Other heritage resources for schools

Online learning resources and opportunities:

Am Baile

This website of Highland heritage and culture contains thousands of photographs, documents, audio and audio-visual clips. Site can be accessed in either English or Gaelic.
www.ambaile.org.uk

Museum Magnet Schools

This website offers a range of downloadable sheets to support pupils in exploring objects to uncover evidence.
www.mms.eq.edu.au

Other sites to visit:

Inverness Museum and Art Gallery

Highland Folk Museum's sister museum is IMAG (Inverness Museum and Art Gallery), which offers fantastic learning opportunities For more information: inverness.highland.museum

Independent Museums

Cromarty Courthouse Museum - www.cromarty-courthouse.org.uk
Dingwall Museum - 01349 865366
Historylinks, Dornoch - www.historylinks.org.uk
Dunbeath Heritage Centre - www.dunbeath-heritage.org.uk
Gairloch Heritage Museum - www.gairlochheritagemuseum.org 

Glencoe & N Lorn Folk Museum - 01855 811 664
Glenfinnan Station Museum - 01397 722 295
Grantown Museum - www.grantownmuseum.co.uk
Groam House Museum - www.groamhouse.org.uk
Highland Museum of Childhood, Strathpeffer - www.highlandmuseumofchildhood.org.uk
Mallaig Heritage Centre - www.mallaigheritage.org.uk
Nairn Museum - www.nairnmuseum.co.uk
Strathnaver Museum - www.strathnavermuseum.org.uk
Tain through Time - www.tainmuseum.org.uk
Tarbat Discovery Centre - www.tarbat-discovery.co.uk
Timespan, Helmsdale - www.timespan.org.uk
Ullapool Museum - www.ullapoolmuseum.co.uk
West Highland Museum - www.westhighlandmuseum.org.uk
Wick Heritage Centre - www.wickheritage.org

Heritage North

Visit this website for more information on heritage opportunities throughout the Highlands and beyond.
www.heritagenorth.org.uk

People and publications

Arts Links Officer

The Arts Links Officer works at a strategic level to develop creativity in education across Highland.
Contact: lynn.johnson@highland.gov.uk

Cultural Coordinators

Cultural Co-ordinators identify ways of maximising the potential contribution of cultural activities to young people's education. They facilitate a range of activities which might include visits by artists (in all artforms); trips to museums, galleries, performing arts venues; visits by companies; and opportunities for children to create and perform.
For more information contact the Arts Link Officer

Hands On Guide

This publication shows ways in which educators can use objects and paintings in the classroom and in museums to support learning.
To purchase a copy of this inspiring and practical resource:
www.museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk
On-line version of resource
http://handson.scottishmuseums.org.uk/

CPD

View our "CPD for teachers" page

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