Tartan & Turmoil – The Angus Jacobite Story. Step into a world of intrigue, loyalty, and rebellion at Montrose Museum, as we reveal the pivotal role Angus played in the Jacobite cause. From the bustling port of Montrose – once branded ‘the most disloyal and disaffected town in Scotland’ – gold, weapons, and secret reinforcements slipped across the sea from Europe to fuel the rising.

Trace the rebellion’s path through Arbroath, Brechin, and Forfar, where whispers of resistance stirred the blood of local people, and onward into the Angus Glens – a breathtaking landscape that became the stage for both defiance and eventual defeat. Here, in 1746, after the Battle of Culloden, the last flicker of Angus’s Jacobite hopes was finally extinguished.

Encounter treasures once owned by Stuart kings, intimate letters penned by Angus rebels, rare weaponry, and humble everyday objects that carry the weight of extraordinary stories. Meet not only lords, lairds and ladies, but the butchers, weavers, fishermen, innkeepers, and servants whose courage and conviction led them to fight for the doomed Jacobite cause.

Alongside objects from the significant Angus Collections, loans will be on display from National Galleries Scotland, National Trust for Scotland, Perth Museum and many more making this a unique opportunity to learn about Angus and the Jacobites.