The Atholl Country Life Museum opened in the old school Blair Atholl in 1982 (Registered Scottish Charity #SCO35882 since 2004)and is a unique collection of information, photographs and artefacts from the local area and local people which ties in to stories and displays of how they were used in their homes and work places in the villages and surrounding glens. Road, rail and postal services, pastimes, farming, school, kirk, smiddy, wildlife and the vet are some of the wide-ranging topics covered. There is Scotland’s only stuffed Highland cow, Trinafour Post Office reconstructed, a local roadman’s home-made contraption that he used to paint the first white lines on his beat near the Queen’s View. There are many stories of local personalities, such as Sgt. Major Donald MacBeath of the Atholl Highlanders, gamekeeper, hero of the Crimean war and admired by Queen Victoria.
Opening times:
Easter weekend and May weekends, June and September – daily – 1.30pm to 5pm.
July & August – weekdays – 10am to 5pm; weekends – 1.30pm to 5pm. Wheelchair access to most areas. Wheelchair accessible toilets. Guide dogs welcome. Car park. Catering adjacent.
Our Collection
Collection based on life in the Atholl glens over the centuries. Exhibits cover transport, pastimes, farming, trades, local worthies, wildlife, religion and schools.
Keywords
Costume & textiles, Military, Natural sciences, Religion, Social history
Atholl Country Life Museum
The Old School
Blair Atholl
Pitlochry, Perthshire
PH18 5SP
Tel: 01796 481232
Email:
john.museum@virgin.net
For more information visit:
http://www.athollcountrylifemuseum....
