Video: Community buyouts in Eigg and Ulva

Video: Community buyouts in Eigg and Ulva

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What have a drum, a sign and a door knocker got to do with land ownership in Scotland?

All is revealed in the next film in the National Museums Scotland’s Collecting the Present series, which explores objects that document community buyouts in the islands of Eigg and Ulva.

Land ownership has been a contested issue in Scotland for centuries. Community buyouts aim to redistribute Scotland’s land by putting it in the hands of the people who live and work in the local area.

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