Places to Go
Hugh Miller Museum and Birthplace Cottage (NTS)
Open 1 April to 28 October, Sunday–Wednesday, 1.00–5.00pm;
Also guided tours and visits outwith normal opening hours (contact museum)
Church Street
Cromarty IV11 8XA
telephone: 01381 600245
fax: 01381 600796
website: www.nts.org.uk/Property34/ and www.hughmiller.org
email
What you can see:
→An elegant three-storey Georgian villa housing six rooms of exhibits covering Hugh Miller's life and work
→The thatched 18th century cottage next door where he was born
→Miller's Yard: Garden of Wonders
Cromarty Courthouse Museum
Open May to September, also 21-27 October during Highland Homecoming week
Shop open on 7 and 14 November from 10-2.
Church Street
Cromarty IV11 8XA
telephone: 01381 600418
email
website: www.cromarty-courthouse.org.uk
What you can do:
→See a trial from the 1770s in the original courtroom, with life-like animated models and voices of local people.
→Understand the real history of the North of Scotland and the lives of its people
→Explore the town with a personal digital audiotour
→Use the museum's extensive records to make your own discoveries in Highland history
'Hugh Miller Cottage' by Calum Davidson
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