Clydebank Museum

Clydebank Museum

Clydebank Museum is located in Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Clydebank Museum has a collection of national significance. Object themes are related to local history, and include shipbuilding, Singer sewing machines, Turkey Red Designs, the works of the Scottish Colourists, and the 1941 Clydebank Blitz. The museum has a collection of more than 800 sewing machines dating from 1850 to the early 1980s.[1] It is based within Clydebank Town Hall, and is operated by West Dunbartonshire Council.

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Coordinates: 55°54′04″N 4°24′28″W / 55.90111°N 4.40778°W / 55.90111; -4.40778



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