The Mull Museum — Attraction in Scotland

While this museum has much to show, it is what it doesn't show that I find very worrying. Mull museum seems to be offering a 'cleaned up' view of Scottish history by ignoring two of the most seismic events in Mull (and Scottish) History. The Jacobite uprisings culminating in the battle of Culloden and the Highland clearances. Furthermore, it offers no information on how the Gaelic language and culture was forcibly repressed and wiped out in most areas (especially in the case of the Gaelic language) including Mull of course. I was told by a member of staff that the museum did not cover these events to avoid upsetting English tourists and that the Highland clearances were nothing more than a 'helping hand'! (a revisionist view pushed by political extremists like Neil Oliver) So we should avoid talking about the brutal reality of history to avoid hurting someone's feelings? I hope very much that the museum fixes these problems as a matter of urgency in order to reach the high standards we would expect a...

Macian Dubh has posted a one star review below, complaining that the museum has nothing on the clearances or the Jacobite rebellion. He needs a new pair of glasses, as there is a panel entitled 'clans and clearances' listing the social and economic reasons leading up to the clearances, a map showing the cleared townships, a list of when they were cleared, number of families cleared, and the names of the proprietors. There is however little about the rebellion, as Mull was not directly affected. My own paternal ancestor however was hung, drawn and beheaded for his part in the rebellion, as he was an adjutant in an English Jacobite regiment. English Jacobites seldom get mentioned. Phil Siddall, former curator,...

Do not think of this museum as somewhere to go when it is a wet day in Tobermory! It has so much information packed into a small space. The geology section has excellent rock specimens that you can handle and find the location of on the many maps. Local history and WW2 exhibits provided good information about what was happening here in the past. The two members of staff that I spoke to to were really well informed and highly approachable.

Really enjoyed the visit; amazingly there was no entrance charge, just a box for voluntary...