Inverness Museum and Art Gallery

The original Inverness Museum opened in 1881 and began to develop as a Highland and Jacobite collection.

One of the important early additions was a group of historic Stuart portraits donated by the family of Prince Frederick Duleep Singh, including a portrait of Prince Charles Edward Stuart attributed to Pompeo Batoni and a Cromwell that Prince Freddy hung upside down.

The Castle Wynd/Bridge Street area of Inverness was cleared for re-development in 1963 and the current complex was built.

Since 1963 there have been a two major redevelopments to improve the museum: the first in 1982 to incorporate a café, new permanent galleries and temporary exhibition/art galleries, and again in 2006 it was closed for six months to allow a £1.3m makeover, with the re-design completed in time for Highland 2007.

On the ground floor you will find Scottish geology and natural history as well as the archaeology of the Highlands including Pictish stones.

Inverness Museum and Art Gallery
This Puma was captured in Inverness-shire in 1980. After it died it was stuffed and placed in the Museum