Watt focus for Scots museums

Industrial museums across Scotland will be celebrating the genius of James Watt this August.

Twelve institutions, under the banner of “Go Industrial”, are coming together to celebrate Watt and all things innovative during their Go Industrial Day 2019 on Sunday, August 25.

The date will be the 200th anniversary of the death of James Watt.

Emma Halford-Forbes from Go Industrial/Industrial Museums Scotland said: “We’ll be stoking steam, peeping whistles and celebrating the master of innovation, James Watt. Join us throughout the day online and in our venues across Scotland. See our website for full details of Watt’s happening at a Go Industrial venue.”

Event website: https://www.goindustrial.co.uk/whats-on/event-details/go-industrial-day-2019

Date of event: 25th August 2019

Start and finish times/admission times: A programme of fun from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Locations: The 12 Go Industrial Museums across Scotland:

Verdant Works, West Henderson’s Drive, Dundee, DD1 5BT
Museum of Scottish Railways @ Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway, Bo’ness, EH51 9AQ
Museum of the Scottish Shale Oil Industry @ Almond Valley, Millfield, Livingston, West Lothian, EH54 7AR
Auchindrain Township, Furnace, Inveraray, Argyll, PA32 8XN
Discovery Point, Discovery Quay, Dundee, DD1 4XA
Scottish Fisheries Museum, St Ayles, Harbourhead, Anstruther, KY10 3AB
Museum of Lead Mining, Wanlockhead Village, Dumfries and Galloway, ML12 6UT
Museum of Scottish Lighthouses, Kinnaird Head, Stevenson Road, Fraserburgh, AB43 9DU
Scottish Maritime Museum, Linthouse Building, Harbour Road, Irvine, Ayrshire, KA12 8QE
National Mining Museum Scotland, Lady Victoria Colliery, Newtongrange, Midlothian, EH22 4QN
New Lanark World Heritage Site, Lanark, South Lanarkshire , ML11 9DB
Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life, Heritage Way, Coatbridge, ML5 1QD