A warm welcome to West Dunbartonshire Council’s Culture Section, which forms part of the Department of Educational Services.
The Culture Section brings together arts, heritage and museum services. The section promotes cultural activities, events and exhibition programmes for the whole community in locations across the authority.
Our museums programme aims to preserve and promote our local history through care of the museum collections, exhibitions, schools and community activities. Clydebank Museum hosts a series of exhibitions throughout the year reflecting the rich heritage of the area with accompanying education projects. The Backdoor Gallery within Dalmuir Library also displays exhibitions by local artists,community groups and National Touring Exhibitions.
In the last year our programme has included three major exhibitions: Singers- a history of the Singer factory in Clydebank, World War 2 and the History of Clydebank. During the same period the Backdoor Gallery has showcased work by local artists such as Burns Shearer, Linda Morrison, John Hayes and Josephine Torrance.Also displayed were works by community groups, Matchday - a touring football exhibition, Dave McKean - a Retrospective and the Art of the Etcher by William Strang. As always our 2009 Open Art Show was very popular with artists and visitors alike with artists both displaying and selling their works.
Information on specific areas of our work, activities and staff contacts is shown via the links on the right.
Useful Contact Numbers
Exhibitions Enquiries Clydebank Museum
01389 772011 0141 562 2400
Collections Enquiries Arts Development Enquiries
01389 772147 01389 608042
01389 772149
The Culture Section has recently received funding awards towards the following projects:
IndustryUS: Authority Wide - July 2008- June 2010
Joint funded by WDC and the Heritage Lottery Fund this two year project aims to research and catalogue the council’s industrial heritage archive and artefacts. West Dunbartonshire has a rich industrial heritage including: the dying and textile industries, Singers, and Shipbuilding. The project will promote learning and public access to the industrial collections. For more information contact: Andrew Graham, Documentation Officer: andrew.graham2@west-dunbarton.gov.uk or telephone 01389 772149.
