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A wooden box full of different attachments and lens for the beck microscope.

Artefact spotlight

Example: The Museum has some of the oldest and most important entomology collection in the world. Gathered over 300 years, these specimens are key to telling the history of collecting, the science of taxonomy and the human desire to understand the natural world. The microscope slide represented at the top of the page is the one of of Soldier Beetles specimens from the Natural History Collection.

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12 / 06 / 24

Paisley’s ‘weaver poet’ lost his life in tragic circumstances, but his legacy still resonates to this day. This month marks the 250th anniversary of his birth on 3rd June 1774, and the team behind the £45 million refurbishment of Paisley Museum has announced plans to showcase Tannahill’s incredible contribution to Scottish culture and re-visit the circumstances around his death.

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25 / 05 / 24

Funding from The Pilgrim Trust has meant that we have been able to collaborate with the People’s History Museum to fully conserve artefacts from the Social History Collection.

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14 / 05 / 24

Paisley Museum welcomes the University of the West of Scotland, The Malcolm Group and Scottish Leather Group as corporate partners

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