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Inverness Museum and Art Gallery (part of Highland Museums)

Inverness Museum and Art Gallery is situated in the historic centre of the city at the foot of the Castle hill.

Inverness' first museum was opened in 1826 by the 'Northern Institute for the promotion of Science and Literature'. Its collections were inherited by the current museum founded in 1880.

The museum reopened in 2007, following a major refurbishment for Highland 2007, with a range of new displays and visitor facilities.

The museum's collections cover the geology natural history and archaeology of the Highlands. Its strengths include Devonian fossil fishes, prehistoric archaeology, Pictish symbol stones, Jacobite memorabilia and Inverness silver.

Inverness Museum and Art Gallery exists to manage, preserve and enhance these collections and to make them available, through display, publication and study, to as wide an audience as possible.

The reserve collections, museum library and research facilities are open to the public by appointment. Please contact the museum on 01463 237114.

Open: Monday to Saturday, 10am-5pm.

Inverness Museum and Art Gallery is part of Highland Museums alongside Highland Folk Museum and Highland Photographic Archive.

For further information please visit our website.

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