Exhibitions

The visitor to ‘The Living Room’ is brought into the light formality of a traditional 1930's/1940’s home.  The wooden ‘beinge’ (wooden bench) and the functional beauty of a dresser sit in a cosy arrangement around the sturdy black stove with the grand title of Victoress No 7.

Leaning away from the museum standard of cased objects and captions, Comunn Eachdraidh Bharraidh agus Bhatarsaidh have opted for a narrative exhibit in sound to accompany the display featuring stories and music recorded at a lively session in the Dualchas.  The sound exhibit captures the true atmosphere of a hearthside house ceilidhs with blends of Gaelic voices and songs intermingled with pipe tunes, accordion notes and mouth organ music.

‘The Living Room’ was part of a larger project, 'Links – Partnership for Change' developed by the local authority museums service, Museum nan Eilean and supported by the Scottish Museums Council’s Strategic Change Fund.  The exhibition was devised in close partnership with Comunn Eachdraidh Bharraidh agus Bhatarsaidh.

This exhibition showcases photographs of school groups from the early 1900.  The photos are accompanied by extracts from the school logbooks which give an insight into the hard social conditions which faced most people on the islands.