Lectures and Events

The Society opened its summer exhibition on Thursday 13th August in our Town Hall premises at 2 Cromwell St. The theme of this year's event is Vintage Postcards of Stornoway, Lewis and the Western Isles. Postcards provide a unique insight into 20th century life. Our...

Stornoway Historical Society Chairman, Malcolm Macdonald will be presenting a talk on Lewis & Highland Emigration on Saturday 20th June at An Lanntair as part of the Hebridean Refugee Festival. This day's event includes four talks that afternoon on refugees,...

Coming up on Monday 30th March will be the final public lecture of the winter season. Colin Tucker will be presenting a talk on "From Clipper Ships to Container Ships -Ships called Stornoway". The venue is the Council Chambers, Sandwick Road and the talk begins at...

The next public lecture in our winter series will be held on Monday 23rd February 2026 at 7pm in the Council Chambers, Sandwick Road. Our guest speaker is Ken Galloway, SHS archivist and the subject of his talk is 'Vintage Postcards'. Further details are in the...