Museum blog

A recent visit to the Caird Library by students from the School of Oriental and African Studies shows that making collections accessible is a two-way street.

Find out why centuries-old papers often look so much better than decade-old ones.

In this blog we look at the role and experiences of Royal Navy chaplains and what their accounts can tell us about shipboard life.

Our Librarian Penny Allen gives advice on researching passenger information using the museums library and archive.

In this blog we take a look at a handwritten diary by the clergy of the St Andrew's Waterside Church Mission between 1887-1905. While seamen have faced many dangers and uncertainties at sea, mission societies such as St Andrew's have supported and cared for their welfare through religious services and the provision of books - both at sea and on land.

Names like WH Fox Talbot, Calvert R. Jones and Nicolaas Henneman are not well known within a maritime photographic context. These names are more familiar for their early pioneering photographic work using nature and architecture.

The Caird Library's display case has a new display featuring items which tell the story of early steam vessels.