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The Fire: 50 Years On
Fire is an ever-present risk to historic buildings across the world. Take, for instance, Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, which lost its wooden spire and roof when fire broke out in 2019. Inveraray Castle is no stranger to this nightmare scenario, having suffered two major fires during its history. The first took place in 1877 when…
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Seminar Series 2025-26
Friends of Argyll Estates Archives are delighted to introduce our new Seminar Series for 2025-26, informed by research undertaken in the archive. All seminars take place via Zoom on a Friday, at various start times to allow Friends around the world to participate. Members of the Friends can attend these events for FREE. Non-members pay…
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Leading Ladies: bringing history to life at Inveraray Castle
Our Leading Ladies project is recreating two historic outfits depicted in portraits in the collection at Inveraray Castle. The two portraits are of Lady Charlotte Campbell (1775-1861), daughter of the 5th duke of Argyll, depicted as ‘Aurora’ by John Hoppner and of ‘Mrs Mary Campbell’ (as the portrait is inscribed), who was the Hon. Mary…
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Doors Open Day, Saturday 20 September
Ever wondered what amazing historical records the Duke of Argyll keeps in his archives? Want to find out more about people and places in Argyll and beyond? Join us on Saturday 20 September 2025 when Argyll Estates Archives is open for Doors Open Day! Drop-in, book for a FREE tour or come along for our…
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Signed, sealed, delivered . . . and unopened
The majority of items we hold in the archive have been read many, many times before – usually by pairs of eyes long since departed from this world. However, during recent cataloguing work we came across a hugely exciting find: an unopened bundle of documents from 1709! The folded contents of this neat little packet…
Friends of Argyll Estates Archives
The archives of the Campbell family, dukes of Argyll
