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West Highland Museum
A small museum of Highland life and the Jacobite risings, with a secret portrait of Bonnie Prince Charlie.
- Open
- Most days; shorter hours in winter
- Price
- Free; donations welcome
- Time Needed
- 1 hour
- Address
- Cameron Square, Fort William PH33 6AJDirections
- Getting There
- On the high street in the center of town.
Why Go
The rooms cover clans, crofting, the mountains and the Jacobites who rose for the exiled Stuarts. The famous secret portrait is a smear of paint that turns into the prince's face when reflected in a polished cylinder, a toast his supporters could raise in secret.
Nearby in Fort William
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