Tain & District Museum and Clan Ross Centre
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Tain & District Museum and Clan Ross Centre
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Tain & District Museum and Clan Ross Centre
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Hours
10 AM - 4 PM, Tuesday - Friday, April - October.
Location
Tain, Highland
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April 22, 2026
Helen Fraser — Courage in Cambodia
Helen Fraser was a Tain-born nurse whose courage under extreme circumstances earned her one of the highest international honours in nursing, the Florence Nightingale Medal.
February 13, 2026
The Night of the Witch-Cutters
In 1750, long after Scotland’s last formal witch trials, men in Obsdale near Alness still turned to blood and blades to “break a spell.” The Presbytery of Tain met in this church to hear how neighbours were dragged from their beds, cut across the face, and forced to swear secrecy at swordpoint. Drawing on their records, this article revisits that night of terror and shows how the belief in “witch-cutting” lingered in Easter Ross into the nineteenth century.
February 02, 2026
Clan Ross in the ’45
A question I am often asked in the Clan Ross Centre is: where were the Rosses at Culloden? The answer is not a romantic one. It tells neither of a clan rushing to the aid of a prince nor of a regiment standing firm for the government. Their story is different — but no less important — because it reveals, in unusual detail, the slow unravelling of a clan.
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Tain & District Museum is an independent, volunteer run museum in the North of Scotland. We serve the area of Easter Ross; helping to perserve and interpret our past and provide locals and visitors alike with a high quality experience when they visit. Read
more here
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Letter sent to David Ross of Balnagown concerning a French Privateer Ship in the Cromarty Firth. 1709
Building of the Free Church, 1891-92
TRA Senior Pupils, early 1930's
Scotland International Football Medal
Plan of the lands of Tain, 1750.
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Address
Tain & District Museum and Clan Ross Centre
Tower Street, Tain
IV19 1DY
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Directions
Opening Times
10 AM - 4 PM, Tuesday - Friday, April - October.
Contact Us
(01862) 894089
info@tainmuseum.org.uk
Welcome to
Tain & District Museum and Clan Ross Centre
About Us
Collections
Explore our online collections
View our gallery
View our objects
War Memorials
Visit our war memorials
View Details
Hours
10 AM - 4 PM, Tuesday - Friday, April - October.
Location
Tain, Highland
Get In Touch
Contact Tain & District Museum and Clan Ross Centre
April 22, 2026
Helen Fraser — Courage in Cambodia
Helen Fraser was a Tain-born nurse whose courage under extreme circumstances earned her one of the highest international honours in nursing, the Florence Nightingale Medal.
February 13, 2026
The Night of the Witch-Cutters
In 1750, long after Scotland’s last formal witch trials, men in Obsdale near Alness still turned to blood and blades to “break a spell.” The Presbytery of Tain met in this church to hear how neighbours were dragged from their beds, cut across the face, and forced to swear secrecy at swordpoint. Drawing on their records, this article revisits that night of terror and shows how the belief in “witch-cutting” lingered in Easter Ross into the nineteenth century.
February 02, 2026
Clan Ross in the ’45
A question I am often asked in the Clan Ross Centre is: where were the Rosses at Culloden? The answer is not a romantic one. It tells neither of a clan rushing to the aid of a prince nor of a regiment standing firm for the government. Their story is different — but no less important — because it reveals, in unusual detail, the slow unravelling of a clan.
Read more news
icon
Tain & District Museum is an independent, volunteer run museum in the North of Scotland. We serve the area of Easter Ross; helping to perserve and interpret our past and provide locals and visitors alike with a high quality experience when they visit. Read
more here
.
Letter sent to David Ross of Balnagown concerning a French Privateer Ship in the Cromarty Firth. 1709
Building of the Free Church, 1891-92
TRA Senior Pupils, early 1930's
Scotland International Football Medal
Plan of the lands of Tain, 1750.
New Picture
Address
Tain & District Museum and Clan Ross Centre
Tower Street, Tain
IV19 1DY
icon
Directions
Opening Times
10 AM - 4 PM, Tuesday - Friday, April - October.
Contact Us
(01862) 894089
info@tainmuseum.org.uk