Staff and Partners

Staff

Khara MacPhail, Heritage Learning and Access Coordinator at Campbeltown Museum

Living in Campbeltown, Khara MacPhail has built practical experience in museums and heritage through working with the local community in various roles. In 2022, Khara completed her Museums and Galleries Technician Modern Apprenticeship obtained through the CHARTS Modern Apprenticeship scheme in partnership with liveArgyll, Museums Galleries Scotland and Skills Development Scotland. 

Khara is based at Campbeltown Museum and her role involves assisting visitors, planning and organising public engagement events and opportunities for everyone in the community to get involved in their heritage, along with researching the collection and developing new interpretation texts.

If you would like to get in touch, please email museum@chartsargyllandisles.org

Partners

CHARTS

The CHARTS network supports a sustainable future for the culture, heritage and arts sector in Argyll and Bute.

CHARTS works to:

• Foster collaborative working across the whole culture, heritage and arts sector.
• Build the area’s cultural profile.
• Co-operatively grow our audiences and customers by marketing ourselves and others locally, nationally and internationally. 
• Co-design and deliver partnership projects that engage communities and visitors.
• Advocate for the needs and benefits of cultural activity.

liveArgyll

liveArgyll is a local charity operating a range of facilities and leisure, library and cultural services on behalf of Argyll and Bute Council. liveArgyll leads the development work of Campbeltown Museum on behalf of liveArgyll. 

The Friends of Campbeltown Museum

The Friends of Campbeltown Museum, a registered charity, was formed in 1991 as a pressure-group in response to a Scottish Museums Council report which found that the Museum collections were neglected and poorly presented and that the Museum itself provided a low standard of service to the public. Within eight years, the Friends' main objectives had been achieved: a museum development officer for Argyll and Bute was appointed in 1994 and oversaw the conservation measures which enabled Campbeltown Museum to receive full registration status in the Museums and Galleries national scheme. In more recent years, the Friends' main role has been to assist with projects, but the group has also helped fund Museum improvements and furnishings and has been instrumental in the acquisition of local art, e.g., two Archibald MacKinnon paintings, purchased in 2018.