BADENOCH, BBC AND THE CAMANACHD Thank you to Dr Hugh Dan MacLennan who is giving this evenings talk, "Badenoch, BBC, and the Camanachd." Thank you also to everyone for coming along, we hope you enjoy the evening.

HUG A BEAR DAY Today on Hug a Bear Day we would like to introduce you to a little known member of our Museum team, Teddy! Teddy is from the early 1900s and is seen here being hugged here by Rachel, one of our curators. Teddy lives in our Curatorial office, keeping a close eye on them all and offering hugs. Hope you have all hugged your teddy bear today? #HugaBearDay

ONLY TWO DAYS TO GO! There's only two days to go until our talk on Shinty, with Hugh Dan MacLennan. The talk will include the history of broadcasting shinty and the local characters involved! There's no charge to come along, just drop us a line to book a place. (If you're unsure if you can make it, it's also fine to come along on the night from 7pm)

We didn't win but it was great to be shortlisted. Congratulations to Eilean Donan Castle and thank you Highlands & Islands Tourism Awards for a great evening!

Tonight we are at the Highlands & Islands Tourism Awards, nominated for Best Heritage Experience - cross your fingers for us! Good luck to everyone here.

A FEW OF OUR FAVOURITE THINGS.... No, not whiskers on kittens or raindrops on roses, in our new blog post Rachael and Helen tell us about their favourite baskets in our collection. Pop over to our website to see all the details! https://www.highlifehighland.com/highlandfolkmuseum/these-are-a-few-of-our-favourite-things/

NATIONAL AUTHORS DAY Today is National Authors Day so we thought we would visit our research library and look at all the books written by our founder, I F Grant. She was writing from the late 1920s through to the 1960s and some of her texts are still used by students today! A remarkable lady with a remarkable achievement - enjoy your favourite author today! #nationalauthorsday

GHOSTLY GOINGS ON??? We recently received a photo from one of our visitors who noticed something strange in one of his pictures of the Tin Cottage in our Croft. We thought that All Hallows' Eve would be the perfect evening to share it with you all - what do you make of the photo? (Photo on the left from our visitor, photo on the right by Ewen Weatherspoon)

FIRST SNOW The tops of the Cairngorm Mountains were dusted with the first snow of the season yesterday and today it felt as if winter had really arrived! Stay warm wherever you might be! (You may need to zoom in to see the snow)

WINTER TALK Don't miss our talk by Hugh Dan MacLennan next week. There's no charge to come along but just drop us a line to book your place - please share with your shinty pals.

THAT'S ALL FOLKS! So that's the end of another busy season, thank you to all our visitors this year. Thank you also to our team who work very hard to make sure you have a great visit. We hope you can come and see us in 2018! (We reopen on 28.3.18)

LAST CHANCE Tomorrow is the last day of our open season this year, so why not pop in between 11am and 4.30pm to see us one last time! If you can't make it we will hopefully see you next year!