Famed in the 19th century for its sporting prowess, most notably in rowing and cricket, our collections are especially rich if you are interested in the history of University sport. We hold records of sporting clubs and activities from 1837 onwards.
Find out more Causeway Coast and Glens Museums Service looks after five Accredited museums and their collections. The Sporting Heritage of these collections include photographs, programmes, documents, cups/trophies, costume pieces and more of local teams, sporting individuals and sporting events.
Find out more Produced by Merton Library and Heritage Service, the Merton Memories website offers unprecedented access to a unique collection of photographs charting the history of Merton over the past 150 years.
Find out more The National Badminton Museum has one of the finest and most comprehensive collections of badminton rackets, shuttles, badminton artefacts, archives and memorabilia in the world.
Find out more Archaeological to contemporary artefacts are included in the collections, and cover all sporting disciplines. There is a particular emphasis on traditional Scottish sports and games (hand ball games, stone and hammer throwing) and sports most commonly associated with Scotland (curling, football and rugby, golf, Highland games, motor-car/cycle racing, mountaineering and shinty).
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