Connecting you with North Lanarkshire's industrial & social heritage | Explore museum, archive & local studies collections | Visit our museums & search roomshttps://bsky.app/profile/nlheritage.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/nlheritage.bsky.social/post/3mukfr45rec24Greetings 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 https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/monte-carlo-18966002 Sep 2026 16:57 +0000at://did:plc:nigafpt6omvve3jtk3dlsv23/app.bsky.feed.post/3mukfr45rec24https://bsky.app/profile/nlheritage.bsky.social/post/3muewntjpuc2gOur 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 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/doors-open-day-guided-canal-walk-tickets-1998419951872?aff=oddtdtcreator [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Aug 2026 12:43 +0000at://did:plc:nigafpt6omvve3jtk3dlsv23/app.bsky.feed.post/3muewntjpuc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/nlheritage.bsky.social/post/3mu2qk6ijs22xFor 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 https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/the-rankin-family-18970527 Aug 2026 11:27 +0000at://did:plc:nigafpt6omvve3jtk3dlsv23/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2qk6ijs22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/nlheritage.bsky.social/post/3mu2nkow3n22kOn 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 https://www.doorsopendays.org.uk/regions/north-lanarkshire/summerlee-museum-of-scottish-industrial-life27 Aug 2026 10:34 +0000at://did:plc:nigafpt6omvve3jtk3dlsv23/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2nkow3n22khttps://bsky.app/profile/nlheritage.bsky.social/post/3mttenh6kgs2vNew 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 https://www.northlanmuseums.co.uk/story/the-carrick-stone/ #Romans #ScottishHistory #Cumbernauld24 Aug 2026 13:06 +0000at://did:plc:nigafpt6omvve3jtk3dlsv23/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttenh6kgs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/nlheritage.bsky.social/post/3mtj2nj6jac2rThe 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 collection20 Aug 2026 10:40 +0000at://did:plc:nigafpt6omvve3jtk3dlsv23/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtj2nj6jac2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/nlheritage.bsky.social/post/3mtiytacu5c2rNext 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-Nutt20 Aug 2026 10:08 +0000at://did:plc:nigafpt6omvve3jtk3dlsv23/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtiytacu5c2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/nlheritage.bsky.social/post/3mtbwq5sei22pJoin 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 https://static.klipy.com/ii/a15b48460c436e1e92c85ffc680932cc/ff/9b/XYK6YKbr.gif?hh=480&ww=480&mp4=uuuTk5od7V46WMT9&webm=F3mdUiClyko7NniSfu17 Aug 2026 14:42 +0000at://did:plc:nigafpt6omvve3jtk3dlsv23/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbwq5sei22phttps://bsky.app/profile/nlheritage.bsky.social/post/3mrpabbewis2d#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 https://www.northlanmuseums.co.uk/story/a-famous-meeting-by-the-monkland-canal/28 Jul 2026 10:46 +0000at://did:plc:nigafpt6omvve3jtk3dlsv23/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrpabbewis2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/nlheritage.bsky.social/post/3mr633vt5222oNew on our website is this story by digital collections volunteer Lauren Hood looking at the history of laundry work https://www.northlanmuseums.co.uk/story/doing-laundry-throughout-the-1900s/21 Jul 2026 14:59 +0000at://did:plc:nigafpt6omvve3jtk3dlsv23/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr633vt5222ohttps://bsky.app/profile/nlheritage.bsky.social/post/3mp6r2ch6z22q#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 https://www.northlanmuseums.co.uk/story/the-monkland-canal/ 1/226 Jun 2026 10:41 +0000at://did:plc:nigafpt6omvve3jtk3dlsv23/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp6r2ch6z22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/nlheritage.bsky.social/post/3mp4fvrktjs2eToday'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 https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/an-ironworks-in-coatbridge-343957 @artukdotorg.bsky.social25 Jun 2026 12:16 +0000at://did:plc:nigafpt6omvve3jtk3dlsv23/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp4fvrktjs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/nlheritage.bsky.social/post/3mon2fki5522jWe 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 https://www.northlanmuseums.co.uk/story/engineering-lanarkshire-cairnhill-structures/19 Jun 2026 09:40 +0000at://did:plc:nigafpt6omvve3jtk3dlsv23/app.bsky.feed.post/3mon2fki5522jhttps://bsky.app/profile/nlheritage.bsky.social/post/3mol6isfgqk2dThe 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 https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/william-cameron-underground-manager-gartsherrie-ironworks-c-1850-18971218 Jun 2026 15:49 +0000at://did:plc:nigafpt6omvve3jtk3dlsv23/app.bsky.feed.post/3mol6isfgqk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/nlheritage.bsky.social/post/3modivhsoyc2r135 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 https://www.northlanmuseums.co.uk/story/more-than-a-club-airdrieonians-fc/ Scorer was James McLuggage of Larkhall side Royal Albert who won 2-015 Jun 2026 14:33 +0000at://did:plc:nigafpt6omvve3jtk3dlsv23/app.bsky.feed.post/3modivhsoyc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/nlheritage.bsky.social/post/3mnf4nf6puc2rThis 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 https://www.northlanmuseums.co.uk/story/the-monkland-kirkintilloch-railway/ #Railway200 [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Jun 2026 12:34 +0000at://did:plc:nigafpt6omvve3jtk3dlsv23/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnf4nf6puc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/nlheritage.bsky.social/post/3mna6kyoicc2hBorn #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 https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/lady-clementina-hawarden-an-introduction01 Jun 2026 13:25 +0000at://did:plc:nigafpt6omvve3jtk3dlsv23/app.bsky.feed.post/3mna6kyoicc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/nlheritage.bsky.social/post/3mmyyo3qcfk2hVolunteer 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! https://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/your-community/volunteernl29 May 2026 16:51 +0000at://did:plc:nigafpt6omvve3jtk3dlsv23/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmyyo3qcfk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/nlheritage.bsky.social/post/3mlszfy4a5s2xLaunched #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 https://www.northlanmuseums.co.uk/story/the-iron-boat/ @dreadships.bsky.social @scotmaritimemuseum.bsky.social14 May 2026 14:23 +0000at://did:plc:nigafpt6omvve3jtk3dlsv23/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlszfy4a5s2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/nlheritage.bsky.social/post/3mldx2yhyzs26Our museum collections website has a new url - find us at northlanmuseums.co.uk08 May 2026 14:31 +0000at://did:plc:nigafpt6omvve3jtk3dlsv23/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldx2yhyzs26https://bsky.app/profile/nlheritage.bsky.social/post/3mk5ogng6y22wThere is still time to apply to be our new Tramway & Historic Engineering Technician, based at Summerlee Museum Closing date is this Tuesday, 28 April https://myjobscotland.gov.uk/councils/north-lanarkshire-council/jobs/tramway-historic-engineering-technician-req05779-46739023 Apr 2026 09:16 +0000at://did:plc:nigafpt6omvve3jtk3dlsv23/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk5ogng6y22whttps://bsky.app/profile/nlheritage.bsky.social/post/3mk5lo43iyk2w#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 https://www.northlanmuseums.co.uk/story/the-bairds-of-gartsherrie/23 Apr 2026 08:26 +0000at://did:plc:nigafpt6omvve3jtk3dlsv23/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk5lo43iyk2w