North Lanarkshire Heritage Centre

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Title

North Lanarkshire Heritage Centre

Description

North Lanarkshire Heritage Centre is a 1996 purpose-built design by architects Andrew Merrylees, Grierson and Robertson.

The centre showcases the area's museums collections through a changing exhibition programme as well as kids and adult activities.

Enjoy behind-the-scenes tours of the extensive archives, an exhibition on the history of the Motherwell area, with magnificent views from the tower, and children's arts and crafts

Various talks, tours and activities from 10.30am-3.30pm, centre open from 9:30am - 4:30pm

Join us for Doors Open Day on Saturday 21st September:

  • Family-friendly behind-the-scenes tours of our archives, local studies and object stores at 1.30pm and 3pm FREE
  • New exhibition Rhyme & Reason (explore the world of North Lanarkshire’s local poets) FREE
  • 11am-12noon talk by archivist Wiebke McGhee on Poems, Songs and Stories from North Lanarkshire Archives FREE
  • 10.30-11.00am Bookbug session (for children 0-4) FREE
  • 12.30-3.30pm Family Activities (£2)
  • Tower exhibition about the history of the Motherwell area FREE
  • Magnificent views from our viewing tower
  • Garden play area
  • Shop and WCs

Source

northlanarkshire

Date

1996

Type

Museum

Identifier

3101

Spatial Coverage

current,55.79067,-3.994796;

Museum Item Type Metadata

Street

1 High Road

Place

Motherwell

IsNewThisYear

No

ArchitectName

Merrylees, Grierson and Robertson

OpeningDate1

21/9/2019

OpeningTime1

9.30 am to 4.30 pm

Activities

Enjoy behind-the-scenes tours of the extensive archives, an exhibition on the history of the Motherwell area, with magnificent views from the tower, and children's arts and crafts

Various talks, tours and activities from 10.30am-3.30pm, centre open from 9:30am - 4:30pm

Join us for Doors Open Day on Saturday 21st September:

  • Family-friendly behind-the-scenes tours of our archives, local studies and object stores at 1.30pm and 3pm FREE
  • New exhibition Rhyme & Reason (explore the world of North Lanarkshire’s local poets) FREE
  • 11am-12noon talk by archivist Wiebke McGhee on Poems, Songs and Stories from North Lanarkshire Archives FREE
  • 10.30-11.00am Bookbug session (for children 0-4) FREE
  • 12.30-3.30pm Family Activities (£2)
  • Tower exhibition about the history of the Motherwell area FREE
  • Magnificent views from our viewing tower
  • Garden play area
  • Shop and WCs

WC

Yes

DisabledWC

Yes

DisabledAccess

Yes

Refreshments

No

EventsForChildren

Yes

Parking

Yes

HearingLoop

No

LimitedAccess

No

NotAccessible

No

ID

10694

IsIncludedThisYear

Yes

Postcode

ML1 3HU

Citation

“North Lanarkshire Heritage Centre,” Digital Open Doors, accessed November 6, 2024, https://ddo.openvirtualworlds.org/omeka/items/show/3100.

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