Dundee University Archives
http://www.dundee.ac.uk/archives/

Dundee University Museum
http://www.dundee.ac.uk/museum/

Glasgow School of Art
http://www.gsa.ac.uk/archives

Glasgow University Archive Services
http://www.archives.gla.ac.uk

Heriot Watt University Archive, Records Management & Museum Service
http://www.hw.ac.uk/archive/

Paisley Museum & Art Galleries
http://www.renfrewshire.gov.uk

Scottish Borders Council Museum Service
http://www.scottishborders.gov.uk

Textile Collection sites

Common Threads
Common Threads is a collaborative digitisation project between 8 museums in the West Midlands of England highlighting their textile collections.
http://www.commonthreads.org.uk

Knitting Together
Knitting Together gives access to information on the knitting industry of the East Midlands, providing images, histories and oral history recording.
http://www.knittingtogether.org.uk/

Victoria & Albert Museum, London
The V&A has one of the UK’s premiere collections of textiles.
http://www.vam.ac.uk/

The Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester
The Whitworth has a large textile collection including examples of Scottish work. The site includes a fully searchable catalogue and images are available.
http://www.whitworth.man.ac.uk

Useful archive and museum resources

ARCHON
ARCHON provides a searchable database of registered archive repositories in the UK. This includes details about location, opening hours and links into the NRA indexes described below.
http://www.hmc.gov.uk/archon/archon.htm

Archives Hub
A national gateway to descriptions of archives in UK universities and colleges. Includes collection level descriptions of textile archive collections in Scottish higher education institutions.
http://www.archiveshub.ac.uk

Cornucopia
A searchable database of museum collections held in the UK.
http://www.cornucopia.org.uk/

Gateway to the Archives of Higher Education (GASHE)
Provides electronic access to descriptions of the archives produced by ten higher education institutions and their predecessors in Scotland.
http://www.gashe.ac.uk

National Register of Archives (NRA)
The NRA provides searchable indexes of the archives of companies, organisations, individuals and families held within UK records offices. These can be searched to locate the archives of textile companies through the UK, including some held in private hands.
http://www.hmc.gov.uk/nra/nra2.htm

Navigational Aids for the History of Science, Technology and the Environment (NAHSTE)
Provides electronic access to archives relating to the history of Science, Technology and the Environment held within the Universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt, including several collections relating to textiles.
http://www.nahste.ac.uk

The 24 Hour Virtual Museum
A gateway to over 2,500 museums, galleries and heritage attractions in the UK.
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk