This Museum/ Art Gallery houses part of one of Europe's greatest collections. It is one of the most popular venues for locals and tourists alike, and most wonderfully, it is free! Outside of London, it is the most visited Gallery and Museum in the UK.
It was built as part of the 1888 International Exhibition which was held in Kelvingrove Park. It is of a Spanish Baroque style, and is constructed of Dumfriesshire red sandstone, found in many building in Glasgow.
Inside, there is a massive pipe organ, which is played every day at lunchtime. Not to be missed.
The museum has a fine collection of arms and armour, a huge natural history collection, and some of the most wonderful work of artists like Van Gogh, Monet, and so on.
It also features work by Scottish artists, and presently has a whole section of work by a group of painters called "The Glasgow Boys."
Perhaps it most valuable piece is the painting, "St John of the Cross" by Salvador Dali.
A few years ago, it closed for a major refurbishment, and many items which had been on show for eons, were removed. More space was created between exhibits, and it has become "user -friendly." You can touch things, experiment, and inter act.
There is also a World War II Spitfire suspended from the roof in one gallery!
Such is the wealth of material that only a fraction is on display. And it is not Glasgow's only such building. There is the new Transport Museum, the People's Palace, The Huntarian museum within Glasgow University, and the Burrell Collection.
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The Glasgow Boys
Here are some photos I took on a recent visit.
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| Main Floor |
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| One of the galleries |
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| view from a stairway |
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| Glasgow's Spitfire |
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| The Pipe Organ |
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| Painting by George Henry and Edward Hornel |
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| Portrait by James Guthrie |
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| A Van Gogh |
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| Execution of Mary Queen of Scots |
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| Charles Rennie Macintosh Furniture |
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| St John of The Cross by Dali |
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| Display about the Holocaust |
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