Kelvingrove Art Gallery and
Museum:
Glasgow Kelvingrove Museum & Art Gallery is one of Glasgow's proudest
possessions. This amazing
building is set within the beautiful surroundings of Kelvingrove Park
including Glasgow University , the
Glasgow Museum of Transport and Park Grove and Trinity
College Towers / Rocheads Park Church Tower as well as
Byres Road.
The
Kelvingrove Museum houses everything from fine and
decorative arts to archaeology and the natural world. The number of
individual items in the natural history department alone is vast. You can
admire Sir Roger the Elephant or wonder at 300-million-year-old fossils of
marine life from the Glasgow area.
The
Glasgow Kelvingrove Museum & Art Gallery has been shut for major refurbishment and renovation since
July 2003 and the work is expected to be finished with a official opening
date on the 11th of July and the Official opening ceremony in September. With
the
Kelvingrove Museum & Art Gallery closure most of the museum items and artefacts were
moved to other museums within Glasgow city, the biggest collection being
moved to the McClellan Galleries on Sauchiehall Street.
This project is being funded by Glasgow City Council, the European Union,
Historic Scotland and the Heritage Lottery Fund Scotland and other small
charities events from the general public.
Kelvingrove Tourism:
The
Glasgow Kelvingrove Museum & Art Gallery attracts more than one million
visitors each year. It is the second most popular visitor attraction in
Scotland and the most visited museum in the UK outside London.
Building History:
1892-1900 Sir J.W.Simpson and Milner Allen. The Kelvingrove
Museum was the permanent building of the 1901 Glasgow International
Exhibition, which was chosen in preference to other, and better, designs -
among them one in which Charles Rennie Mackintosh had a large hand.
It was included on the grounds of Size and grandeur rather than
architectural distinction. Most of the Exterior Sculpture is by
Sir George Frampton.
The Argyll Guest House and the
Argyll Hotel are both within 4
minutes walk of the Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery so what better way to
have a fantastic breakfast and then take a leisurely stroll within to
Kelvingrove Museums and the Kelvingrove Park to start your Glasgow morning.
You can find our more about us at our
Glasgow Cheap Accommodation information page
and you can see details of our rooms in our
Glasgow Budget Accommodation
section.
For more information on
Glasgow Kelvingrove Museum & Art Gallery please visit the official website
from the Glasgow City council at
Glasgow Museums.
