Looking for the best museums in Glasgow? These are the best ones:
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
GlasgowThe 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,
Riverside Museum
GlasgowThe 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,
Glasgow Science Centre
GlasgowThe Glasgow Science Centre is a visitor attraction that is composed of three main buildings: the Science Mall, the Glasgow Tower and the IMAX cinema. Its mission is to be a brdige between citizens and science and technology and to inspire people of all ages to explore and understand the world around
Burrell Collection
GlasgowThe 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
People's Palace and Winter Gardens
GlasgowThe People's Palace and Winter Gardens is a museum and glasshouse. When it was opened in 1898 it was intended to provide a cultural centre for the people. Now it tells the story of Glasgow and gives visitors an insight into how Glaswegians lived, worked and played in years gone by.
The Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery
GlasgowThe 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 Tall Ship at Riverside
GlasgowThe Tall Ship at Riverside is a museum in Glasgow. The museum features exhibits related to Social History and Maritime.
The Tenement House
GlasgowThe 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.
Scotland Street School Museum
GlasgowScotland Street School Museum is a museum in Glasgow was designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh between 1903-1906. The museum tells the story of 100 years of education in Scotland, from the late 19th century to the late 20th century.
Glasgow Police Museum
GlasgowThe Glasgow Police Museum is the museum of Britain’s first police force, from 1800 to 1975. Founded under the Glasgow Police Act of 1800. The exhibits in the Glasgow Police Historical Exhibition provide a historical insight into the people, events and other factors which contributed to the found
Provand's Lordship
GlasgowThe 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
Scottish Football Museum
GlasgowThe Scottish Football Museum is Scotland's national museum of football that houses over 2000 football memorabilia, including the world's oldest cap and match ticket from 1872; and the world's oldest national still existing trophy, the Scottish Cup. Visitors are also able to visit the underground roa
St. Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art
GlasgowSt. 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
GlasgowPollok 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
GlasgowHolmwood 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
Fossil Grove
GlasgowFossil Grove is a museum in Glasgow. The museum features exhibits related to: natural sciences.
Glasgow Museums Resource Centre
GlasgowThe 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.
National Piping Centre and Museum
GlasgowAt the National Piping Centre visitors can see and hear the heritage of the Great Highland Bagpipe. The museum holds three hundred years of piping heritage. Consisting of artefacts from the rich collections of National Museums of Scotland.
Fairfield Heritage Centre
GlasgowFairfield Heritage is a community museum dedicated to telling the story of Govan’s outstanding role in world shipbuilding. Please come and visit us and enjoy the very building that was once the headquarters of the greatest shipbuilding enterprise in the world, the Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineeri
GoMA
GlasgowGoMA is a museum in Glasgow. The museum features exhibits related to: photography, film and media, fine art and performing arts.
