ABOUT US

Bernera Historical Society was founded in 1991 with Membership consisting of residents, visitors and exiles,

Our volunteers welcome and assist visitors to the museum.

Collection includes artifacts from the Iron Age Village dig at Bosta Beach along with information on the Iron Age House.

The story of Bernera history is told by interpretation boards for The Bridge, The Riot, The Lobster Ponds and more

Genealogy of local families and crofts are collected and shared in our archive

We have a large collection of photographs of Bernera, its people and way of life on display..

Visit Scotland grade as a 3 STAR museum, Ancestral Welcome Scheme and the Visitor Information Program.

Proud to be a fully Accredited Museum.

Gaelic is spoken by some of our volunteers.

Most visitors spend around 30 minutes in the museum and also visit the Iron Age House at Bosta which is also run by the Historical Society.

Visitors looking for family history are welcome, as are enquires to our Contacts which we will assist.

Now available to buy in the museum.

This History of Great Bernera and Tir Mor has been compiled from information collected by the volunteers in the museum since the Comunn Eachdraidh was founded and held within our archive. In a timeline format we start at the very beginning and cover important and interesting events and stories from Bernera, and some things that do not fit in with a specific date or time period.

It does not cover family or croft histories as this information is available elsewhere.

If you are interested in buying a copy of this 45 page book then please come into the museum where they are on sale.

We can also post this to you for P&P of 2.20 for the UK. Please send email to berneramuseum1@gmail.com with your name and address and if you will pay by sending us a cheque or by BACS, we will send you payment details by email. Please do not send requests on Facebook as we will not give bank details or want you to put your address in that forum.

There is also a selection of postcards and leaflets relevant to Bernera on sale in the museum

DISPLAY CHANGES FOR 2023

Following the donations of the Angus Maciver watch and the Bill Eadie clock by each family to the museum these have gone on display along with some other items of interest from the first Bernera Bridge. Both these gents are instrumental in the bridge being built in their own and different ways.

DISPLAY CHANGES FOR 2021

During the Covid 19 closure we have refurbished the display area and changed our displays a bit.
A new display case for the Iron Age artefacts has been purchased allowing for a better view and more security for them.
Margaret Ferguson has loaned us her portraits of three Bernera men who died in the Iolaire disaster before they will be moved to the new Iolaire exhibition center once it is completed.Display cases have been moved and some items' from storage have been put on display.

CHILDREN'S QUIZ

We offer all children the chance to take part in our Museum quiz. There are seven pictures of items in the museum to find and name with as much detail as possible. At the end of the season we draw a winner from the best answers to receive an Amazon voucher.