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Highland Photographic Archive (part of Highland Museums)

The Highland Photographic Archive is part of Inverness Museum and Art Gallery within the Council's Education, Culture and Sport Service. The photographic archive is responsible for preserving and cataloguing negatives and photographs from all over the Highlands and to then make them accessible to all. Customer access to the archive is through Inverness Service Point on Church Street, where the archive's office is based. If you wish to visit the office in person you must telephone first to arrange an appointment. The office is open Monday - Friday 9.00am - 5.00pm and the telephone number is 01463 703912.

The archive is home to several major highland photographic collections:- The Joseph Cook which dates from 1880 to early 1900s, the David Whyte collection which dates from 1880s to 1970s, the Jimmy Nairn collection which is from the 1950s, the Shennan collection and part of the MEM Donaldson collection. Examples of all these photographic collections are on this website. We also hold smaller photographic collections and donations from members of the public and local groups etc. The archive is now home to well over 100,000 negatives and prints which relate to most areas of the highlands but the majority are from Inverness and the surrounding area.

Highland Photographic Archive is part of Highland Museums alongside Highland Folk Museum and Inverness Museum and Art Gallery.

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Am Baile was established with initial funding from the New Opportunities Fund and is now funded by The Highland Council and managed as part of Highland Libraries.

Copyright Images may be downloaded from Am Baile for personal use, and for non-commercial educational purposes such as in a classroom or teaching environment, or for private research. For any other use of images, such as in a publication or on a publicly available website, copyright clearance must be obtained. Please contact us and we will refer you to the relevant copyright owner.

We believe we have the owner's permission to publish images we know are in copyright. If you think we have inadvertently used your copyright material without permission, please contact us.

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