Museum of Islay Life (Inner Hebrides)

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The Museum of Islay Life is located in a former church in Port Charlotte on the Isle of Islay.
The museum explores lofe on the Isle of Islay covering all ages from the Mesolithic, c.8000 BC, to the 1950s, with exhibits showing what it was like to live in a simple house as well as how the laird lived at the same time.
A small shop sells books and pamphlets about Islay as well as a range of gifts.
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