Greenock
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Glasgow Museums has a collection of approximately 710 objects about the town of Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland which correspond to art, decorative art, industry and transport. About 90 are relevant to the Scottish history collection and its categories of Scottish government, economy and literature. Scottish government is represented through approximately 70 objects of which the collection for Greenocks churches and religious organisations is the largest. Also represented is monarchy, nobility, national and local government and radical politics. There are also 77 topographic art objects representing places and properties in Greenock and the river Clyde. The city’s economy is represented by approximately 5 objects relating to banks, trade tokens and weights and measures. About 86 objects also correlate to local businesses and industries which are also recorded as being decorative art, technology and transport collections. Scottish literature and music are represented by 21 objects objects representing theatre, press coverage, music and publications. The collection dates mostly from the 18th to the late 19th centuries.
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