Innes Clan Society boosts Elgin Museum with donation
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A CLAN society whose historical heartland is Moray has handed over a donation to Elgin Museum.
Roddy Innes, the new Scottish regional commissioner for the Innes Clan Society in Elgin, presented a $400 (£310) cheque to Grenville Johnston, president of the Moray Society, yesterday, October 9.
Elgin Museum has been adopted by the Innes Clan for its efforts to highlight the Innes contribution in Moray and has helped boost funds over a number of years.
Last year around 80 of the clan's 200-strong membership converged in Moray from all over the world for the society's annual general meeting and to visit local Innes-related sites.
The society, set up in 1984 at the Virginia Scottish Games in the United States, works to research, collect and preserve records and documents related to the Innes clan.
Vice-chair of the Moray Society and museum volunteer Claire Herbert said the money would be used to buy a new dehumidifier to improve the conservation conditions of artefacts in one of the stores.
The museum is also looking into buying a hand-held printer to help with an upcoming inventory project. This will help improve the card cataloguing system and with object control and identification.
Claire said: "The donation from the Innes Clan Society will certainly allow the museum to purchase both these items, which will be invaluable in helping with care of collections at the museum."
Roddy said: "The Clan Innes Society also plan to donate $550 to the Dufftown Pipe Band – the only pipe band in the world that uses the Innes tartan in their performances.
"The Innes Clan Society membership feels a strong affiliation with the band because of this and some pipe band members visited the US and performed there in 2016."
Roddy urged any local Innes's to consider joining the society. To find out more, go to the Innes Clan website at Clan-Innes.org or the Clan Innes Facebook page.
