The Best Museums and Art Galleries to Visit in Inverness, Scotland

Situated at the remarkable Fort George, four miles from Inverness Airport, this museum is dedicated to the historic regiments raised in the Highlands and Islands. Fort George is itself a museum of sorts, being an 18th-century artillery fortification built to prevent another Jacobite uprising, but it is also still used by the military today. The museum is housed within the former Lieutenant Governors’ House and tells the stories of these famous regiments, initially raised in the late 1700s, and the men who fought and died for them.

This museum is situated a short distance from Inverness, in the lovely village of Rosemarkie, and houses an internationally important collection of Pictish carved stones. The Picts were the Iron Age people living in what is now the north of Scotland, and assumed to be the descendants of the tribe known as the Caledonii by the Romans. These were an enigmatic people who carved beautiful geometric designs now often referred to as Celtic, and the museum also contains a collection of work by George Bain, who is referred to as the Father of Modern Celtic Design. As an extra pull, there are displays dedicated to the Brahan Seer — the Highland prophet who foretold events that took place in the area.