Wick Heritage Museum
The Wick Heritage Museum is run by a charity - The Wick Society.
The Wick Heritage Museum is also home to the Johnson collection of photographs
See https://www.johnstoncollection.net/
Earlier pages and items and photos about Wick Heritage Museum HERE
Photos Inside Wick Heritage Museum
Other Links
They Lived By the Sea - Folklore and Ganseys Of The Pentland Firth
Telephone
01955 605393
E-mail
museum@wickheritage.org
Postal Address
Wick Heritage Museum
18 - 27 Bank Row
Wick
Caithness
KW15EY
News for Wick Heritage Museum
7/10/2023
Families Were Crammed Together 'Like Herring In A Barrel' During Wick Fishing Boom
Wick's herring-fishing boom is considered to have been a time of great prosperity for the town - but those living in unsanitary conditions in the streets around the harbour faced a daily struggle with poverty, overcrowding and disease. The hardships endured by families crammed "cheek by jowl" in the Lower Pulteneytown area have been highlighted by Caithness poet and playwright George Gunn in a new recording for Wick Voices, the oral history section of the Wick Society.
10/8/2019
Black Saturday Anniversary Flotilla of Boats At Wick Bay
Black Saturday was, as reported at the time, a ‘fearful calamity'. In Wick Bay, alone, some 37 fishermen lost their lives, with countless more perishing around the coasts.
9/8/2019
UNIQUE STEAM DRIFTER LOTTIE 'SAILS' HOME TO WICK
From Bill Mowat. An unique ship from the 'golden era' of Wick's herring catching and food-processing industries has 'sailed back' to her home-port, over 70 years since she ceased having a prominent role at Wick Harbour.
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