Gairloch Museum

Gairloch Museum is located in a nuclear bunker in the centre of Gairloch. The museum has been described by visitors as ‘the best museum in Scotland’.

The redesigned industrial interior of the building lends itself perfectly to the thoughtfully arranged displays.  A combination of modern museum technology and traditional displays tell the story of the people and landscape of Gairloch and the surrounding area from the oldest rocks in Europe to the modern day.   The museum also celebrates the Gaelic culture of the area.

We are a member of Visit Scotland’s ‘Ancestral Welcome’ scheme, helping visitors trace their family history.  As well as genealogy records, our archive holds copies of the family papers of the Mackenzies of Gairloch dating back to before the first census.  

In October 2020 we were announced as one of the winners of the Art Fund Museum of the Year Award 2020.