Johnstone - The Ballast Trust

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Title

Johnstone - The Ballast Trust

Description

For 30 years, the Ballast Trust has processed technical records such as shipbuilding plans, engineering and railway drawings for archive organisations like the University of Glasgow, Glasgow City Archives and National Records of Scotland.


The Trust's premises are in the former James E. Robertson and Sons Ltd furniture factory.

Source

renfrewshire

Type

Museum

Identifier

3304

Spatial Coverage

current,55.86362,-4.261207;

Museum Item Type Metadata

Street

The Monarch Works

Place

Johnstone

IsNewThisYear

No

AddressLine2

18-20 Walkinshaw Street

OpeningDate1

8/9/2018

OpeningTime1

10.00 - 16.00

Activities

To celebrate their 30th birthday, the Trust are throwing the doors of their premises in the former James E. Robertson and Sons Ltd furniture factory open for the first time.

Study fascinating archive material and get your hands on drawing materials to try creating your own plans.

Share your discoveries at #Ballast30.

Colour in archive drawings of ships, locomotives and engines -�can you come up with something better than the real thing? Or try the embossing press and discover which design you think is most exciting.

Some areas will not be wheelchair accessible.

WC

Yes

DisabledWC

No

DisabledAccess

No

Refreshments

No

EventsForChildren

No

Parking

Yes

HearingLoop

No

LimitedAccess

No

NotAccessible

No

ID

12013

IsIncludedThisYear

No

Postcode

PA5 8AB

Citation

“Johnstone - The Ballast Trust,” Digital Open Doors, accessed November 6, 2024, https://ddo.openvirtualworlds.org/omeka/items/show/3303.

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