Objects of the Month – 2014
Each month we look at an object or artefact and describe its significance to Lismore.
Building Lismore Public Hall 2014
LISDD documents relating to the building of Lismore Public Hall 1928 The Lismore Museum archive contains a wide range of...
Clachan Smiddy
Tools from the Smiddy and metal objects made by the blacksmiths are on display in the museum. The November 2013 Object...
Building Lismore Public Hall 2014
LISDD: 2012.169. Documents relating to the Building of the Lismore Public Hall, 1928 The Lismore Museum archive contains...
World War II Defences
During World War II Oban Bay was an important base for the assembly of Arctic Convoys and for the War in the Atlantic. ...
Box Brownies
The camera below is a Six-20 Brownie Model C Box Camera LISDD:2006.65. Brownie Box cameras were first introduced by Eastman...
Bronze Age Archaeology
There is a wealth of Bronze Age archaeology on Lismore (cairns and cists) but we have to look for less obvious traces of...
Baligrundle Church
The image above shows the Manse and Church on a postcard dated 1904. Scottish Presbyterians developed schism to a fine art...
Vernacular Wooden Objects
Below is LISDD: 2006.126a. Overall height 875 mm, seat 319 mm x 415/450 mm People on Lismore were very self reliant,...
Chisit or Fighan
LISDD:2006.40 Chisit or Fighan (Gaelic) – a wooden, straight sided, tapering bowl, metal bound as in a cask, with...
St Kilda mailboat
LISDD:2006.110 St Kilda mailboats are wooden boxes in the shape of a boat, containing a letter, sometimes sealed into a...