Our blog shares behind the scene insights in the life at the Castle and Museum. Discover the stories behind our amazing artefacts, explore the archives and uncover soldiers’ stories, hear from special guests and contributors and keep up to date with our events, news, developments, and achievements.
Jenny is dedicated to ensuring the archive collections are accessible for people of all ages to connect with their past. Her work includes answering research enquiries and overseeing a cataloguing and digitisation project.
In her role as curator Fiona is committed to preserving the history and heritage of The Black Watch legacy. She particularly enjoys discovering and sharing stories of the people who connect the Museum’s collection.
Ollie is one of our Project Archivists working on the Cataloguing Project. He is committed to making our collections more accessible to researchers, both at the museum and remotely.
Ginat supports the Curator to produce exciting temporary exhibitions, care for the collection, and provide detailed research from our Archive. She enjoys enhancing the museum visitor experience and creating engagement opportunities for all ages.
As 2016 draws to a close we look back at what has been an incredible year for The Black Watch Castle and Museum. We were
The Black Watch Museum archive holds a considerable quantity of primary source material relating to the Battle of Loos, 24th September 1915. This event has
What was life in the trenches like for the thousands of Black Watch soldiers who served during the First World War? In truth we will
To visit a 5 Star Visitor Attraction in the beautiful city of Perth. To experience the Home of The Black Watch, Scotland’s Premier Highland Regiment.
An ionic image of the military art genre is Comrades by Robert Gibb (b.1845-d.1932), which was first exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy in 1887.
A favourite painting of the Museum staff is the Marriage Portrait of Lieutenant Colonel James Stewart to Williamina Kerr 1803 by James Giles (b.1801-d.1870), as
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