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..

Hutchinson's Pictorial: History of the War Number 7 Series 7 image

ANSFM 2021.42.4

Hutchinson's Pictorial: History of the War Number 7 Series 7, Second World War

Hutchinson's Pictorial: History of the War Number 2 image

ANSFM 2021.42.1

Hutchinson's Pictorial: History of the War Number 2, Second World War

Hutchinson's Pictorial: History of the War Number 7 image

ANSFM 2021.40.2

Hutchinson's Pictorial: History of the War Number 7, Second World War/Post-War

Christmas Card from the Defensively Equipped Merchant Ship division image

ANSFM 2012.7442

Christmas Card from the Defensively Equipped Merchant Ship division, December 1944

The Battle of the Atlantic image

ANSFM 2006.80.1

The Battle of the Atlantic, Second World War

Scrap Books of John A Wilson image

N/A

Scrap Books of John A Wilson , Unknown

Scrap Books

Photograph of German U-Boat U-2326 surrendering in Dundee image

U-2326_009

Photograph of German U-Boat U-2326 surrendering in Dundee, 14th May 1945

Photograph

His Majesty's Minesweepers image

ANSFM:2006.80.5

His Majesty's Minesweepers, 1943

Booklet

Admiralty Sea Chart St. Abb’s Head to Aberdeen image

ANSFM:2006.20.7

Admiralty Sea Chart St. Abb’s Head to Aberdeen

Chart

Plaque for the Devenport Mining Section image

ANSFM:1996.17

Plaque for the Devenport Mining Section, Second World War

Plaque

German E-Boat Compass image

ANSFM:1967.19

German E-Boat Compass, 1940

Compass

Jack Gansey image

Jack Gansey, 1939

Textiles

Gansey

RNLB Jane Anne image

RNLB Jane Anne, 1898

Vessel

Ship

Die for striking Principal Keeper's collar badge. image

SLM.2019.201

Die for striking Principal Keeper's collar badge. , 1912

Uniform

Badge die

Telescope from Fair Isle South image

SLM.2019.45

Telescope from Fair Isle South, 1892

Telescope

Postcard featuring Muckle Flugga image

SLM.2019.230.20

Postcard featuring Muckle Flugga, 1927

Postcards

Postcard

Sealed beam lamp array from Bressay Lighthouse image

SLM.2019.27

Sealed beam lamp array from Bressay Lighthouse, circa 1980

Lamps

Lamp

Part of a prism from Flannan Isle image

SLM.1997.9316

Part of a prism from Flannan Isle, 1899

Lens

Prism

Principal Lightkeeper's cap badge image

SLM.2009.32.2

Principal Lightkeeper's cap badge, circa 1950

Uniform

Cap Badge

Fog Cannon from North Carr Lightvessel image

SLM.2013.2.1

Fog Cannon from North Carr Lightvessel, 1887

Fog Signals

Fog Cannon

Button Sampler for No. 1 Uniform button image

SLM.2005.11323.1

Button Sampler for No. 1 Uniform button, 19th century

Uniform

Button Sampler

Lion head decoration for lantern astragal image

SLM.2009.93.2

Lion head decoration for lantern astragal, circa 1850

Engineering

Breakfast Teacup image

SLM.2019.100

Breakfast Teacup, 19th century

Crockery

Teacup

Carved Sperm Whale Tooth (Scrimshaw) image

Carved Sperm Whale Tooth (Scrimshaw)

Tooth

Inkwell from Bell Rock Lighthouse image

Inkwell from Bell Rock Lighthouse, 1910

Inkwell

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

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

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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