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The Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. Glasgow Museums is the group of museums and galleries owned by the City of Glasgow, Scotland. [1] They hold about 1.6 million objects including over 60,000 art works, over 200,000 items in the human history collections, over 21,000 items relating to transport and technology, and over 585,000 natural history specimens. [2]
Name Image Town/City County/City Council Aberdeen Art Gallery: Aberdeen: Aberdeen Aberdeen Arts Centre: Aberdeen: Aberdeen An Lanntair: Stornoway: Outer Hebrides
Opened in 1996, the Gallery of Modern Art is housed in a neoclassical building in Royal Exchange Square in the heart of Glasgow city centre. Built in 1778 as the townhouse of William Cunninghame of Lainshaw, a wealthy Glasgow Tobacco Lord who made his fortune through the triangular slave trade, [2] the building has undergone a series of different uses.
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is a museum and art gallery in Glasgow, Scotland, managed by Glasgow Museums. The building is located in Kelvingrove Park in the West End of the city, adjacent to Argyle Street. Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is one of Scotland's most popular museums and free visitor attractions. [2]
These museums are also linked to the Open Museum. The Open Museum takes Glasgow Museums' collections beyond the museum walls and out into the community. The Open Museum has reminiscence kits, object handling kits and exhibitions available for loan. This free service allows Glasgow's citizens to borrow museum objects and create their own displays.
Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery: Glasgow: Glasgow City: Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Multiple Operated by the University of Glasgow, art, Roman Scotland and archaeology, natural history, geology, ethnography, ancient Egypt, scientific instruments, coins and medals, medicine Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum: Glasgow: Glasgow City
Tramway is a contemporary visual and performing arts venue located in the Scottish city of Glasgow. Based in a former tram depot in the Pollokshields area of the South Side, it consists of two performance spaces and two galleries, as well as offering facilities for community and artistic projects. The Hidden Gardens is situated behind Tramway. [1]
The Hunterian is a complex of museums located in and operated by the University of Glasgow in Glasgow, Scotland.It is the oldest museum in Scotland. [1] It covers the Hunterian Museum, the Hunterian Art Gallery, the Mackintosh House, the Zoology Museum and the Anatomy Museum, which are all located in various buildings on the main campus of the university in the west end of Glasgow.