Using film, photographs and artefacts from the local collections and reconstructions, this exhibition takes a look at the rise and fall of the shipbuilding industry, the workers, the stories and some of the key vessels which came out of the local yards such as the Cutty Sark and the Three Queens. (Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth & QE2 liners)
Executive Director for Education, Terry Lanagan points out:
“This year month marks the 30th Anniversary of the opening of Clydebank Museum which was established in 1980 through the lobbying and efforts of members of the community who felt that the heritage of Clydebank should be celebrated and preserved in the form of a museum and with council support the museum opened in Clydebank Town Hall.”
“Many of those activists are still volunteers working with museum staff to promote the museum to visitors old and new.”
Over the last 5 years the museum has gone from strength. A number of aspects of its work are identified nationally as Best Practise, the work promoted through the museum has won a COSLA Bronze Award, In 2009 Clydebank Mueum the only museum in Scotland to be awarded a Creative Apprenticeship and with recent visitor figures continuing to grow (against the national trend). In 2009/10 we attracted almost 7000 visitors, including 1500 local school pupils.
The learning programme continues to go from strength to strength this year we reached 6652 pupils, enabling them to learn about the rich heritage of the area in which they live. “
