The Strathaven John Hastie Museum Trust

The Strathaven John Hastie Museum Trust The Strathaven John Hastie Museum Trust, a volunteer charity registered in Scotland.

The Strathaven John Hastie Museum Trust aims to establish a lively community museum for the historic market town of Strathaven and District, in beautiful Avondale, Lanarkshire, Scotland, with resources fit for the 21st Century. When our local museum was closed, much against our will, our community responded by forming a team of volunteers who would generate a bid for the former museum building and

would ensure the safety of, and public access to, the thousands of artefacts The John Hastie Collection and The Strathaven Archive, stored by South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture Trust. We were unsuccessful in our bid for the John Hastie premises, but resolved to continue in our determination to provide Strathaven with the museum which would tell the story – many thousands of years old – of our home and its people. Within a year, we were planning in detail our first exhibition and had obtained suitable temporary accommodation, thanks to the management committee of The Strathaven Town Mill Arts and Heritage Centre.

16/08/2026
The museum will be open today from 1-4pm. Join us for a look at Our Streets featuring Barn Street and Green Street!
14/08/2026

The museum will be open today from 1-4pm. Join us for a look at Our Streets featuring Barn Street and Green Street!

The museum is open from 1.30pm today.
09/08/2026

The museum is open from 1.30pm today.

🏛️ Unlocking Avondale’s PastStep back in time with us at the museum! We hold a selection of transcribed census records ...
08/08/2026

🏛️ Unlocking Avondale’s Past
Step back in time with us at the museum! We hold a selection of transcribed census records for Avondale, starting from 1841.

If your family history is in the area, find out where your family lay their head on a June night back in 1841. Were they a farmer or farm labourer, toiling over a clattering handloom weaver’s frame, stitching garments as a local tailor, or running one of the town's inns?

Come on in, explore our transcripts, and find out:
- Who lived in your street generations ago
- The old local trades that shaped Avondale’s community
- Discover family connections hiding in plain sight

Drop by the museum this weekend and discover some local history!

Our Streets exhibition is currently featuring Green Street and Barn Street. Pop in today between 10am and 4pm.
08/08/2026

Our Streets exhibition is currently featuring Green Street and Barn Street. Pop in today between 10am and 4pm.

Our new hours for Friday are in place until the end of August. Join us at the museum today between 1-4pm.
07/08/2026

Our new hours for Friday are in place until the end of August. Join us at the museum today between 1-4pm.

📢 Please note our temporary opening hoursFrom now until the end of August, the museum opening hours on a Friday will be ...
06/08/2026

📢 Please note our temporary opening hours

From now until the end of August, the museum opening hours on a Friday will be afternoon only (1.00pm–4.00pm). Our Saturday and Sunday opening hours remain unchanged.

If you wish to volunteer to help keep our museum open, please contact [email protected]

Address

10 Todshill Street
Strathaven
ML106DD

Opening Hours

Friday 10am - 4pm
Saturday 10am - 4pm
Sunday 1:30pm - 4pm

Telephone

+447515489258

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