Nairn Museum

08/10/2026

🍂 We have lots going on this October!

Why not pop in to have a look at our two fabulous exhibitions and maybe give our children's drop-in craft sessions a go?

Starting this Saturday, we have a Tattie Holiday Trail for all the wee ones wanting to explore the museum at their own pace. 🕵️‍♀️ 🕵️

Entry by donation and all welcome.

07/10/2026

🐺 We're very excited to be hosting artists from Creeping Toad and the Last Wolf Project for a free children's drop-in craft event next Thursday 15th October!

Pop in any time between 10.30 to 15.30 to create some fun and beautiful models of the animals that we have lost and the ones we don't want to lose. 🦭 🦅 🦦

Link to the Facebook event can be found down below!
https://fb.me/e/4JklC7xZr

03/10/2026

🧁Nairn Museum is closed today for our coffee morning, so you’ll find the team at the Nairn Community and Arts Centre with delicious bakes and treats!
For a wee dose of history, here’s a beautiful brooch from the collection illustrated by artist Emilie Schieve.🎨
We can’t wait to see you today. 🍰

02/10/2026

☕The baking has begun and we’re getting everything prepared for Nairn Museum’s annual Coffee Morning tomorrow! 🍰

Pop along to Nairn Community & Arts Centre between 10am and 12 noon for a delicious cup of tea or coffee, a blether, and plenty of lovely home baking.

As an independent museum, mornings like this really do matter to us. The money raised helps with the everyday costs of keeping the museum going and looking after Nairn’s wonderful stories and collections.

🍓 One of our highlights is the homemade jams, which are bound to go quickly: so do arrive promptly if you enjoy your preserves as much as we do!

So do come and see us if you can: bring a friend and help us make it a grand wee morning. We’d be delighted to see you!

25/09/2026

We don’t think Dr Bike will be interested in any of Nairn Museum’s historic bicycles, but what a great chance for anyone wanting to build skills to care for their bike! 🚲

Looking forward to the Dr. Bike cycle maintenance and security marking event going ahead at Seaman's Hall on Saturday.

The bike maintenance sessions will be led by Filip Cao of Highland Council. As a Behaviour Change Officer, Filip works to promote active and sustainable travel through road safety education, community engagement, and the delivery of Bikeability training in schools. His aim is to help people make safer, healthier, and more environmentally friendly travel choices where possible.

With a background in cycle mechanics and extensive experience as a Cycling Scotland instructor, Filip brings practical knowledge and a passion for cycling to his role, helping individuals of any age build confidence and develop lifelong skills for safe and sustainable travel.



Blue Space Highland N4H Nairn Museum NAS Moray, Nairn & Strathspey Branch Nairn County Community FC

31/08/2026

Photograph of children at a water pump on Marine Road circa 1890. A lass gathers water as a lad stands nearby with a heuk/sickle and a handwoven wicker basket at his feet, indicating that they are both doing some kind of domestic or outdoor labour.
Most of the children wear hats, however they are almost all barefoot. Some of the bairns look directly at the photographer, as a camera out on the streets would've been a very unusual thing in 1890s Nairn!

What details do you notice in this photograph?
What do you think we can learn from it?

Visit Nairn Museum today to understand more about childhoods past!

31/08/2026

Here's a wonderful imaged of children using a water pump at Marine Road circa 1890s a lassie collecting water, while a lad is holding a heuk/sickle. The black and white original is in the comments.

❓How do you feel about museums using AI to make a black and white photograph into a coloured image?
At Nairn Museum, we avoid using AI in official museum interpretation however we've been experimenting in how we use it in other parts of museum work.

AI can offer fun ways of engaging with historic collections, but it also raises important ethical questions. We know this type of image is unlikely to be coloured in a way that's historically accurate. Does this change how we understand the original?

When, if ever, is it appropriate for museums to use AI to alter or enhance historic material? What responsibilities do we have around authenticity and transparency when it comes to showing local heritage? What about the environmental cost of using AI in this way, at a time when we are all conscious of consumption?

📸Let us know your thoughts!

28/08/2026

What can a photograph reveal about a place you thought you knew? 📷

For the past seven years, artist and photographer Fergus Heron has been exploring the watercourses and woodlands around Nairn, capturing the landscape through long-term observation and a deep curiosity about place.

Join Fergus as he shares the inspiration behind his work - from a 1904 painting in Nairn Museum to the writing of Nan Shepherd - and discover how he uses an analogue field camera, available light and colour darkroom printing to create his photographs.

Come and see Nairn through a different lens.

🎟 Sunday 30th August, 2PM @ Nairn Museum
https://www.ticketsource.com/nairn-book-and-arts-festival/fergus-heron-photography-ecology-and-place/e-ljrpma

28/08/2026

We're thrilled that this weekend, Sunday 30th Aug at 2pm, artist and photographer Fergus Heron will be doing a talk on his creative inspiration and processes at Nairn Museum. As his work focuses on the watercourses and woodlands of Nairnshire, it'll be a treat for anyone interested in thinking about the meeting points of art and environment. Part of Nairn Book and Arts Festival VisitNairn

For the last seven years, artist and photographer Fergus Heron has concentrated his camera on the watercourses and woodlands nearNairn. In this talk, Fergus shares his inspiration for the project, including W. Reid's painting River Nairn Looking Inland (1904) in the Nairn Museum collection, and the....

25/08/2026

☎️ A few of Nairn Museums volunteers have fond memories of these red telephone boxes when they were teenagers! We dare not ask any more questions.

However if you have any lovely memories of Nairn, such as your favourite scenic spots, or stories of the towns heritage then please pop into the museum and post them in our heritage trail postbox or record them on the telephone.

📸These photos were taken by Nairn stalwart John Lawson, whose books we still sell in the museum gift shop! Museum volunteers are having an amazing time going through them as we prepare to accession them (and experimented with a coloured version too!) Many thanks to the Lawson family for bringing these pictures to the museum. 💖