The Simpson Family of Dingwall

A display by Forbes Munro

Sir George Simpson, born in Dingwall , became 'The Little Emperor' who effectively ruled a vast part of North America in the 1820s and 1830s as Governor-in-Chief of the Hudson's Bay Company.

Of course he brought his family in to help.

Come and read all about it in the Museum!

Dingwall Museum 2025 Calendar

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A range of pictures from the last 150 years of Dingwall's life and times can be yours for £7.50.

Come to the Museum for your copy; it's waiting here for you!

DINGWALL MUSEUM BOOK GROUP in the LIBRARY

TUESDAY 24th September 2024 at 2:00-4:00pm

While there are many books that have elements of Dingwall's long and exciting history--see the listing elsewhere on this website--Norman Macrae's Romance of a Royal Burgh is the only attempt so far to gather the stories together. It was a hundred years old last year!

These chapters cover the earlier centuries of Pictish and Norse domination and lead into the Scots. The Earls of Ross had their castle here, fragments still stand. Battles were fought in the area or because of our power base: Battle of Dingwall, the Park, even Bluidy Harlaw.

Count the centres of faith in the town to know that the ecclesiastical history of the country has Dingwall prominent in the big picture

Before 24th September, following on from earlier discussions we’ll continue our journey along the history of Dingwall’s Municipal Story in Chapter XIV. And on the day come together in the Library to discuss what we’ve read.

The Library has several reference copies you can read on site.

Each meeting we’ll read a section of the book before we come together in the Library to discuss what we’ve read.

The Library has several copies of the book to read on site beforehand. Or you can find pdf copies here: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AghLXhpbwJvn3wEGw9Vryhoz_V57?e=z8hw3D.

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We have a new Collections Officer!

Starting with us on Monday 1st April

Our new Collections Officer will be providing recommendations on aspects of our collection, helping museum volunteers undertake an audit of it all, migrating information from our old cataloguing system AdLib to cloud-based Axiell, and training volunteers in auditing and basic conservation.