Places to visit in Glasgow City
A short list of notable parks, markets, museums and landmarks in Glasgow City.
- Bridgeton Bus Garage · Culture
transport museum and bus garage in Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- Gallery of Modern Art · Culture
The Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) is the main gallery of contemporary art in Glasgow, Scotland.
- Glasgow Central Station Museum · Culture
museum in Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- Glasgow Museum of Transport · Culture
The Riverside Museum is a museum in the Partick area of Glasgow, Scotland, housed in a building designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, with its River Clyde frontage at the new Pointhouse Quay. It forms part of the Glasgow Harbour regeneration project. The building opened in June 2011, winning the 2013 European Museum of the Year Award. It houses many exhibits of national and international importance. The Govan–Partick Bridge, which provides a pedestrian and cycle path link from the museum across the Clyde to Govan, opened in 2024.
- Glasgow Police Museum · Culture
museum in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Heatherbank Museum of Social Work · Culture
The Heatherbank Museum of Social Work is part of the Glasgow Caledonian University in Scotland, and is believed to be the only museum dedicated to social work.
- Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery · Culture
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. 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.
- Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum · Culture
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum owned by Glasgow City Council is a major art gallery and museum in the Yorkhill area of Glasgow, Scotland, managed by Glasgow Museums. It is located in Kelvingrove Park in the West End of the city. To its north is the University of Glasgow and to its south is the Kelvin Hall. It is adjacent to Argyle Street previously known as Dumbarton Road. Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is one of Scotland's most popular buildings and free visitor attractions.
- Kelvingrove Park · Parks
Kelvingrove Park is a public park located on the River Kelvin in the West End of the city of Glasgow, Scotland, containing the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum.
- Memorial Stone, Cathedral Square, Glasgow · Historic
monument in Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- National Piping Centre · Culture
The National Piping Centre is an institution in Glasgow, Scotland, dedicated to the playing of the bagpipes, to include not only the Great Highland Bagpipes, but also the Scottish smallpipes and Irish uileann pipes, as well as other traditional musical instruments.
- Nelson Monument · Historic
monument in Glasgow City, Scotland, UK
- People's Palace · Culture
The People's Palace and Winter Gardens in Glasgow, Scotland, is a museum and glasshouse situated in Glasgow Green, and was opened on 22 January 1898 by The 5th Earl of Rosebery.
- SEC Centre · Family
The SEC Centre is Scotland's largest exhibition centre, located in Glasgow, Scotland. It is one of the three main venues within the Scottish Event Campus.
- Scotland Street School Museum · Culture
Scotland Street School Museum is a museum of school education in Glasgow, Scotland, in the district of Kingston. It is located in a former school designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh between 1903 and 1906. The building is one of Glasgow's foremost architectural attractions. It is located next to the Shields Road subway station. The building features in the video of the Deacon Blue song Dignity and also in the video of the Billy Mackenzie song “Baby”.
- Scott Monument · Historic
monument to Walter Scott in Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- Scottish Jewish Archives Centre · Culture
repository of Jewish migration to Scotland
- Sharmanka Kinetic Gallery · Culture
museum and theatre company in Glasgow City, Scotland, UK
- St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art · Culture
Museum in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
- The Lighthouse · Culture
building in Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- The OVO Hydro · Family
The OVO Hydro is a multi-purpose indoor arena located within the Scottish Event Campus in Glasgow.
- Western Infirmary · Culture
former hospital in Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- Arteries Gallery · Landmark
- Braeside Community Garden · Parks
- David Dale Gallery & Studios · Landmark
David Dale Gallery and Studios is a not-for-profit contemporary art gallery and artists studios in Glasgow, Scotland. The gallery takes its name from Scottish industrialist David Dale, and since 2012 has been located in the former David Dale College buildings in Bridgeton.
- Glasgow Police Museum · Museum
- Grpahic Deisgn Gallery · Landmark
Grpahic Deisgn Gallery is a window gallery operated by experimental arts studio Grpahic Deisgn, viewable from Ross Street, Glasgow.
- Hunterian Art Gallery · Landmark
- Hunterian Museum · Museum
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. 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.
- Jurassic Jungle Soft Play Centre · Parks
- Laura Wilder Gallery · Landmark
- Mackintosh House · Attraction
- Modern Institute · Landmark
- Royal Highland Fusiliers · Museum
The Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland is an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland.
- Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre/Gallery · Landmark
A theatre of kinetic sculpture, where hundreds of carved figures and pieces of old scrap perform an incredible choreography to haunting music and synchronised light.
- The Barras Market · Attraction
- The Hidden Lane Gallery · Landmark
- The Mackintosh House · Museum
- The Museum of Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Glasgow · Museum
- The Tenement House · Museum
- Time Spiral · Attraction
Time Spiral is a Magic: The Gathering expert-level block consisting of the expansion sets Time Spiral, Planar Chaos, and Future Sight. It is set on the plane of Dominaria, the first time that that plane had been visited since 8th Edition.
- Tranmission · Landmark
- Trongate Gallery · Landmark
- University of Glasgow Hunterian at Kelvin Hall · Museum
- Yardworks Studio · Landmark
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