Applied Art

This collection includes civic material, a small amount of Cleland Pottery, glass and silverware relating to local groups and societies.

Fine Art

This small collection comprises small-scale prints and paintings by modern and contemporary Scottish artists such as Bet Low, Jim Pattison and George Wylie. The collection also includes work by local artists Roy and Dan Ferguson. There is also a small collection of civic painting featuring former Provosts and other dignitaries.

Numismatics

The collection comprises a small number of miscellaneous coins from the Victorian and Edwardian periods.

Social History

This collection relates to the communities involved with iron and steel, coal and mineral extraction, engineering and associated industries. It covers the following main areas: (1) Domestic life - housing, food, medicine, hobbies and pastimes; (2) Community life - local and cultural traditions, organisations, law and order, education, entertainment and sport and the two World Wars; (3) Personal life - certificates and documents, male and female costume, souvenirs and memorials; (4) Working life - manufacturing transport and distribution.