Object of the month
We hold approximately 150,000 objects in our collections and each one gives an insight into some aspect of our cultural heritage.
Each month we choose a different object to put on display in Low Parks Museum, taking the opportunity to explain why it is important to our local history and has earned its place in our collections.
More information about this month's object can be found here - current object of the month. Previous Objects of the month can be seen below.
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01/2012 Object of the month
Object of the Month January 2012 - The Duke of Hamilton’s Shotgun
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01/2013 Object of the month
For centuries people have mended and re-mended their clothing. The phrase ‘Make Do and Mend’ was popular during the Second World War.
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02/12 Object of the month
Object of the month February 2012 - Willow pattern Ashet (large plate).
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02/2013 Object of the month
This beautiful Royal Doulton figurine shows the American actress Doris Keane, in her role as Margherita Cavallini in the 1913 stage play, “Romance”.
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03/12 Object of the month
On show in Low Parks Museum as Object of the Month for March is a straight razor dating back to the early 1900s.
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03/2013 Object of the month
The periscope worked using two mirrors at 45 degrees to each other to reflect a view down a barrel or tube to the user who was safely out of sight of snipers.
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04/2012 Object of the month
Object of the month for April 2012 - Photograph Album of 2nd Battalion The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles).
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04/2013 Object of the month
‘War had been declared. There was a call to action stations. Where was women’s place? We didn’t wonder long…’
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05/2012 Object of the month
A herbarium is a collection of plant specimens preserved for future research. Herbaria are used to identify and classify different plant specimens.
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05/2013 Object of the month
Acommemorative badge awarded for special service during the Second World War. The badge was given to Janet Lang Johnston, from Hamilton.
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06/2012 Object of the month
When Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her Diamond Jubilee this June she will mark 60 years of her reign, her record period as British Monarch is matched only by Queen Victoria.
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06/2013 Object of the month
This impressive looking shield is known as the D.S. Robertson shield and was played for by the members of Rutherglen Public Bowling Green Club, now known as Overtoun Park Bowling Club.
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07/2012 Object of the month
This is a small part of the collection of medical equipment, donated to the museum in March of 2002, following the closure of St Mary’s Hospital, Lanark.
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08/2012 Object of the month
This display includes a selection of souvenir items from South Lanarkshire, dating from the late 1800s to the early 1900s.
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09/2011 Object of the month
This handsome trophy was made in England and was won by Corporal Godfrey in 1935. His family kept it until gifting it to the museum in 2008
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09/2012 Object of the month
South Lanarkshire Cooperatives Objects. 2012 is the United Nations (UN) International Year of Cooperatives.
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10/12 Object of the month
This oil painting shows the old steeple of St Mary the Virgin’s church in Rutherglen in winter. The steeple is thought to date to around the year 1400.
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10/2011 Object of the month
The objects on display this month are souvenirs of the Empire Exhibition which was held in Bellahouston Park in Glasgow in 1938.
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11/2011 Object of the month
This rather crude looking saw was used during the Second Boer War from 1899-1902 to amputate the arms of soldiers injured in action.
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11/2012 Object of the month
These 3 items of Japanese pottery are from the Joseph Turner collection which forms part of the Burnbrae Bequest.
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12/2011 Object of the month
Sending Christmas greetings to family, friends and colleagues.
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12/2012 Object of the month
Spectacles or eyeglasses are thought to have been around since the 1200s.