Interpretation and Redisplay When the project began in 2019, the collections were housed in the boathouse. The stairwells and corridors were filled with photographs from the 1880s onwards, framed pennants and vintage boats and oars were hung from the ceiling and displayed on the walls of the gyms and clubrooms. …
Collections Care: Getting in aboot it!
Collections Care: Getting in aboot it!
Background The West Boathouse project was always a slightly unusual proposition. The building houses the sporting heritage collections of two rowing clubs, Clydesdale Amateur rowing Club and Clyde Amateur Rowing club, both of whom were founded in the mid-1800s. There is a mix of archives (1880s photographs, minute books and …
Hiding in Plain Sight: Why Sporting Heritage Matters
Hiding in Plain Sight: Why Sporting Heritage Matters
It took a while for the penny to drop for me. Like many folks in the heritage sector, I am emphatically ‘not sporty’ and wore my disinterest like a badge of honour. School sports day trauma and academic snobbery had combined into a blind prejudice. Because sports aren’t ‘real’ cultural …
Collections Care: Where to start…
Collections Care: Where to start…
About the West Boathouse Project Built by City Surveyor Alexander B. McDonald for Glasgow Corporation, the West Boathouse on Glasgow Green has been home to Clydesdale and Clyde Amateur Rowing Clubs since its construction in 1905. From the outside, the boathouse looks like a traditional masonry building. However, a cleverly …