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..

Photograph of group of men and women in uniform image

DPM.2021.3952

Photograph of group of men and women in uniform, Second World War/Post-War

Robert Aitchison Collection

Photograph of woman in German Nazi uniform image

DPM.2021.3971

Photograph of woman in German Nazi uniform, Second World War

Robert Aitchison Collection

Photograph of Jeanie Aitchison image

DPM.2021.3970

Photograph of Jeanie Aitchison, Second World War

Robert Aitchison Collection

Photograph of Mrs Lapsley image

BONSR 21448

Photograph of Mrs Lapsley, 1940s

Women at Pumpherston detergent plant image

Women at Pumpherston detergent plant

Photograph

Pair of ladies Victorian style boots carved from cannel coal image

LVSAV2018.038.002

Pair of ladies Victorian style boots carved from cannel coal, 19th century

Souvenir

Dalziel Co-op Women's Guild Banner image

1987-24-1

Dalziel Co-op Women's Guild Banner, 1890s

Social History

Banner

Mary McMahon at Carfin Brickworks image

A5569

Mary McMahon at Carfin Brickworks, 1910

Archives

Photograph, black and white

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

sfm_2965

Fisher woman in Kinghorn, 1914-1919

Photographs

Photograph

Red Cross Collectors image

sfm_1277

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

Staff Canteen image

DUNIH 2009.51.27

Staff Canteen, 1948

Jute

Phototgraph

Women serving tea in front of a winding machine image

DUNIH 2008.104.13

Women serving tea in front of a winding machine

Jute

Phototgraph

Jute Works Outing image

DUNIH 491

Jute Works Outing

Jute

Phototgraph

Photograph of Veteran Weavers, Constable Works image

DUNIH 531.45

Photograph of Veteran Weavers, Constable Works, 1937

Jute/weaving, Jute/social

Photograph

Reform Banner image

Reform Banner, 1831

Social History

Reform Banner

A. Stephen & Sons Boiler Shop Workers image

2009-013(2)

A. Stephen & Sons Boiler Shop Workers, 1917

Photograph

Photograph, print

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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