Low Parks Museum
The Low Parks Museum is a museum in the Scottish town of Hamilton in the Council Area of South Lanarkshire . In 1980 the building was included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A.
history
The museum is housed in two buildings that were part of the outbuildings of the now demolished Hamilton Palace . The older building is Crawford House , built in 1696 as a private residence for David Crawford , a secretary of the Dukes of Hamilton . Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton acquired the building and added it to the palace. It was converted into a restaurant along a trade route under the names The Hamilton Arms or Old Head Inn . When this increasingly lost its importance, the building housed the chamberlain’s offices from 1835 . The Burgh Hamilton acquired the building in 1964 and opened the Hamilton Burgh Museum there three years later .
The second building was built as a riding school under Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton . The Scottish architect William Burn provided the design . Construction began in 1842 and was not yet completed in 1845. The Cameronian (Scottish Rifle) Regimental Museum was opened in this building in 1983 . Both museums were merged ten years later. In 2013, the memorial entries were also merged into one.
exhibition
Thematically, the museum deals with regional history. The exhibition included exhibits related to the history of Hamilton Palace. Furthermore, the settlement history of today's South Lanarkshire is highlighted. The main items are the finds from a 4000 year old Bronze Age grave. In terms of economic development, both the regional textile industry and the mining industry are represented. The exhibition in the former riding school is dedicated to the history of the Cameronians , a regiment set up by James Douglas, Earl of Angus in 1689.
Individual evidence
Web links
- Information about the museum
- Entry to Low Parks Museum in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
- Entry to Cameronian Museum in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 55 ° 46 '46.2 " N , 4 ° 2' 7.2" W.