From time to time, staff and volunteers at the museum are asked to contribute to conferences or publications created by other organisations. Here are a few examples of subjects we’ve been working on in recent years:
A Heroic Endeavour: Scottish Fishing Communities and World War I by Linda Fitzpatrick and Mel Ruth Oakley. Published by WW100 Scotland.
From Creels to Quarter Crans: the form and function of baskets used by the Scottish fishing community in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by Linda Fitzpatrick. Presentation given at a symposium in St Andrews University in 2012.
You can read it and find out more about the project at the Woven Communities website.
Memoir of a life at sea by long-standing Trustee and volunteer of the museum.
Book available to buy from the museum.
Maritime Influences on Traditional Knitwear Design: The case of the Fisherman’s Gansey: An Object Study by Jen Gordon, published in Textile History Vol 41, Number 1, May 2010.
The article is available online to subscribers - details from the Textile Journal website.
Illustrated history of Scottish fishing and guide to the museum and its collections.
Book available to buy from the museum.
A photographic history of the fishing industry of this part of Scotland.
Book available to buy from The History Press.