Deadline day!

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

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 · 2mo 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 · 2mo 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...

PSA: THE SWANS ARE BACK AT SUMMERLEE!

This week's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange is all about books In case you thought audiobooks were new, 'Reading Aloud' was painted by Airdrie artist John Levack (1823-1874) artuk.org/discover/art...

On #WorldBookDay you can find out more about #Scotland's #printers on our website

👀 @eddiecstewart.bsky.social's review of Richard Oram's latest, series completing book: tinyurl.com/4vru2tv2

"Standing on the Edge of Being: Scotland 1850 to Cop 26, an Environmental History of Scotland" by Richard D Oram - Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

Reviewed by Dr Edward Stewart FSAScot

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Engagement Officer Janiece Ndoye discusses her work with a team of Community Researchers from diverse backgrounds to explore & interpret the colonial links of objects at Summerlee Museum www.culturenlmuseums.co.uk/blog/decolon... Funded by @museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk & @northlanarkshire.gov.uk

Check out our updated slate of free online events with spaces still available! Upcoming events cover data migration, records of traumatic histories, manorial records, heritage science and more: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec... Book now to avoid disappointment!

We are enjoying the #WinterOlympics #curling but can't help feeling the players could work on their attire after seeing this painting by John Levack It shows a curling match near #Airdrie in 1857. Spot the coal mines that partly funded the players' wealth www.culturenlmuseums.co.uk/SIModes/Deta...

Keen to share your thoughts on our 3-year digital capacity building strategy? We’ve commissioned consultant Simon Wilson to run an independent series of focus group discussions on Our Digital Century and Novice to Know-How! Find out more and sign up for a session: simonpwilson.com/client-area/...

There is still time to apply to be our new Site Supervisor for North Lanarkshire Council Museums! Closing date is this Tuesday, 17 February

NorthLan Heritage@nlheritage.bsky.social · 6mo ago

We are recruiting for a Site Supervisor for North Lanarkshire Council Museums. Closing date: 17 February 2026 myjobscotland.gov.uk/councils/nor...