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The Creation and Controversy of Dunoon’s Highland Mary

Highland Mary has stood atop Castle Hill since 1896 and for many of us, is another local feature that we have grown used to and pass by....

Dunoon's Royal Visit, 1958

The town of Dunoon is no stranger to royal visits. Mary Queen of Scots visited the area during her tour of the West of Scotland in 1563...

Victorian Christmas 2019

This year we opened our doors for our first ever Victorian Christmas event. It was hard work but the volunteers and managers worked as a...

A Bear's Story

Not many bears stay in a Castle so I think I am very special. I am very old and used to stay in the home of Major Bennett a very...

Stories from the American Years

Today’s meeting at the pier held by Holy Loch Heritage – The American Years Revisited has created a bit of chat up at the museum between...

A Welcome Visitor

Yesterday the Museum was very pleased to have a visit from a former Dunoon resident whose family has had connections with Dunoon for many...

The Shopkeepers of Argyll Street

We are delighted to have assisted with the creation of this street-long exhibition celebrating the heritage and people of Dunoon’s Argyll...

New Year Update

Morning folks. Been a while since I have posted on here but things have been moving on. New leaflets and posters have been produced in...

2018 Poppy Appeal

The recent arrival of a message from The Poppy Appeal (see below) provides the opportunity to place on record the part CASTLE HOUSE...

Victorian Kitchen

We received two pictures today from Strachur History Society. They had borrowed items from the Victorian Kitchen as we were closed for...

Can you help out?

Hello folks. Having had a Facebook reminder that I had not posted for a while decided as the weather today is really dismal to bring you...