Welcome to Timespan - a vibrant meeting place between our past and our future; linking culture, heritage, the arts, people and their ideas. After three years of enormous hard work, we are now able to show you our stunning redevelopment.

Timespan is situated in the centre of Helmsdale. It comprises an award winning museum with a permanent collection,a unique Story Telling Room and changing exhibitions art gallery, riverside café, shop showing arts and crafts and our riverside garden of Scottish herbs and flowers, nestling against the Telford bridge. Read more about what’s on... and new for 2008

This picturesque village, with harbours, coastal and riverside walking trails, boasts one of the best salmon rivers in the North. The River Helmsdale flows from the Strath of Kildonan – the location of the great 1869 goldrush and an area affected by the Highland Clearances.

Find out how to reach us by road or rail...

We hope you will be able to come and enjoy the new facilities. In the meantime please do visit the gallery and the gardens including our beautiful geology garden.

Timespan is now closed for the winter and will re-open next Spring.