Aberdeen
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Glasgow Museums has a collection of approximately 834 objects about the city of Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. These fall under various collection remits including archaeology, art, decorative art, education, transport and technology and industry. From the collection there are approximately 200 relevant to the Scottish history collection categories relating to Scottish cities and towns outside Glasgow, Scottish government, the Scottish economy and banking, literature and Scottish rural life. Scottish government is represented through 96 objects representing church, monarchy and nobility (the 7th Earl of Aberdeen, and chairs in the Provand’s Lordship), national and local governments, mental health and radical politics. The Scottish economy is represented by approximately 50 objects relating to Aberdeen’s financial services and banks, coins and trade tokens and weights and measures used in markets and trading. Scottish literature is represented between approximately 20 objects corresponding to publications, theatre productions and music. Rural life industries are represented by approximately 28 objects relating to farming, fishing and the city’s food markets. The collection dates from the late 13th or early 14th to the late 20th centuries.
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