Sutherland based Strathnaver Museum (www.strathnavermuseum.org.uk), which is currently going through a refurbisment ahead of a relaunch in 2023, has received a loan of £600,000 from Scotland's richest man, Danish billionaire Anders Holch Polvsen. The loan will help to keep things ticking along whilst the museum overcomes a legal wrangle following the discovery that the deeds to the property remain in the names of the original community trustees and not that of Strathnaver Museum Ltd.
The museum focusses on the history of the area, the Mackay clan, and the Highland Clearances (na Fudaichean) in the district.
For more on the story visit https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgl0x83xe0zo and https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/highlands-islands/4853068/anders-povlsen-loan-to-strathnaver-museum/.
Donations towards the refurbishment project can be made via the museum's home page.
Chris
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