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The Hill House: antimacassars
If you already know what an antimacassar is, give yourself a gold star! Find out more about these beautiful and ornate items designed by Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh.
Looking good
We take a look at the history of beauty through some of the items in our collections.
Shanah Tovah! (Good Year!)
Tonight (18 September) marks the start of the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah, typically regarded as the Jewish New Year.
Pests in collections – silverfish
Pests can cause irreversible damage in historical collections. Silverfish are very hard to eradicate, so we keep them in check with integrated pest management programmes.
The ‘Spanish flu’ and the Tenement House
We take a look at how the 1918 flu pandemic might have affected Miss Agnes Toward, who lived in Glasgow at that time.
Ask a curator!
For #AskACuratorDay, our curators share their favourite objects from across the Trust’s collections.
Tartan in art
We take a look at a much-admired portrait and discover the hidden meanings behind the use of tartan in art.
Morphinomania in the 19th century
We take a look at one of 19th-century Britain’s most ubiquitous but deadly substances.
The Hill House: the bathroom
One of the more unusual objects in the Hill House collection is the shower. Yes, you read that correctly – visitors are often quite startled to see a shower in a house of this age, and by how it looks!