The Lowlands
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Glasgow Museums has a collection of over 100 objects from the Lowlands of Scotland. These date from about 1760 to 1979. This collection represents arts and crafts, rural and domestic life, military history and banking. It includes practical tools from rural industries, such instruments for winnowing and combing flax. Paintings include topographical scenes, such as ‘Harvest Field – Midlothian’ by Joe Maxwell, and portraits of landowners and farmers, including members of the Scottish nobility, such as the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch. The collection also contains items relating to Scottish language and communication. It holds examples of Lowland bagpipes, which complement two 18th century Scottish fiddles made in Edinburgh and Glasgow. The Lowlands is a term used to refer to the part of Scotland to the south and east of the Highland Boundary Fault, which runs between Helensburgh, north-west of Glasgow, to Stonehaven, south of Aberdeen. The area includes the Southern Uplands, the Central Belt and the Borders.
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