Hugh Miller’s Birthplace Cottage & Museum

Planning your visit

Getting here

Hugh Miller’s Birthplace is in Cromarty, 22 miles northeast of Inverness.

Address Hugh Miller’s Birthplace Church Street Cromarty Highland Council IV11 8XA

By public transport: take the plane, bus or train to Inverness. A bus from Inverness bus station to Cromarty leaves roughly once an hour.

Take the A9 north from Inverness across the Kessock Bridge by car or bicycle. Turn right on the B9161 to Munlochy, then right on the A832 to Cromarty. In Cromarty, follow the road right around the park – Church Street is on the right.

Contact information

Telephone: 01381600245

Email address: millermuseum@nts.org.uk

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Opening times

Birthplace Please note that last entry is 30 mins before closing.: Current period 1 Jan–31 Mar, closed 1 Apr–31 May, Wed–Sun, 11.00–16.00 1 Jun–31 Aug, daily, 11.00–16.00 1 Sep–31 Oct, Wed–Sun, 11.00–16.00

Entry prices

Birthplace

Adult: £7.00
Family: £16.00
One adult family: £12.00
Concession: £6.00
Young Scot: £1.00

Members go free

At all Trust places, admission is free for members.

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Planning your visit

Dogs are only permitted in the cobbled courtyard and Lydia Garden. Assistance dogs are allowed throughout the property.

For more information about planning your visit, please see the drop-down facilities below or our frequently asked questions.

Facilities & access

The cottage has ground-floor wheelchair access. There are stairs to the upper floor and steep steps to the garden.

Access to the ground floor of Miller House is via steps and stairs to the upper floors.

We have an ongoing programme of accessible content development. We have created a detailed accessibility guide for Hugh Miller’s Birthplace Cottage & Museum.

We’d love you to visit the Euan’s Guide website to review the accessibility of Trust places and tell us (and others) what’s good and where we need to improve.

Baby changing

Children’s activities

Guided tour

Guided tours are available if booked in advance.

Group visits (maximum 20) can be booked by contacting the property directly. Coaches can drop parties outside the museum.

Hearing loop

Hot drinks

Light refreshments are available.

Parking

Parking is available near the property in Church Street, on the shoreline, and in two car parks within a few hundred metres.

Bike racks are not available at the property.

Self-guided trails

Explore the historic cottage where Hugh Miller was born. Built by Hugh’s great-grandfather, it has been furnished as a typical space for living in the early 1800s.

Outside, Lydia Garden features an ornate sundial pedestal carved by Hugh. This traditional cottage garden was named in honour of Hugh’s wife and leads to a tiny, peaceful Garden Room: Space for Reflection.

The museum next door contains artefacts related to Hugh’s life, including some of his outstanding fossil discoveries, manuscripts, shepherd’s plaid, and mason’s mallet.

Behind the museum is Miller’s Yard: Garden of Wonders, which provides an introduction to the natural world that Hugh Miller admired so greatly.

Shop

A stall in the cobbled courtyard sells locally grown plants.
The gift shop in the museum sells a great range of souvenirs, including books, minerals, gems and fossils.
There is a second-hand bookshop in the cottage.

Toilet

There is one toilet in Miller House, which is partially accessible.

Wi-Fi