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Today's #OnlineArtExchange is about historic conflicts. Our pick is The Last Days of Napoleon (1867) by Swiss-Italian sculptor Vincenzo Vela (1820–1891). The sculpture depicts Napoleon in exile on St Helena, with a map of the Europe he tried to conquer draped over his knee. @artukdotorg.bsky.social

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It's the Forth Rail Bridges 135th birthday! 🥳 Did you know that the bridge was made with open-hearth steel from Lanarkshire's Hallside and Dalzell Works!? This object labelled "Drillings, Punchings and Planings of Forth Bridge Steel" gives a sample of the material used to build this iconic landmark

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This week's #OnlineArtExchange celebrates LGBTQ+ history! King James VI and I was well-known for love affairs with his male favourites. Cameron looked into the portraiture of the King and how this previously misidentified work ended up in our collection: tinyurl.com/467y4n9v @artukdotorg.bsky.social

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Calderhead Church & School #Shotts from a picture postcard posted in 1909 In the foreground is one of the reservoirs for the nearby Shotts Iron Works, showing how the community lived in a landscape shaped by industry www.culturenlmuseums.co.uk/SIModes/Deta...

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We're looking at fashion photography for today's #OnlineArtExchange We have copies of ABC's Film Review in our collection all showing past stars of the stage and screen 📸🎥 Why not read our online story about the history of magazines too! tinyurl.com/5n6ma89s @artukdotorg.bsky.social

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New learning resource for Art and Design A-level, AS and A2-level students 📣 Find artworks relevant to the 2025 themes 👉 artuk.org/learn/learni... 🧑‍🎨 Barbara Hepworth (1903–1975) © Bowness. 📷 The Hepworth Wakefield

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February 1871 saw the start of construction of Motherwell's Dalzell Iron Works The town's 1st #steelworks is also its last & the #factory that built the steel for the RMS Titanic is still going. Find out about the Colville steelmaking empire on our website www.culturenlmuseums.co.uk/story/david-...

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📅Our events and training page has a range of talks, workshops, conferences, and training sessions aimed at the museum sector workforce. Find out what's on offer: www.museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk/events/

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Did you know that you can leave comments on objects on our museum collections website? Here are some of our users' responses to a brick from Glenboig, once the world's largest producer of firebricks www.culturenlmuseums.co.uk/SIModes/Deta...

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There's love in the air for today's #OnlineArtExchange which is themed for Valentine's and Palentine's Here is 'We twa hae paidl't i' the burn' by Robert Gemmell Hutchison. Quoting Burn's Auld Lang Syne, this lyric reflects on childhood friendship @artukdotorg.bsky.social

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An obscure question but does anyone know of firms in & around Glasgow trading in palm oil in the 1800s? @sticknetwork.bsky.social @scotindustria.bsky.social @businesshistoryc.bsky.social @scothistnetwork.bsky.social

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Today's #OnlineArtExchange is textile art and what a great excuse to show a banner we have in the NLC collection! This one is for the Dalziel Co-op Society Women's Guild, North Motherwell Branch! The centre painting depicts the Roman Bridge from Strathclyde Country Park 🌉 @artukdotorg.bsky.social

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Today's #OnlineArtExchange is about what's on the inside - it's home and interiors! Here is Bristol Studio by Fife artist Mardi Barrie! We love how the soft lighting and muted colours contrast with the movement in the brush strokes, giving the work energy! @artukdotorg.bsky.social 🏡

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Today's #OnlineArtExchange is celebrating 20th Century women artists! Here's Moon and Clouds by Bet Low (1924-2007) which is currently on loan to @glasgowschoolofart.bsky.social in their exhibition Bet Low – An Island On Your Doorstep! tinyurl.com/4t8s43jw @artukdotorg.bsky.social

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My lecture at Farnborough next month, about the Royal Aircraft Establishment women. It would be lovely to see some of you IRL. airsciences.org.uk/FAST-Talk_25...

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Come along tomorrow evening for a fascinating talk from scientist Peter Brimblecombe and public health nurse Tracey Cooke about the history of air pollution and the origins of the role of occupational health nurses. 📆 22 Jan 2025 ⌚ 20:00-21:00 💻 Online https://buff.ly/4fTIRlz

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Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is magic and fairies. We've chosen The Buttercup Chain by one of the Glasgow Boys, Edward Atkinson Hornel, dated 1927. Hornel's work often has a fairy-tale feel and this work is no different! 🧚‍♀️🌼 @artukdotorg.bsky.social

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On this day in 1987 Caterpillar announced the closure of its Uddingston factory. In response workers occupied the site in a protest that lasted 103 days Members of the Joint Occupation Committee used boxes like this one to raise money for the protesters www.culturenlmuseums.co.uk/SIModes/Deta...

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Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is monochrome. Here is a wonderful dry point etching of Gartsherrie Ironworks and it's 'pig beds' circa 1930! The artist is unknown but the style is similar to that of Sir Muirhead Bone who often depicted Scottish industrial scenes. @artukdotorg.bsky.social

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Monday quiz: these men's job title was 'Pig Lifter' but what did they do for a living? The clue is behind them!

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The deadline to apply to be our new Tram & Historic Vehicles Technician is this Friday!

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@northlanarkshire.bsky.social are looking for a Tram & Historic Vehicles Technician to keep our trams and steam vehicles rolling at Summerlee Museum⬇️

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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from all of us at North Lanarkshire Heritage Centre in Motherwell! 🎄 The centre will be closed over the festive period and will re-open at 12 noon on 3rd January 2025.

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Spotted at Summerlee museum, Coatbridge (1960s house), the dolls' house I used to have. My red plastic roof got cracked and the door was yellow. The metal front slid off. The best thing Santa ever brought me. Had six rooms and no staircase. @nlheritage.bsky.social #Toys #ArchiveAdventCalendar

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Summerlee Museum is open every day in the run-up to Christmas, 10am-4pm including Christmas Eve Lots of outdoor spaces to run around & a huge play area if you are too excited about Christmas & need a place to burn off energy! Nice gift shop & cafe too☕ culturenl.co.uk/museums/visi...

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Please note that Airdrie Local Studies will be closed from 4pm this Friday, 20 December. We will reopen at 10.30am on Friday 3 January 2025

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How can we not feel festive when looking at these snowy scenes from Alexander R. Gibson (1880–1968)? These two wintery works, show King Street Corner and King Street Lane in Kilsyth ❄️ Find out more about Alexander Gibson here: tinyurl.com/2s497xp3 #OnlineArtExchange @artukdotorg.bsky.social

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Our first Bluesky #OnlineArtExchange! The theme is India and Indian art for Ancient House Museum's 100th birthday 🎂 Lancelot Ribeiro co-founded the Indian Painters Collective to raise the profile of Indian artists. 🧑‍🎨 Lancelot Ribeiro (1933–2010) © the artist's estate. 📷 University of Sussex

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Cramming dialectograms into a book can be a PAIN. & yet Gabby Durnan, the designer who worked with me, @alisonirvine.bsky.social & @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social on Concrete Dreams pulled off a miracle here. Check it out… concretedreams.org.uk/book/

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Words on Cumbernauld from me and photos from @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social in today's Herald. An extract from our book: concretedreams.org.uk/the-book/ @nlheritage.bsky.social @librariesnl.bsky.social @dialectographer.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...

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Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is journeys! We've picked Cumbernauld Commuters (1994) by Bill Rennie! @artukdotorg.bsky.social 🚉☂️

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My latest article for Art-Scot is now live! It's about the McGeehans, an artistic family from Airdrie, including a wonderful portrait from @nlheritage.bsky.social 's collection. Read it here: www.art-scot.com/the-mcgeehan...

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With Storm Bert behind us, we're offering up a more peaceful scene of winter weather for today's #OnlineArtExchange @artukdotorg.bsky.social Here is 'Market Street, Airdrie, on a Snowy Day' by George Cunningham Stevenson🌨️ To learn more about the artist, read our short blog here: tinyurl.com/47ebxhdx

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Hello to all you poets & poetry fans. By way of an intro here's a poetry resource we've been working on for years. It features the internet's largest database of Scottish poets & their work, poetry-related blogs, podcasts, films, archive recordings, etc. Enjoy. x www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk

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Discover the story of Motherwell’s famous Olympian Swimmers who dominated British swimming for twenty years during the 1940s and 50s. North Lanarkshire Heritage Centre, Motherwell TOMORROW, 27 November, 1.30pm - 3pm FREE Book now: north-lanarkshire-council-museums.arttickets.org.uk/north-lanark...

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Did you know that the Airdreonians FC's ground witnessed the 1st ever penalty kick - awarded against them, unfortunately! The club are the subject of the latest story on our collections website. It was written by Digital Collections Volunteer Lucy Irvine www.culturenlmuseums.co.uk/story/more-t...

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You can explore stories about our collections & individual Museums objects as well as select items from the Archives & Locals Studies collections on an interactive map on our collections website www.culturenlmuseums.co.uk/explore-our-...

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Did you have an ancestor who worked in the iron industry? Here is a guide to the different kinds of ironworks and the jobs that were done there www.culturenlmuseums.co.uk/story/so-you...

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Back in the old place, I once ran the Ireland account for a week & talked about how to trace Irish ancestors. I'm going to do a little re-run of it here, in case some of my new followers would like to learn the basics.

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Bothwellhaugh, the North Lanarkshire village lost under a loch Our Digital Collections Volunteer Emily tells the story www.culturenlmuseums.co.uk/story/bothwe...

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From stickssn.org 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Industrial & Business Records If you know of any historically significant 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 businesses at risk of closure, or that hold a number of records & would benefit from a records survey, contact Rachael Muir, Business Archives Surveying Officer for Scotland [email protected]

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I am writing a book about the history of the clubs that women motorists have set up for themselves worldwide from the 1890s to the present day. If you or your mum etc were ever in such a group anywhere in the world I would love to hear from you. Here are some of the badges of UK clubs:

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@museumsgalscot.bsky.social welcome to Bluesky👋

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