Museum of Islay Life

14/02/2025

A wonderful opportunity for someone to help maintain a collection at the heart of Scotland's industrial heart.

We're Hiring!

National Mining Museum Scotland is looking for 2 x Collection Assistants to join our team on a Fixed Term/Full Time basis. If you’re passionate about history and collections, this could be the perfect opportunity for you!

For more information on this position and to apply, please visit our website. https://nationalminingmuseum.com/job-vacancies/

06/11/2024

A brief reminder for those with Co-op memberships who haven't nominated a charity for the Local Community Fund, here are our details. Anyone unsure how to select a charity then please get in touch.
https://membership.coop.co.uk/causes/91508

14/10/2024

Our last day of the season open to the public and we had a visit from a returning friend of the Museum piping a selection of tunes, including a lament, for the end of the season. Best wishes from the team and hope you come back again.

21/08/2024

An RBS debit card was found in the Museum grounds and handed in today. If anyone knows a Mrs VL Brown, please let her know we have the card.

19/07/2024

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/scotland-now/pretty-scottish-island-village-home-33262575

While Scotland is home to more picturesque villages than you could ever hope to visit, one small settlement on the island of Islay might be just the place to head if you have a toothache.

06/06/2024

Our second information panel to go on display, telling the story of the 11th-c. Viking warrior Godred Crovan. Located here close to the Carragh Bhan standing stone near Kintra.

20/05/2024

The Museum of Islay Life has four signed copies left of Arthur MacEachern's "Around the World in Eighty Years" for sale.
From the blurb: "In the evening of his life, man of the sea, Arthur MacEachern, has made a few notes about what he did in his eighty odd years. He says, 'Maybe some will be interested, and if not, it has given me something to do. It's been a varied life, some things I wish I'd never done, but you learn from your mistakes and most of it has been good.'"

17/05/2024

The Museum of Islay Life is preparing an updated version of its pamphlet, "Guide to Places of Interest on Islay" and would like to offer the opportunity for any Ileach to provide us with a colour photograph for the front cover. We have 1,000s of photos in our collection but a contribution by a local would be a nice touch.
The image must be in colour, A5 ratio and in portrait format. If you are interested, please send your submission/s to us at [email protected]. We hope to have the pamphlet print ready by the end of the month.
A year's family membership as first prize and, of course, the chance to showcase your work to the 1,000s who visit us every year are on offer.

14/05/2024

Thanks for the post. Lots to see. Come in and say hello.

Find out more about how people lived on the island in the past, and about it's long history at the Museum of Islay Life.
Ten thousand years of Islay history are on display here. Visit Islay’s delightful museum, in the former Free Church in Port Charlotte and you will learn all about Islay life through displays and artefacts from Mesolithic flint tools to an illicit still, see Victorian toys and old crofting tools, household objects and the spoils from shipwrecks. There’s lots to see for all the family, and quizzes for children. The library is available for research too and the shop offers a range of books and attractive gifts.
Discover more here https://geotourist.com/tours/5796/Explore_Islay/point/18/Museum_of_Islay_Life

12/05/2024

The Museum of Islay Life has two signed hardback copies of John Gordon's newly published The Machrie Links. "This is the story of a remarkable golf course on the island of Islay in Scotland. From simple beginnings on linksland or machair as it is known on the west coast of Scotland, it has become one of the very best courses in Scotland."
Price is £30.00 per book. For more information on the author and the publication, please visit themachrielinksbook.com

10/05/2024

10/05/2024

Finlaggan is looking beautiful today. Why not come and visit the historic site and Visitor Centre. Picnic tables and a view--perfect.

06/05/2024

The Museum of Islay Life is open on this bank holiday. We have some new items on display. Come in and learn a little more about Islay and its history.

29/04/2024

It's a wet day today. The perfect weather to come inside out of the rain and learn a little history of the island.

28/03/2024

The Museum of Islay Life is open on Friday 29 March and Saturday 30 March, 10.30-4.30. Thereafter, we're open Monday to Friday, 10.30-4.30. We have some new additions to the display. Come in and say hello.

15/03/2024