Amelia shares her father’s interests in history and Scotland.
During their visits to the west Highlands she works as a research assistant at the museum.
Before the sale, she told BBC Scotland News she wanted to use her Girl Scout’s final year project to help its revamp.
“The whole idea is to spread awareness about Scottish history,” she said.
“The painting has been hanging in our house for five years and it is a painting that my dad thought would be very good for this because it is by a Scottish artist, and it is small enough to be shipped out.”
Amelia’s father said they were in the Fort William area so often that they felt like locals.
He said his fascination with Scotland was partly due to reading books by Scottish novelist Robert Louis Stevenson, whose work include Treasure Island.
Mr Cimbalo said his family spent their holidays near the location of the Appin murder. The assassination of a government agent in 1752 was an inspiration for Stevenson’s novel Kidnapped.
The family are also regular visitors to Fort William’s museum.
Mr Cimbalo said: “I have been dragging Amelia to this museum since she could walk. We’ve formed a relationship with the place.
“We love being there. If we could go there more we would.”
