Alness Heritage Centre
Local Heritage and genealogy Centre where we hold ever changing exhibitions in our two exhibition rooms of items of local interest.
The Heritage Shop is also a treasure trove of beautiful crafts, pictures, hand made knitwear from babies jackets to adult sizes, hand made cards, a selection of beautiful mounted photographs of views and wildlife of the area.
The Heritage Centre now has a meeting room and on Wednesday Evenings for 6 weeks starting from April 16 there will be an introduction to the Christian Faith between 7:15 and 8:45 p.m. for all who would like to find out more. Tea and Refreshments will be provided. Organised by Rosskeen Church of Scotland.
Exhibitions.
The Heritage Centre mounts exhibitions throughout the year. During the summer months one room always contains an Alness at War exhibition to welcome all the ex service personnel and summer visitors who return having been in Alness during the war when Catalinas and Sunderlands were to be seen for many years.
Recent exhibitions included:
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Alness at War – Catalina and
Sunderland presence in Alness during WW2.
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Alness Bowling Club Centenary Year.
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School Photo Exhibition.
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Farming Exhibition.
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Alness in Bloom.
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School Days in the Early 20th Century.
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A Walk Down Memory Lane.
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The Battle of Britain.
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VE Day 60th Anniversary.
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Fashions through the Ages.
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The MacKay Tool Collection.
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A School Room.
Current Exhibitions
The Farmhouse Kitchen
and 1100 Marine Craft Unit
Cartoon Taken from ther walls of ther Mess before it was demolished at Alness Point Camp
Plus photos and mementos of 1100 Marine Craft Unit Launches etc.
Find your ancestors.
Alness Heritage Centre now has many queries from people throughout the world looking for their local ancestors and family tree. The genealogy unit contains all Census from 1841-1901 for Alness, Rosskeen and Kiltearn parishes, with a good number of other parishes also included. The Parish Records for the three parishes are also at hand along with valuation Rolls and the Ross-shire Journals on Film from 1877-1985, which can be viewed through our Digital Microfilm Scanner. We have also gathered a lot of other information about the area at The Heritage Centre to help you in your searches.
The Shop.
The Heritage Centre Shop is a treasure trove of beautiful crafts, pictures, hand made knitwear from babies jackets to adult sizes, hand made cards, a selection of beautiful mounted photographs of views and wildlife of the area. We also have many Alness souvenirs, attractive ornaments and gifts, soft toys, swing cards, and novelty items and a unique selection of Heritage Centre and Scottish Books including Clan Books and postcards including:
Vist our on-line shop at http://shop.alness.com
We also hold a large archive of photos of local schools, buildings, clubs, galas, and sporting events over the past 100 years. If you have photos or papers of Alness we would appreciate it if you would allow us to copy them. We would scan and return them to you.
Our friendly volunteer staff are always happy to greet you and delighted to show you round our exhibitions and other parts of the centre.
We hope when you visit Alness, on the Web or in person, that you will get in touch with ACA Ltd at The Heritage Centre. We are always delighted to meet people with Alness connections or old Alnessians, people with an interest in old history or people who are looking for a friendly town with attractive shops, beautiful flowers and lovely surrounding country-side.
There is NO CHARGE for coming in to see the exhibitions.
Alness Heritage Centre has now completed the renovations to the main building. We now have disabled access to all areas and have a large exhibition/conference room on the upper floor. You can get in touch through our web site or e-mail alness@alness.com
or call in and see us.
You are always welcome.
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