A hidden belt used to smuggle whisky from illicit stills will be just one of the items to feature in the Festival of Museums celebrations in Perth.
Whisky was illicitly produced across the Highlands and Islands to avoid payment of the “malt tax” imposed in 1713.
The practice continued until distilling was legalised by the Excise Act of 1823.
The belt, along with part of one of those illicit distilleries, will feature in a whisky tasting at Perth Museum and Art Gallery on Saturday.
The £20-a-head session will be led by experts and offers the chance to sample five different Perthshire whiskies, discover more about the area’s world-famous whisky production heritage and explore related objects in the museum’s collection.
Drinkers will also be able to take part in a tour of Perth’s historic hostelries.
Taking place at Perth Museum and Art Gallery on Friday, it will be led by local archivist and pub enthusiast Steve Connelly.
For children there will be a puppet show and puppet workshop on the theme of the Gingerbread Man, which will take place on Saturday.
Alyth museum will be hosting a Feast of Family Fun, which celebrates the National Year of Food and Drink.
On Sunday the Fergusson gallery will host a cafe culture sketching workshop with professional artist David Faithfull.
The Black Watch Castle and Museum is also taking part, with a Living History day on Saturday.
The free event will see a troop of Waterloo-era re-enactors camped on site, giving musket demonstrations and re-enacting an officers’ duel.
A First World War soldier and nurse will be taking visitors back 100 years while the Scottish Military Vehicles Group will have trucks and jeeps from the First and Second World Wars, as well as post-war, parked in the castle courtyard.