Bernera Historical Society was founded in 1991. Membership consists of residents and exiles, the activity falls into two strands: Urras Eachdraidh who have Trust status dealing with business matters and policy, the Comunn Eachdraidh arrange the social side of the Society.
Trust members are all volunteers and along with other volunteers from the local community welcome and assist visitors to the museum.
Bernera Museum is graded by Visit Scotland as a 4 STAR attraction and is also members of the Visit Scotland Ancestral Welcome Scheme and the Visitor Information Program.
We are also proud to be a fully Accredited Museum.
Our collection includes artifacts from the Iron Age Village dig at Bosta Beach along with information on Life in the Iron Age.
For a small island we have a lot of history and our new interpretation boards tell the story of Bernera.
Fishing is and has been an important activity on Bernera for which we have many artifacts on display.
Family and Croft history is very important to our culture and we have extensive archives for the area.
Gaelic is spoken by some of our volunteers and they are happy to converse with you in this beautiful language.
