In the Mood
We come to your venue to lead a community singing session. You can enjoy tunes from the 1950s and 1960s, including a selection of Scots favourites.
£24 for up to 15 participants. Duration: 1 hour.
Talk and Reminisce
Get together for a chat about how life has changed. We bring along reminiscence objects which will help
stimulate stories and memories.
Current topics include:
- Childhood Games and Play (talk
and activities) - Right up my Street (shopping in the past)
- Seaside and Holidays
- The Steamie (washday)
- Up the Dancing (dancing and dancehalls around Glasgow and Lanarkshire)
- Weaving Taster Session (talk and activity)
- The 1950s in Objects and Photos
- Speedway in Lanarkshire
- A Cut Above – hairdressing, barbering and personal grooming in the past.
New topics coming soon, please ask for more information when booking.
£24 for up to 15 participants. Duration: 1 hour.
Memory Boxes
Borrow a box to use with your group for reminiscence or for drawing, photography, exhibition or to support drama.
- 1950’s & 60’s
- Bringing up Baby
- Cinema Memories
- Going Out (dancing and special occasions)
- Holidays
- School Days
- The Steamie (washday)
- A Stitch In Time
- Speedway in Lanarkshire
£24 for four weeks hire. Boxes must be collected and returned to Summerlee Museum or North Lanarkshire Heritage Centre.
Reminiscence Visits to the Museum
A short guided tour of the museum tailored for your group plus an object handling or short craft session. Available at any museum.
£24 for up to 15 participants. Duration: 1 hour.
B Flat Miners
The life of a miner performed through story and song by three talented Summerlee Museum staff. A musical journey from the 1940s to present day. Interactive, funny and heartwarming…and that’s just Toni Macaroni…!
£90 for a 50 minutes session. Travel costs outwith North Lanarkshire will apply.
Talks
The Museum & Heritage service offers a range of talks that can be booked for your group, club or care home.
Talks cost £24 per 1 hour session.
Talks from the Archives
- Introduction to NLC Archives
- Poems, Stories and Songs from the Archives
- Tailored Talks on Archive Collections
- From Village to New Town – An Introduction to the History of Cumbernauld through Local Archives
- Burghs, Businesses and Clubs – An Introduction to the Archives of the Monklands Area at North Lanarkshire Archives
- From Landed Estates to Steelopolis – An Introduction to the Archives of the Motherwell & Wishaw Area at North Lanarkshire Archives
- Eine kurze Einführung in das Archivwesen – An Introduction to archives in German (for advanced learners)
- How to Read Old Handwriting
- Introduction to Cemetery and Poor Law Records
- Taking Care of your Old Photographs and Papers Talks about Family History
- Family History Research at North Lanarkshire Heritage Centre
- How to Research your Family Tree: Beginners Guide
- Industrial Records and You: How to use Industrial and Business Records to Explore your Family History Sources for Family History at NLC Archives
- Wills and Testaments as Sources for Family and Social History
Talks About Local History
North Lanarkshire History
- A Walk around Coatbridge in Old Photographs (also available for Airdrie and Monklands)
- Bellshill, the Orbiston Community and Douglas Support
- Cumbernauld and District in Old Photos
- Industrial History of North Lanarkshire
- Kilsyth Past and Present (Comparative Photos)
- Making the Headlines in Pre- Industrial Motherwell and District
- Old Motherwell and Wishaw – In Pictures
- Old Wishaw
- The Pox, the Flu and the Measles: Coping with Disease in Old Motherwell District
- Weaving in Airdrie
- In Fierce Light: the Life and Work of John Stewart, Coatbridge war poet.
- Going to the Pictures – Lanarkshire’s Cinema Heritage
- Stories of Migration in Lanarkshire
Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life
- Summerlee Museum
- Summerlee Past and Present
- The Collections of North Lanarkshire Museums
- The Vulcan: Scotland’s First Iron Boat
For more details, please contact The Learning Team on 01236 638352 or email museums@northlan.gov.uk or brogang@northlan.gov.uk