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Category: Art Museums - Glasgow Attractions & Activities
Address: 10 Dumbreck Rd, Bellahouston Park, Glasgow G41 5BW
Designed by celebrated local Rennie Mackintosh, who drew the plans for the home to enter a contest in 1901, this house wasn't actually built until the mid-1990s. Several permanent exhibitions are on display in rooms such as the Music Room and the Oval Room, most showing Mackintosh's designs and some of his crafts and...
Category: Sightseeing - Glasgow Attractions & Activities
Address: 110-120 St. Vincent St, Glasgow G2 5ER
This stellar example of neo-classical design is noteworthy for its massive proportions, with massive columns and tall windows. Carved lions' heads jut out unexpectedly, and some interesting memorials and plaques related to merchant and banking history are located in the spacious interior.
Category: Art Museums - Glasgow Attractions & Activities
Address: Queen St, City centre, Glasgow G1 3AH
This is one of the most popular art galleries in the city. Fronted by imposing Corinthian columns and housing four distinct galleries inside, each of which is devoted to an element: fire, air, earth, and water. The earth collection is most popular, focusing on works from Scottish artists such as John Bellamy and Ken...
Category: Sightseeing - Glasgow Attractions & Activities
Address: City Centre, Glasgow G1
Dead center in Glasgow's financial district is a square devoted to statues of many key figures, including Queen Victoria, Robert Burns (Scotland's national poet), James Watt (inventor of the steam engine), and Scotland's favorite son, renowned author Sir Walter Scott. This attractive square is flanked by ornate...
Category: Sightseeing - Glasgow Attractions & Activities
Address: 50 Cathedral Sq, Glasgow G4
This large, evocative cemetery is the final resting place for many of Glasgow's most revered dignitaries and famous citizens. With its hilltop views and position next to the River Clyde, this is one of the loveliest sights in the area. The obelisk for John Knox juts higher than the rest at 200 feet. Also, look for the...
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
Category: Art Museums - Glasgow Attractions & Activities
Address: Argyle Street, Kelvinhall, Glasgow G3 8AG
You can't miss the facade of this landmark, with its red sandstone walls and high, majestic turrets. Another point of interest is the road leading to the back entrance; though some will tell you the building was accidentally built backwards, the truth is, the position of the road changed at the last minute. Whether...
Category: Science & History Museums - Glasgow Attractions & Activities
Address: 1 Bunhouse Rd, Kelvinhall, Glasgow G3 8DP
Known as Britain's top transportation museum, here you'll find information about every form of transport you can think of, such as cars, bikes, buses, ships and more. Special exhibits focus on topics such as the shipbuilding industry, Glasgow's underground railway, and a detailed, authentically recreated Glasgow...
Category: Art Museums - Glasgow Attractions & Activities
Address: 2060 Pollokshaws Rd, Pollok Park, Glasgow G43
This is Glasgow's most extensive and diverse museum. Bequeathed to the city in 1944 by Sir William Burrell, the collection includes impressionist paintings by Degas, Bellini, and Sisley as well as Greek and Roman artifacts, Chinese urns from several dynasties, elaborate tapestries, ceramics, and more. A rotating...
Category: Parks - Glasgow Attractions & Activities
Address: Greendyke St, Glasgow G40
The Glasgow Green, made a public park in 1857, is the oldest European public park. Among the attractions you will find are the People's Palace and the Winter Gardens. You will also find the 1806 monument dedicated to Admiral Lord Nelson. To enter the park, you will walk through the magnificent McLennan Arch.
Category: Gardens - Glasgow Attractions & Activities
Address: High Flenders Rd, Clarkston, Glasgow G76 8RB
Greenbank Garden consists of nearly three acres of beautifully landscaped gardens. Follow the walkways through the annuals, perennials, shrubs, and trees. In the midst of the garden stands a small Georgian home (built in 1764) that mirrors the same beauty and elegance of the gardens themselves.
