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Last updated: 8 February 2022
The project draws on objects from across National Museums Scotland, including Scottish late modern, military, technology, and, especially, aviation. Assessing material from 1947–1991, the project explores provenance, acquisition, and (where relevant) mode of display of both civilian and military objects (such as civilian and military aeroplanes, typewriters, computers and missiles).
In doing so the project aims to tackle the fundamental issue of the material legacies and heritage of the Cold War in Scotland: how does a (civilian) object become a Cold War object? And what are the implications of this civil/military dichotomy for museum exhibitions and engagement?
Lead image: Sparrow or Skyflash airborne missile capable of attacking both sub and supersonic targets at high or low altitudes, manufactured by Hawker Siddeley Dynamics in conjunction with Marconi and EMI in the UK, c. 1978.
Project title
The Cold War in Scotland: Technology, Heritage and the British Warfare State
Student
Sarah Harper
Project active
2018 - present
Funder
AHRC Scottish Cultural Heritage Consortium (SCHC) – Collaborative Doctoral Partnership
University of Stirling Supervisors
Professor Holger Nehring and Professor Sian Jones - History and Politics
National Museums Scotland Supervisors
Dr Sam Alberti - Department of Science & Technology, and Dorothy Kidd - Department of Scottish History & Archaeology
Research theme
Scotland's Material Heritage
Dr Sam Alberti, FRSE
