Art Museums in Glasgow

The Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is a museum and art gallery in Glasgow, situated adjacent to Kelvingrove Park. The museum houses an impressive collection of arms and armour and a vast natural history collection. The art collection includes works by some Old Masters such as Rembrandt van Rijn,

The Riverside Museum (Glasgow Museum of Transport) is home to over 3,000 objects that detail Glasgow’s rich past from its days as maritime powerhouse to a glimpse into daily Glasgow life in the early to mid 20th Century. ​Amongst the objects on display are everything from skateboards to locomotives,

The Burrell Collection is a museum/art collection in Glasgow. The Burrell Collection consists of objects collected by Sir William Burrell, a wealthy Glaswegian shipping magnate. It includes an important collection of medieval art including stained glass and tapestries, oak furniture, medieval weapon

The Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery is the oldest museum in Scotland. The museum features objects relating to William Hunter and his collections from Roman Scotland, geology (he Begg Collection of fossils donated by James Livingstone Begg), ethnography, ancient Egypt, scientific instruments (from L

The Tenement House is a museum of everyday history in Glasgow that depicts early 20th-century Glasgow life. In the museum visitors can discover quirky items from black horsehair chairs, scrubbed kitchen range, household medicines and the recess beds to the working doorbell and gaslights.

The Provand's Lordship of Glasgow is a medieval historic house museum. It is the oldest remaining house in Glasgow, built in 1471. The house is furnished with a collection of seventeenth-century Scottish furniture donated by Sir William Burrell and the museum features exhibits related to: decorative

St. Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art is a museum in Glasgow that opened in 1993. The museum building emulates a medieval style. The museum features exhibits related to: all the world's major religions and includes a Zen garden and a sculpture showing Islamic calligraphy.

Pollok House is a museum in Glasgow and is the ancestral home of the Stirling Maxwell family that was built in 1752. The museum features exhibits related to Fine Art, Architecture, Social History, Decorative and Applied Art (glass, silverware, porcelain and antique furniture) and Religion. It includ

Holmwood House is Alexander 'Greek' Thomson's finest domestic design. This family home was built in 1857-8 for James Couper who, with his brother Robert, owned Millholm Paper Mills on the banks of the River Cart. The house stood in what was then the village of Cathcart. The architectural style of th

The Glasgow Museums Resource Centre (GMRC) is the store for the museums' collections when they are not on display at their venues. The main collections stored at the Glasgow Museums Resource Centre are Art and Painting, Arms and Armour, Natural History, Technology and World Cultures.

GoMA is a museum in Glasgow. The museum features exhibits related to: photography, film and media, fine art and performing arts.

Glasgow Women's Library is a museum in Glasgow. The museum features exhibits related to: music, performing arts, architecture, film and media, literature, social history, religion, world cultures, archives, costume and textiles, law and order, design and photography.

Glasgow Sculpture Studios exists to promote the development of sculpture and to help artists develop a professional and sustainable career. With members whose experience and skills are as varied as the work they create, GSS supports an exploration of what contemporary sculpture is. Through offering