1920, over two million emigrants left Scotland for the New World.[1] Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa were popular destinations, but not as popular as the United States, where… Read more »Read more
A Special Edition of Stories From The Archive This edition of Stories From The Archive was researched and written by Dr Madison Marshall. Madison is a a White Rose scholar affiliated with the University of Leeds, though a permanent resident of Caithness. As part of her PhD study she undertook a one-month Researcher Employability Project… Read more »Read more
A Brief Introduction Travelling throughout Caithness it is hard to miss the abundance of ruined grey stone buildings stood defiantly within the landscape. From the roadside you will see many such roofless structures and on a closer walk around the countryside the foundations of others almost completely demolished. These old croft houses are perhaps the… Read more »Read more
A Brief Introduction In this edition of Stories From The Archive we will be exploring some of the prose and diary entries of Hetty Munro. Much is remembered and celebrated of Hetty’s life in Caithness and approaching the task of writing a blog about her collection was rather intimidating. The broad extent of her writing… Read more »Read more
A Brief Introduction to the Series We all tell stories and revel in those of others. Our minds seem in many ways compelled to attain the heights of the fictitious and nothing, I would argue, can inspire or engage us more than a real-life account of something extraordinary. The past, in many ways, feeds this… Read more »Read more
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Nucleus latest exhibition launches on the 14th of February 2020 with a talk from Artist Joanne B Karr at 11am. Simultaneously Newfoundland’s exhibition at the Craft Council of Newfound and Labrador Gallery will also launch. Also on display at the Nucleus will be historical documents from the period of the flight and selected drawings from… Read more »Read more
Join us on Thursday 27th June – 1pm to 2.30pm we will be taking a look at a very different collection: the records of Wick Harbour Trust. This fascinating collection dates from 1829 almost to the present day, and offers a detailed history of Wick Harbour. We will be looking at minute books of the Trust,… Read more »Read more
