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The second sphinx from our collection for Art UK #onlineartexhange Egypt theme is by John Duncan.

This work featured in Patrick Geddes' quarterly publication called 'The Evergreen', which featured contemporary Celtic literature and illustration.

Today's #onlineartexchange theme is Egypt.

We've selected Bertie W. Longworth's bronze Sphinx sculpture, showcased at the 1903 Paris Salon.
Alongside her husband, David Garrick Longworth, they founded an Egyptian newspaper and a bohemian Cairo bar, both named 'The Sphinx'.

Today we honour the legacy of one of Scotland's greatest landscape painters, William McTaggart (1835-1910). Our current exhibition of the artist's work held in our collection is not to be missed.

Art UK Discover Inverclyde

The Aurora Borealis over The Watt Institution last night!

📷Jayne McGibbon Peberdy

We welcome you to join us in the Watt Hall, 10.30am - 3.30pm on Saturday 18th May for a well rounded look at Inverclyde’s heritage!
A varied selection of Heritage projects, groups and individuals will be here to share their knowledge and enthusiasm for Heritage in Inverclyde.

🌹This year's #MetGala theme, #TheGardenofTime 🌿is inspired by J.G. Ballard's dystopian novel. The story details a wealthy Count who tends to his dwindling garden of flowers as an angry mob descends on his home. We think Richard Walker's 'The Sad Gardener' fits the brief! 💐

2024 marks the 100th anniversary of William Scott's arrival in Northern Ireland.

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'Fish, Mushrooms, Knife and Lemons' by William Scott (1913–1989). © estate of William Scott 2024. 📷 Bristol Museums

Today we remember those who lost their lives during the Greenock Blitz. On the 6th and 7th May 1941, the German Air Force launched a series of bombing raids over the area. This image shows the devastated St Lawrences Church on Carnock Street, Greenock.

May the fourth be with you!
'Testing the Blade (lightsaber)' by William Quiller Orchardson (1832-1910)
#StarWarsDay #maythe4thbewithyou

3D model of a copper alloy amuletic figure of the god Osiris made between 664 and 332 BC.

Excavated at Naukratis, Nile Delta, Egypt between 1884 and 1886 by Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund. 3D model by @wattinstitution sketchfab.com/3d-models/osir…

3D model of an Ancient Egyptian intermediary coffin and mummy cartonnage of a woman named An-Ankh-Rat.

Excavated at the Necropolis of Herakleopolis Magna by Édouard Naville (1844-1926) for the Exploration Fund by @wattinstitution sketchfab.com/3d-models/anci…

Happy May Day!

From our herbarium we have 'Cardamine pratensi' the Cuckoo flower which is also known as mayflower.

This specimen was collected in May 1886 at Inverkip Road by John Ballantyne, a member of The Greenock Natural History Society.

News | Nineteen museums and galleries join Museum Transformers programme – MuseumsGalleriesScot scheme aims to help organisations 'embed anti-oppression work'

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The McLean Museum and Art Gallery The Watt Institution in Greenock, has one of the most important collections of 20th Century Scottish Art. Explore a selection of personal favourites in this #Curation on Art UK artuk.org/discover/curat…

We're delighted to introduce our exciting new project, 'Reanimating The Past', funded by MuseumsGalleriesScot which will digitise and reinterpret our historic Natural Sciences collection using digital technologies, making it accessible to the public and researchers.

Inverclyde Council

With Greenock welcoming it's first big cruise ship of the season, we share with you this beautiful watercolour painting entitled 'RMS Queen Mary on the Clyde passing Greenock' by William Niven (1890 Greenock - 1947 Greenock).

Today's theme for Art UK's #onlineartexchange is Industry.

We've chosen 'Victoria Harbour, Greenock' by the late James Watt (1931-2022)

Born in Port Glasgow, he studied at The Glasgow School of Art and dedicated his life to recording the River Clyde and its industries.

Today we’re 3d scanning and printing a Canopic Jar lid from our Egyptology collection. You can explore more of our 3d scans on our sketchfab page: sketchfab.com/wattinstitutio…

Happy St George's Day!

From our collection we have a First World War period British recruitment propaganda poster.

The Lithograph was printed by Spottiswoode and Co. Ltd, London and published by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee in 1915.