Aims

The new Highland Gallery and Museum will aim to be:

• A key component of the cultural provision in Inverness, the City in the Highlands – a gathering place, a social centre, a place to belong and be entertained.
• A merging of Gallery and Museum traditions to provide a showcase for the people and the stories of the Highlands.
• A model of design excellence.
• An orientation point, and a resource, for the natural and built environments, the records and collections, and the distinct culture of the Highlands including Gaelic.
• A dedicated focus for the visual arts and crafts, and a generator of activity throughout the Highlands.
• A home in the Highlands for the very best artistic and historic artefacts, national and international, of past and present.
• A resource for learning – formal and informal, from schools to the University of the Highlands and Islands faculties, local history societies to art clubs and individuals and families.
• A stimulus to economic and community growth in Inverness and the Highlands.
• A symbol of Inverness’s achievements and aspirations, and of Highland regeneration.
• A reinforcer of community identity for an increasingly culturally diverse and transient Highland population.
• A major contributor to the realisation of the Inverness City Vision, contributing to the cultural, cosmopolitan and creative characteristics of the city region and attracting creative human capital.
• A legacy to Highland 2007.