Projects
Project search results for location: 'Western Isles'
Number of projects retrieved: 691 Records 469 to 474[0380] St Andrews University Museum Treasures
A selection of items from the University's collection, including three unique medieval maces, a rare Elizabethan astrolabe, paintings and furniture including a chair reputed to have been used by the Scottish Parliament in 1645-1646. Also includes a selection of ethnographic and archaeological material, scientific instruments and other items related to the history of the University.
Keywords: University, St Andrews, Elizabethan, Painting, Furniture, Scottish Parliament, Archaeology, Ethnography, Science
Location of Project Material: Fife
[0378] Selkirk Mills
A selection of photographs and drawings which illustrate the industrial history of Selkirk. Materials include an album of photographs from 1900 illustrating woven textiles manufacturing in Philiphaugh and Forest Mills.
Keywords: Textiles, Photograph, Industry, Weaving, Manufacturing, Mills
Location of Project Material: Borders
[0374] Treasures: Angus Council
A representative selection of artefacts, sculpture and fine art from the Angus area dating from pre-history to the present day.
Keywords: Sculpture, Prehistoric, Roman, Fishing, Pict, James Waterson Herald, Lighthouse
Location of Project Material: Grampian
[0373] Treasures of Blairs Museum
The Blairs Museum is Scotland's Catholic Treasury. The records cover paintings, portraits, vestments, decorative art and archives relating to Mary Queen of Scots, the House of Stewarts/Jacobites and Catholic vessels.
Keywords: Catholicism, Religion, Painting, Art, Mary Queen of Scots, Stewart, Jacobites, Archive
Location of Project Material: All over Scotland
[0359] Treasures: West Lothian Council Museums Service
A selection of regalia and ephemera from 1890 to 1960, including banners, sashes, booklets and certificates connected to friendly societies in the West Lothian area.
Keywords: Banners, Friendly Society, Regalia, Ephemera, Social History
Location of Project Material: Lothian
[0356] Touring Exhibition of Sound Environments
Audio field recordings from the Isles of Harris and Lewis covering cultural events and the natural environment. Church services, peat cutting, hand shearing, wool dyeing, birds and insects, scything and spoken dialect are among the subjects covered.
Keywords: Isle of Harris, Isle of Lewis, Birds, Insects, Hand Shearing, Scything, Dyeing, Spoken Dialect, Social History, audio
Location of Project Material: Western Isles
Free Site Note
You are using the free Scran service. You can search over 480,000 resource records but you will see thumbnail images with short titles only.
The full service contains large images, full captions, learning resources, pathfinders, albums and creation and sharing tools.
Click below to discover how to access the full service.
If you are already a full user, please log in using the panel at the top of the right column.