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Watt Library

Watt Library

Image credit: John Ferguson, CC BY-SA 2.0 (source: Geograph)

Currently closed

Library or archive in Inverclyde

1 artworks

Part of McLean Museum and Art Gallery – Inverclyde Council

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The Watt Library is the main local history and genealogy library for Inverclyde with holdings including: census returns (up to 1901 only); old parish registers; valuation rolls; official records from Inverclyde Council and the former burghs of Greenock, Gourock, Port Glasgow and Kilmacolm; maps; photographs (available at the McLean Museum); industrial records relating to local companies etc.; newspapers, including new NEWSPLAN 2000 titles available on microfilm; and special interest collections.

15 Kelly Street, Greenock, Inverclyde PA16 8JX Scotland

wattinstitution@inverclyde.gov.uk

01475 715628

The Watt Library is located next door to the McLean Museum and Art Gallery and is open from Wednesday to Saturday, 10am to 4pm.

www.inverclyde.gov.uk/wattinstitution

Artworks

  • Sir John Shaw (d.1693), 1st Bt of Greenock
    Sir John Shaw (d.1693), 1st Bt of Greenock Thomas Phillips (1770–1845)
    Watt Library

Not every artwork is on display – if you would like to see a particular work, contact the venue before your visit

McLean Museum and Art Gallery – Inverclyde Council has another 464 artworks

Artists

  • William Wyndham Grenville (1759–1834), 1st Lord Grenville
    Thomas Phillips (1770–1845)

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Watt Library is part of

McLean Museum and Art Gallery – Inverclyde Council

McLean Museum and Art Gallery – Inverclyde Council artworks can also be found at these venues

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    Beacon Arts Centre
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  • Municipal Buildings, Greenock
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