Hope MacDougall

Margaret Hope Garnons MacDougall (Athlone, 21 January 1913 - Oban, 22 December 1998) was an Irish historian, photographer and collector; the youngest daughter of Colina MacDougall and Alexander James MacDougall, chief of the Clan MacDougall at Dunollie. She was aunt to three successive chiefs of the Clan MacDougall, who curated an expansive family collection of notable historical artefacts and records with her sisters, Jena and Coline.

Transforming her spacious residence into a museum in Ganavan, near Oban, she curated an assortment of objects that showcased endangered skills and crafts. After she died in 1998 the collection went to Dunollie where a curated selection of artefacts is exhibited in the 1745 house museum and others are kept in the archive.

Hope's extensive collection encompasses diverse traditional crafts, skills, and professions. These include but are not limited to agricultural practices, early distilling, beekeeping, dairying, shoe making, travellers' camps, laundry, knitting, and more.