Anniversary Collections Conference – DIGITAL ACCESS ONLY

This ticket will provide access to recordings of the joint Anniversary Collections Conference held on 13th November 2026 hosted by Inverness Museum & Art Gallery and the Highland Folk Museum.

Celebrating 201 years since the founding of the museum in Inverness and 90 years since Dr Isabel F Grant established the Highland Folk Museum, the conference will focus on all that makes the museums' Highland collections unique.

We are offering a digital access ticket for those unable to attend in person. This ticket will provide access to recordings of the following talks. These will be released on approximately 3rd December and will then be available to view for 3 months.

You will be sent an email with a link to the talks, only for use by the ticketholder.

The videos you will have access to are:

• Introductory remarks (approx. 45 minutes)

• Talk by Jennifer Morag Henderson, "The Gin Heiress and the Maharajah: Inverness Museum's Jacobite Collections" (approx. 45 minutes)

• Talk by Dr Rhona Ramsay, “‘Scrappies, rag and bone, and back door small tradings’: how Travellers helped develop the collections of the Highland Folk Museum” (approx. 45 minutes)

• Talk by Lyndsay McGill, R.L. Christie Works of Art, “Inverness Silver: Makers, Masterpieces and the Museum’s Story” (approx. 45 minutes)

• Talk by Nysa N. Loudon, PhD Candidate, University of Glasgow, “The materials, ecology, and sensations of wild plant use in Scottish vernacular cordage and basketry at the Highland Folk Museum Collection” (approx. 45 minutes)

The conference is supported by Museums and Galleries Scotland Small Grants Fund and the Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund administered by the Museums Association.

Please note this will only provide digital access to the conference after it concludes and is not a ticket to attend the conference in person.

Tickets to attend the conference in person can be found here: https://tickets.highlifehighland.com/events/highlifehighland/2421311