On March 8 th , 2023, I wrote my first blog post for Dunollie, having started working here at the beginning of January. It was a post for International Women’s Day, and it centred on Eilidh MacDougall, cousin of 30 th  Chief Coline MacDougall, who made history as the first police commissioner for women with the Metropolitan Police. It became Dunollie’s most viewed blog post. Throughout my three years here at Dunollie, I have written a handful of others, but since the time has

At the end of 2025, the MacDougall of Dunollie Preservation Trust were over the moon to be awarded an Art Fund Reimagined Grant to support our first collaboration with Argyll Archives, of Inveraray Castle. As a registered charity (Charity No. SC028091), running a small independent museum like Dunollie comes with some challenges - one of which is space to display all of our incredible collections! We have been working to partner more with similar organisations in Argyll, and t