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The Highlanders' Museum

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The Highlanders' Museum is the regimental museum of the Queen's Own Highlanders and related units inside Fort George. It places the military use of Highland dress and identity within individual lives and an active eighteenth-century fortress

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The Highlanders' Museum is the regimental museum of the Queen's Own Highlanders and related units inside Fort George. It places the military use of Highland dress and identity within individual lives and an active eighteenth-century fortress

What this place is

is the regimental museum of the Queen's Own Highlanders and related units inside Fort George

People and events

Highland soldiers served in campaigns across several centuries while families and depot staff sustained the regiments at home

How it was used

Displays follow recruitment, training, battle, captivity, ceremony and the changing place of Highland identity in the Army

What survives

Highland uniforms and tartans, regimental colours, medals, weapons, silver, letters, photographs and individual soldiers' records survive at Fort George

Why it mattered

It places the military use of Highland dress and identity within individual lives and an active eighteenth-century fortress

Sources for this account

Sources checked 16 August 2026.

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  • Alan Murray-Rust, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Lis Burke, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Ivor MacKenzie, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Malcolm Neal, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Walter Baxter, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Julian Paren, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Dave Thompson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Alan Reid, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Robert Struthers, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Peter Bond, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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