Museums

Collection

Our collections are at the heart of what we do. They tell the stories of the people who served as the backbone to Scotland's industry. Our museums are Accredited and most hold collections Recognised as being of National Significance. New Lanark is a World Heritage Site..

Gartsherrie Works Co-op workers image

A5045

Gartsherrie Works Co-op workers, 1920s

Archives

Photograph, black and white

Mary McMahon at Carfin Brickworks image

A5569

Mary McMahon at Carfin Brickworks, 1910

Archives

Photograph, black and white

Carfin building brick image

COTSL-1991-36-2

Carfin building brick, Early 1900s

Industrial History

Brick

Garnkirk fireclay brick image

COTSL-1988-133-81

Garnkirk fireclay brick, 1800s

Industrial History

Brick

Fireclay mine hutch or bogie image

COTSL-1988-85-1

Fireclay mine hutch or bogie, Early 1900s

Industrial History

Mine hutch

Glenboig brickworkers photograph image

A5287

Glenboig brickworkers photograph, 1913

Archives

Photograph

Harvesting oats at Auchindrain image

1999.27

Harvesting oats at Auchindrain, 1870s

Photographs

Photograph, black and white

Fisher woman in Kinghorn image

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Fisher woman in Kinghorn, 1914-1919

Photographs

Photograph

Red Cross Collectors image

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Red Cross Collectors, 1914-1919

Photographs

Photograph

Margaret Maxwell's petition: praying that the torture of women by forcible feeding in prison may be stopped image

Margaret Maxwell's petition: praying that the torture of women by forcible feeding in prison may be stopped, 1914

Documents

Petition

Two women weavers at loom image

DUNIH 2008.11.7

Two women weavers at loom

Photographs

Photograph

Jute sack sewing image

DUNIH 2008.8.1

Jute sack sewing, 1952

Photographs

Photograph

Rockwell Works - weaving shed with workers image

DUNIH 2007.54.8

Rockwell Works - weaving shed with workers, 1920

Photographs

Photograph

Rockwell Works - Drawing-in warp beams with workers image

DUNIH 2007.54.4

Rockwell Works - Drawing-in warp beams with workers, 1920

Photographs

Photograph

Winding machine with two young, and one old, female attendants image

DUNIH 2008.104.16

Winding machine with two young, and one old, female attendants, 1929

Photographs

Photograph

The Fisher Lass image

ANSFM:1967/1

The Fisher Lass, 1914

Paintings

Oil painting

Fife Fisher Girl image

ANSFM:1976/42

Fife Fisher Girl, 1869

Paintings

Oil painting

Gutting Herring image

ANSFM:1967/2

Gutting Herring, late 19th- to early 20th-century

Paintings

Oil painting

The Jessica Letters by Corra Harris and Paul Elmer More image

3134

The Jessica Letters by Corra Harris and Paul Elmer More, 1904

Miner's Library

The Jessica Letters by Corra Harris and Paul Elmer More

The Koran image

2668

The Koran, 1887

Miner's Library

The Koran

The adventures of Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens image

2250

The adventures of Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, 1861

Miner's Library

The adventures of Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

The life of Napoleon Buonaparte by Sir Walter Scott image

1184

The life of Napoleon Buonaparte by Sir Walter Scott, 1827

Miner's Library

The life of Napoleon Buonaparte by Sir Walter Scott

The works of John Knox image

1918

The works of John Knox, 1846-48

Miner's Library

The works of John Knox

The history, habits, and instincts of animals by William Kirby image

1464

The history, habits, and instincts of animals by William Kirby, 1830s

Miner's Library

The history, habits, and instincts of animals by William Kirby

The natural history of the mineral kingdom by John Williams image

1766

The natural history of the mineral kingdom by John Williams, 1810

Miner's Library

The natural history of the mineral kingdom by John Williams

The Poems of Ossian image

361

The Poems of Ossian, 1792

Miner's Library

The Poems of Ossian

Pamela by Samuel Richardson image

89

Pamela by Samuel Richardson, 1700s

Miner's Library

Pamela by Samuel Richardson

Jutsum's Hand Semaphore Cards image

Jutsum's Hand Semaphore Cards

Nautical

Cards

Fish drag image

ANSFM : 1968.302

Fish drag

Fishing

Fish drag

Whale bone image

ANSFM : 2017.6

Whale bone

Whaling

Bone

Whale tooth image

ANSFM : 2017.2

Whale tooth

Whaling

Tooth

White Wing image

White Wing, Early twentieth-century

Boats

Fifie

Our collections are at the heart of what we do. They tell the stories of the people who served as the backbone to Scotland's industry.

Our museums are Accredited and hold collections Recognised as being of National Significance - except New Lanark, which is a World Heritage SIte.

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