Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Regimental Museum
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The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Regimental Museum is the regimental museum of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, their antecedent regiments and successor battalions. Located in Stirling Castle, the museum building was built in the 1490s, and known as the “King’s House” or "King's Old Building", thought to have been the private residence of King James IV.[1]
Six galleries, on two floors of the King's Old Building, are laid out to provide a chronological history of the Regiment from the raising of the 91st Argyllshire Highlanders in 1794 to operations in present day Afghanistan.
The Museum's extensive archive of material, gathered from official and personal sources, traces the important events in which the regiment participated and the amazing stories of its soldiers.
Included in the displays are descriptive story boards and dioramas, providing the narrative, and uniforms and equipment, weapons and medals, pipe banners and regimental colours, along with paintings, photographs and documents, providing the visual interest.
Entrance to the Museum is included in the price of the castle entrance ticket. The museum is almost entirely maintained through public donations; the modest grant from the Ministry of Defence has been withdrawn.[2] It is governed by a charitable trust: The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Museum Trust.[3]
Sources
- ^ Historic Scotland, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders' Regimental Museum
- ^ The Thin Red Line - Regimental Magazine of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Volume 71 No. 1
- ^ Museum, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders' official website