Newtonmore's Macpherson Museum to remain closed for rest of year
The Trustees of Newtonmore’s Clan Macpherson Museum have agreed to keep the attraction closed throughout the 2020 season because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The decision came after a virtual meeting earlier this week during following an extensive Covid-19 risk assessment for the venue.
Trust convener Angus Macpherson said: “Our primary concern has always been to safeguard the health and well-being of our staff and visitors to the museum and with this in mind considerable work was put into developing a Covid-19 risk analysis and policy.
"During our meeting, the trustees indicated their total confidence in the policy but felt, on balance, that given the exceptional nature of this now-truncated season and our exciting plans for the future it would be preferable not to open the museum this year.
“Over coming years, the museum will be going through a number of major exercises that will see it refurbished internally and externally, starting with the roof this winter.
"The Macphersoniana project launched earlier this year will also be further developed to create a digital exhibition of Macpherson-related personal objects and their stories to complement the permanent and temporary exhibitions in our museum space.
"Designed to capture stories of what it means to be a Macpherson through these objects, ‘Macphersoniana' will also connect ‘cousins’ from around the globe through their shared heritage.
“The museum has an exciting future ahead but in the meantime, our thoughts are with frontline workers who are involved in the Covid-19 response and those affected by the virus in some way.
"We urge them to keep safe and well at this time and will look forward to opening our doors to local and international visitors from across the UK and world in spring 2021.”
