Clydebank Museum

Clydebank Museum is located in Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It has been open since 1980 in the Town Hall building. Clydebank Museum has a collection of national significance. Object themes are related to local history, and include shipbuilding at John Brown & Company and William Beardmore and Company, Singer sewing machines, Turkey Red Designs, the works of the Scottish Colourists, and the 1941 Clydebank Blitz. The museum has a collection of more than 800 sewing machines dating from 1850 to the early 1980s.[1] It is based within Clydebank Town Hall, and is operated by West Dunbartonshire Council.

References

  1. "Donations & Collection Enquiries". West Dunbartonshire Council. Retrieved 2010-04-19.

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Coordinates: 55°54′04″N 4°24′28″W / 55.90111°N 4.40778°W / 55.90111; -4.40778

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