by curator | Feb 4, 2024 | Uncategorized
Come and join us doing some crafting ready for the museum re-opening – no experience necessary – or just drop in for a chat, we would love to see you! Every Wednesday morning from 28th February.
by curator | Feb 3, 2024 | Uncategorized
Cromarty History Society, Victoria Hall, Cromarty, Tuesday 20th February, 7:30pm Speaker: Liz Broumley. Of Macbeth, did one of the weird sisters actually say “Lo, yondyr the thayne of Crwmbarthy”? Was this a king under whose reign “the land did prosper mightily”?...
by curator | Jan 6, 2024 | Uncategorized
2024 gets off to an exciting start for The Courthouse. We are delighted to welcome Eilidh Young as the new Manager and Curator.In her first few weeks in the job Eilidh is planning to talk to as many people as she can. She will be meeting staff and volunteers as well...
by curator | Dec 5, 2023 | Uncategorized
Christmas with the Cromarty History Society: A Tale of Two Shopkeepers (and their families) Speaker: Ross CouperFollowed by festive mulled wine and mince piesTuesday 19th December 2023, 7.30pm, Victoria Hall, CromartyWalter Johnstone was the Chemist and Bookseller...
by curator | Dec 5, 2023 | Uncategorized
The 5th December is International Volunteer Day, a very good day to stop and say a massive THANK YOU to all our Volunteers. Small community museums like Cromarty Courthouse depend on volunteers for their existence. Volunteers work in the shop, the garden; they look...
by curator | Nov 4, 2023 | Uncategorized
A transition in surveying, maps and map-making in ScotlandSpeaker: Roland Spencer-JonesTuesday 21st November 2023, 7.30pmVictoria Hall, CromartyThe formulaic drawn maps of the 17th and early 18th centuries became measured indicators of reality, preceding the work of...
