Campbeltown Museum

Councillors will be updated at the executive committee meeting ( Thu 2nd June) on work due to start on Campbeltown Museum this summer to improve what’s on offer. Already the council has given £20,000 which has been match funded by Museums Galleries Scotland. The £40,000 will be used for a new gallery heating system, new display lighting and new blackout blinds to reduce natural light.



The museum is the only one run by Argyll and Bute Council and it has been agreed it will still be curated by staff from Kilmartin House Museum and Auchindrain. This agreement has been in place since 2007 and is necessary to give the council the professional museum service it needs. The arrangement has attracted very positive attention at national level, where it isregardedas a model of innovative good practice.



The new look museum could soon include a number of the late Lady Linda McCartney’s photos. Staff are close to an agreement with the trust which controls her photographic works.



Spokesperson for Third Sector and Communities Councillor Rory Colville says ‘I’m delighted about this great partnership continuing delivering a much needed service for Campbeltown and Argyll and Bute.



‘It is fantastic the museum is getting this money to get things in order to maintain accreditation.’