Greetings from rainy Lanarkshire for today's #OnlineArtExchange on the subject of #holidays Parisien artist Gabriel Deschamps (1919-2011) evokes a glamorous holiday in Monte Carlo with this painting from our collection artuk.org/discover/art...

Our Doors Open Days tour of the Industrial History Store on 12 September is now sold out but we still have places on the canal walk at 2pm www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/doors-open...

Doors Open Day- Guided Canal Walk

Explore the history of the Gartsherrie Branch of the Monkland Canal, now a Scheduled Monument, with the Industrial History Curator.

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NorthLan Heritage@nlheritage.bsky.social · 2w ago

On Saturday 12 September join a curator at Summerlee Museum for a store tour & a guided walk along the route of the Summerlee branch of the Monkland Canal The tours, which are part of the #DoorsOpenDays festival are free but please book ahead, details here www.doorsopendays.org.uk/regions/nort...

For today's dog-themed #OnlineArtExchange here is a portrait of one of Lanarkshire's wealthy families, the Rankins of Airdrie This is a hunting party complete with dogs, possibly on the Auchengray estate & was painted by Airdrie artist John Levack in 1853 artuk.org/discover/art...

On Saturday 12 September join a curator at Summerlee Museum for a store tour & a guided walk along the route of the Summerlee branch of the Monkland Canal The tours, which are part of the #DoorsOpenDays festival are free but please book ahead, details here www.doorsopendays.org.uk/regions/nort...

New on our museum collections website we tell the story of one of North Lanarkshire's most curious monuments, & the only Roman altar still outdoors in Scotland, the Carrick Stone www.northlanmuseums.co.uk/story/the-ca... #Romans #ScottishHistory #Cumbernauld

🛠️Our repair and adaptation fund is open for applications! Accredited museums can apply for up to £100k to make urgent repairs or changes to their building. Recent awardees include Scottish Fisheries Museum (pictured) who received £91k to replace the roof of their oldest building. 🔗 bit.ly/3UIGBbL

The theme of today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange is holidays! We can't imagine a more summery picture than 'Glasgow Boy' Edward Hornel's 'The Buttercup Chain', which is in our collection

Next month marks the 67th anniversary of the #Auchengeich Colliery Disaster. 47 miners were suffocated following an underground fire To mark the anniversary Summerlee Museum is displaying a collection of items relating to Auchengeich Colliery & the 1959 disaster lent by Harry & Michelle Lycett-Nutt

Join us for our relaxed and friendly Introduction to Family History course this September 📅every Thu, 3-24 September 2026 ⏲️10-11.30am 📍NL Heritage Centre, High Road, Motherwell, ML1 3HU 💰£22 (including refreshments) to book email heritagecentre@northlan.gov.uk

Penguin Family Tree Illustration

ALT: Penguin Family Tree Illustration

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Scottish Transport & Industrial Collections & Knowledge Network@sticknetwork.bsky.social · last mo.

The call for papers for our autumn conference closes on Friday The event in Stirling on 13 November celebrates Scotland’s #Railway200 Email stickssn@gmail.com with your proposal or if you have any questions - don’t miss the train!

✍Expressions of interest are now open for our Repair and Adaptation Fund! The fund supports museums to undertake essential repairs and conservation work, while also helping them reduce their environmental impact and improve accessibility. 🔗Find out more: buff.ly/IpYrjo6

Want to be able to upload your own landscape journey to the #Mininglandscapes #Eco-Museum? Our new admin wizard is now live. Why not join up for a free training sessions? Sessions will start from Sept 2026 and will run monthly until April 2027. Email Aileen mining-landscapes@stir.ac.uk

#OnThisDay in 1770 two of the greatest engineers of the industrial age, & soon to be rivals, James Watt & John Smeaton met beside the Monkland Canal www.northlanmuseums.co.uk/story/a-famo...

The call for papers for our autumn conference closes on Friday The event in Stirling on 13 November celebrates Scotland’s #Railway200 Email stickssn@gmail.com with your proposal or if you have any questions - don’t miss the train!

New on our website is this story by digital collections volunteer Lauren Hood looking at the history of laundry work www.northlanmuseums.co.uk/story/doing-...

#OnThisDay in 1770 navvies cut the 1st sod to make the Monkland Canal, under the supervision of steam engine pioneer James Watt Most of the canal is now buried beneath the M8 motorway but stretches still remain around Coatbridge & Calderbank www.northlanmuseums.co.uk/story/the-mo... 1/2

Today's #OnlineArtExchange is about 'Machines' Here's a steam hammer, invention of Scottish engineer & artist James Nasmyth This unattributed watercolour from around 1920 shows a hammer at work in the Waverley Iron & Steel Works, Coatbridge artuk.org/discover/art... @artukdotorg.bsky.social

Next week’s #OnlineArtExchange is one after our own heart: ’Machines’ We can’t wait to see what machine- related artwork our followers post on Thursday. Don’t forget to tag us & @artukdotorg.bsky.social in!

Art UK@artukdotorg.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Thanks for taking part in this week's #OnlineArtExchange 🖼️ Next week's theme is ‘Machines’ for 'Tick Tock Marvels, The Playful World of Automata' at Tullie Carlisle 'The Discovery' by H. W. R. Allan 📷 NHS Lothian Charity – Tonic Collection

We often publish stories on our website about great North Lanarkshire engineering companies of the past This time we tell the story of a thriving modern business based in one of our most historic factories, Cairnhill Structures of the Sun Works #Coatbridge www.northlanmuseums.co.uk/story/engine...

The theme of this week's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange is discovery Daniel Macnee's portrait of William Cameron, Underground Manager for Scottish ironmasters William Baird & Co shows him with the surveying tools he used to prospect for coal & ironstone artuk.org/discover/art...

135 years ago this month, Airdrieonians FC were on the receiving end of the 1st ever penalty kick at their Mavisbank Park ground only 4 days after penalties had been added to the rulebook www.northlanmuseums.co.uk/story/more-t... Scorer was James McLuggage of Larkhall side Royal Albert who won 2-0

Call for Papers! Our autumn conference will celebrate Scotland’s #Railway200 We are taking a broad approach to the subject &, as ever welcome proposals for short talks from anyone with an interest in Scotland’s transport & industrial history. Email stickssn@gmail.com

This is a timely question from @oneplacestudies.bsky.social as we have recently published a blog post about Scotland's 1st modern railway, the Monkland & Kirkintilloch, on its bicentenary www.northlanmuseums.co.uk/story/the-mo... #Railway200

Society for One-Place Studies@oneplacestudies.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Did the railway come to (or close to) your #OnePlaceStudy? If so, when did that happen and what were its impacts on your Place and its people? #OnePlaceWednesday

Having spent a few years living in Kildrum, I would walk my then dog around Cumbernauld Park, which hosts the house where this wonderful lady was born. What photographs she produced, truly magical.

Born #OnThisDay in 1822, at Cumbernauld House, pioneering photographer Lady Clementina Hawarden (1822–65) You can see some of her portraits in the V&A collection www.vam.ac.uk/articles/lad...

Lady Clementina Hawarden – an introduction · V&A

Lady Clementina Hawarden (1822 – 65) was a pioneering and prolific amateur photographer who captured some 800 photographs, mostly from her Kensington home.

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Volunteer with us! If you have an interest in North Lanarkshire's heritage there are various ways you can help. It's a great way to meet new people and learn new skills - or share old ones! www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/your-communi...

Launched #OnThisDay in 1819 the Vulcan, Scotland's 1st iron boat & the world's 1st iron passenger vessel A replica built for the 1988 Glasgow Garden Festival is being refurbished at Summerlee Museum www.northlanmuseums.co.uk/story/the-ir... @dreadships.bsky.social @scotmaritimemuseum.bsky.social

Our museum collections website has a new url - find us at northlanmuseums.co.uk

There is still time to apply to be our new Tramway & Historic Engineering Technician, based at Summerlee Museum Closing date is this Tuesday, 28 April myjobscotland.gov.uk/councils/nor...

#OnThisDay in 1796 William Baird was born into a Lanarkshrie farming family. By the age of 20 he had become a coalmaster. He & his brothers established Scotland's biggest pig iron producer, William Baird & Co www.northlanmuseums.co.uk/story/the-ba...