The Slate Islands - Islands That Roofed The World The museum will be closed over the Coronation weekend to allow our volunteers to attend local events celebrating this historic event. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. (original) (raw)

Imagine the lives of the slate quarrymen and their families who lived here.

Discover cameras that your grandparents might have used.

Learn about a local business which helped the war effort in the 1940s.

Buy cards and souvenirs to remember your visit.

Explore our history

A Slate Industry that Roofed the World

Easdale slates were used to roof Glasgow Cathedral and other prominent buildings in Scotland. They were exported as far as Nova Scotia, Australia and New Zealand.

The Easdale Volunteers

Two companies of artillery volunteers formed here in 1860, the first in Argyll. These part-time soldiers stood ready to defend our islands for almost half a century.

A Special Landscape

Discover why our landscape formed into a series of low lying rocky ridges, boggy glens and parallel sea lochs with a strong north-easterly orientated grain.

Two Thousand Years

Saints, vikings, clan chiefs and industrialists - and evidence of settlement on these islands for millennia.

Our Built Heritage

The famous Clachan Bridge, the remains of a 5th century chapel, slate workers cottages, forts and duns.

Digital Archives Online

We have a wealth of historical documents and photos. Most of our archives can now be viewed online.