North Ayrshire Heritage Centre

North Ayrshire Heritage Centre shows the history of North Ayrshire with displays of archaeology, costume, transport, and popular culture. A photographic archive of the local area is available for reference. See objects from our collections online at Future Museum.

The Vennel Local and Family History Centre has now amalgamated with the North Ayrshire Museum to become the North Ayrshire Heritage Centre in Manse Street, Saltcoats and houses collections relating to Ayrshire and Scotland including books, pamphlets, directories, maps, postcards, photographs, newspapers and an extensive archive collection. The museum contains objects on display which include local social domestic and industrial objects, medieval carvings and temporary exhibitions which change every three to six months.

The district of North Ayrshire comprises of Skelmorlie, Largs, Fairlie, West Kilbride, Ardrossan, Saltcoats, Stevenston, Irvine, Dreghorn, Kilwinning, Dalry, Kilbirnie, Beith and the isles of Arran and Cumbrae.

We also have an extensive genealogy section for those wishing to trace their Ayrshire ancestry and also sell vouchers for the popular ScotlandsPeople website.