Custodians of a nationally-significant museum collection from Scotland's shale oil industry. Part of @AlmondValleyHC. Registered charity. @GoIndustrial member
Livingston, Scotland
Joined May 2012
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Scottish Shale Museum retweeted
Sunset, late afternoon, fae west o Kirkliston, Scotland. Greendykes Bing, Niddry Bing. #sunset #GreendykesBing #NiddryBing #ShaleBings #ShaleTrail #WestLothian #Scotland #StormHour #ThePhotoHour #PanoPhotos #landscape #panorama #Weatherwatchers #OutdoorPhotography @BBCScotWeather
Scottish Shale Museum retweeted
... Here is rainstorm coming in fae east👈. 👀 to Niddry Bing, West Lothian, Scotland. #raindrops #rainstorm #storm #StormHour #ThePhotoHour #Weatherwatchers #WeatherPhotography #landscape #panorama #PanoPhotos #NiddryBing #ShaleBings #WestLothian #Scotland #ScotlandIsNow
Scottish Shale Museum retweeted
Sunset o'er Niddry Bing, West Lothian, Scotland. Panorama landscape: click to 👀. #sunset #landscape #PostIndustrialLandscape #OutdoorPhotography #panorama #PanoPhotos #StormHour #ThePhotoHour #NiddryBing #ShaleBings #WestLothian #Scotland #ScotlandIsNow
Scottish Shale Museum retweeted
My (+) contribution to #GeologyDoes Energy: old & new. Wind turbines & Five Sisters Bing (Westwood Bing, scheduled monument to shale oil industry), West Lothian, Scotland! #ShaleBings #geology #ScotlandRocks #ScottishGeology #FiveSistersBing #WestwoodBing #WestLothian #Scotland
Scottish Shale Museum retweeted
1st photo of the today. Sunset by Greendykes Bing, West Lothian, Scotland. #sunset #GreendykesBing #ShaleBings #WestLothian #Scotland #StormHour #ThePhotoHour #landscape #OutdoorPhotography #Weatherwatchers #ScotlandIsNow
I've been out of the office for most of this week learning skills in large object conservation @SummerleeMuseum, organised by @GoIndustScot. Lots of fun getting hands on with these collections!
#shalemuseum #industrialhistory #industrialheritage #museumcollections
Scottish Shale Museum retweeted
Very happy to be spending the next few days with this lovely gang of @GoIndustScot museums people @SummerleeMuseum getting trained up on caring for large industrial objects by our guru @jimatstninians
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Scottish Shale Museum retweeted
Will she go? @SummerleeMuseum Conservation skills training on large objects. @RoscoMck1 gieing it laldy with a fishing boat's Kelvin engine
Scottish Shale Museum retweeted
Last o' evening sun catching Greendykes Bing, Broxburn, West Lothian, Scotland, this evening. I love rusty glow in puddle↘️. #sunset #autumn #landscape #StormHour #ThePhotoHour #OutdoorPhotography #Weatherwatchers #GreendykesBing #ShaleBings #WestLothian #Scotland #ScotlandIsNow
Scottish Shale Museum retweeted
What a fascinating find! To put the lamp into perspective, here is a shot of miners wearing them down the Westwood Pit, c.1940.
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November's Object of the Month is this miner's mash hammer.
This heavy hammer, with one square face and a narrower nose, was used in Westwood Pit, probably for setting props and hammering in wedges. The owner's initials "JC" have been formed in a raised run of weld. c.1950
I came across this great video by Scotland History Tours that gives an overview of the Scottish oil industry - and the fact we were a world leader!
Watch below. 👇
youtube.com/watch?v=ZKqSp6n7…
Then pop into @ShaleMuseum to find out more!
Scottish Shale Museum retweeted
Fun afternoon of cohort building with the @GeosciencesEd @EdinGeoenergy MSc at the @ShaleMuseum this afternoon
We learnt about the history of oil extraction in Scotland, with the rare breeds farm @AlmondValleyHC being an added bonus!
Good morning from the new curator!
It was such a beautiful morning I couldn't resist going out and taking a few photos.
What is it like where you are?
Scottish Shale Museum retweeted
Interesting weather oot. Massive stormclouds o'er Greedykes Bing/Broxburn Bing👈 & Niddry Bing/Winchburgh Bing👉, West Lothian, Scotland. #ShaleBings #StormHour #ThePhotoHour #PanoPhotos #panorama #landscape #cloudscape #WeatherPhotography #WestLothian #Scotland #ScotlandIsNow
Scottish Shale Museum retweeted
Great article by @calflyn about West Lothian’s shale bings. We are enjoying exploring the shale history as part of our creative writing workshops @HowdenPark and @ShaleMuseum #natureandindustry #industrialheritage #westlothian #shale @coal_legacies theguardian.com/travel/2021/…
We Need You . . . To Volunteer! We’re recruiting for more volunteers to help with the digitisation, transcription and research of our archive! Email [email protected] to find out more #volunteer #localhistory #shalemuseum #westlothian
As Jubilee celebrations begin we take a look at this lovely commemorative medal from our collection, commissioned by BP to give to all its employees on the Queen’s Silver Jubilee in 1977 #JubileeWeekend #westlothian #shalemuseum
Just some of the lovely objects waiting to be accessioned this month into our collection #shale #museumcollections #socialhistory #scottishshale #westlothian instagram.com/p/CcArCXPost-/…
