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...
by curator | Oct 17, 2023 | Uncategorized
Halloween in the Courthouse …Dare you try the cells …Where do the witches hang out …Try the tricks and find the treats …Thank you to everyone who came and was scared … had fun … and did the scaring(not to mention those who did the cooking)
by curator | Oct 4, 2023 | Uncategorized
Speaker: Professor David WorthingtonTuesday 17th October 2023, 7.30pmVictoria Hall, CromartyThis talk will interrogate the autobiographical sources left by Rev. James Fraser (1634-1709) of Kirkhill, a Gaelic-speaking scholar, traveller and minister. The entire period...
