Museum pieces look for home

One of the exhibits.

Visitors to the Royal National Mod in Oban, which starts this evening, are being invited to see a collection which details the history and culture of the Highlands and islands.

The Hope MacDougall Collection has no permanent home, but a group of supporters have been able to secure town-centre premises in Oban.

Part of the collection is being displayed in the former Martin’s Jewellers store in George Street, where 17,271 people have visited it since the exhibition opened in June.

Hope MacDougall, born in 1913, was the youngest of three daughters of the 29th Chief of the Clan MacDougall, which has its seat at Dunollie House, Oban.

The avid historian, curator, archivist and photographer died in 1998, leaving a collection which is recognised as one of the most important in Scotland.

The 4,000-piece inventory of items is usually stored at Dunollie and encompasses life in the country.  The Friends of the Hope MacDougall Collection want to raise money to preserve and display the collection permanently.

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