Museum blog

For many, Charles Dickens is synonymous with Christmas jollity. However, there was a darker side to Dickens’ work. Not only did he repeatedly refer in his novels and articles to the contemporary filth of the Thames, which culminated in the Great Stink crisis of 1858, he was also actively involved in kick-starting the reform programmes to resolve the issue.

This month we take a look at an item from the Historical Records Collection of the Caird Library and Archive: the Instrument of Surrender of the Japanese forces at Hong Kong.

I couldn't wait to explore the ship model collection as part of my Museum Fellowship.

My Creative Research Fellowship aimed to explore the collections from new perspectives and to engage with audiences in different ways.

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

One sunny afternoon a few years ago, I decided, quite spontaneously, that I needed a sea fix.

Our archives hold a small collection of papers related to David Lawson, master of a cargo steamer that disappeared in 1905 after leaving the coast of America to return to Europe. They offer clues on what became of SS Freshfield on its journey home.