Fife Cultural Trust (ONFife) provides creative, entertaining and learning experiences through our Libraries, Archives, Museums, Galleries and Theatres.

Although our buildings are temporarily closed due to Covid-19 we’re still online. See the ON at Fife Archives Facebook page for more photographs as well as book reviews, jigsaws and quizzes #shineonfife

This Flickr page is a showcase for a small selection images from the fantastic photographic collections managed by the Archives and Local Studies Team. The collections are based in 5 different places in Fife:

Cupar Library celebrates its 150th anniversary this year. In Cupar we mainly have photographs of places and people in North and East Fife. They include a very special collection of magic lantern slides collected by George Normand in the early 20th Century. You can contact us at localstudies.cupar@onfife.com

Dunfermline Carnegie Library and Galleries combines the oldest Carnegie Library in the world with an award-winning Museum opened in 2017. The local studies collection has more than 14,000 photographs – mainly of people and places in Dunfermline and West Fife. You can contact us at localstudies.dunfermline@onfife.com

Fife Archives is in our Collections Centre in Glenrothes. It opened in 2017. We have 8,000 images of Glenrothes from the archive of the Glenrothes Development Corporation. You can contact us at archive.enquiries@onfife.com

Kirkcaldy Galleries is home to thousands of photographs of Kirkcaldy and of people and places in Central Fife. The library has been here since 1928 and the whole building was refurbished in 2013. The Local and Family History Room is a great place to look for images. You can contact us at localstudies.kirkcaldy@onfife.com

Methil Library is a great place to look for photographs of Buckhaven and Methil. For more information please contact methil.library@fife.gov.uk