Riverside Museum

Name: Riverside Museum
Address: 100 Pointhouse Place, Glasgow, G27, GB
Telephone: +441412872720
Price range: $
Rating: 4.4

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Discover Glasgow's transport and technology collections at Riverside Museum. Entry is free!
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Visit the new Riverside Museum for FREE and experience the wonder of Glasgow's industrial heritage in this striking building designed by internationally renowned architect Zaha Hadid. The Tall Ship is berthed alongside the museum, creating a fantastic experience in this stunning setting on the banks of the River Clyde. This profile is monitored regularly and we will answer enquiries within 24 hour

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22/07/2024

Wow, can you believe we're coming up for the last weekend in July already? This summer is fair moving on!
This weekend we have a proper treat happening at the Riverside Museum.
On both Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th July our special Street plays host to the Riverside Sumer Market!
And if that wasn't enough, just outside our very own front door the Riverside Museum is excited to be holding our first ever Big Truck Weekend!

We've got it all, handmade wonders and massive vehicles, all happening on here at the Riverside Museum and we are delighted!

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21/07/2024

🌊Dancing Waves Mural -meet the artists
Tuesday 23rd July
11.30am - 12.30pm

Stretching nearly 1,000 metres, ‘Dancing Wave’ is the longest outdoor mural in Glasgow and it's right next to the Riverside Museum. Its creators, Healy Arts Charity and independent artists, will be in the museum to talk more about the mural and how it celebrates the River Clyde.

Maps of the Dancing Waves mural are available in the museum to pick up.

17/07/2024

Riverside Museum is brimming with technological treasures.

Hear Susan Morrison talk about the ZX Spectrum, Stormtroopers and more over on the Curious City podcast. ⌨️

See these exhibits 7 days a week, here at Riverside Museum.

🎧🎙️ Listen now ⤵️

https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/museums/curious-city

16/07/2024

⭐Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th July ⭐

On the last weekend of the month, come along to the Riverside Summer Market and Big Truck Weekend!

We've got it all, handmade wonders and massive vehicles, all happening on here at the Riverside Museum and we are delighted!

As always, we are free to visit and all are welcome!

With thanks to J & M Murdoch & Son Ltd

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15/07/2024

📢 What's On for Families 🪁

FREE activities, Tue–Thu, 1.30-4pm, no need to book,
check for location on arrival.

Tue 16th July – Make a peg glider.
Wed 17th July – Create a 2D mini hot air balloon.
Thu 18th July – Crafty kites.

Visit our website to find out more about our family programme 👉 https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/summer-of-fun

15/07/2024

It's always special occasion here at the Riverside Museum when the Scottish Fire Brigades Heritage Trust come for a visit!

Saturday 20 July 10:00 - 16:00 and Sunday 21 July 11:00 - 16:00 brings us Vintage Fire Engine Weekend!

Join us for an exciting Fire Engine Rally and get a good look at fire fighting machines from the past and present. Climb aboard vintage vehicles, take the wheel and get a selfie to remember!

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Follow the link for more info about the Scottish Fire Brigades Heritage Trust
https://sfbheritagetrust.org/

11/07/2024

Belter Bubbles are visiting us here at the Riverside Museum this weekend - Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th July ☀️

Join us for some outdoor giant bubble making fun and watch and wonder as these bubble artists' make creations that float up into the air and across the sky, creating a visual spectacular. It's a bubble blowing bonanza, for little kids and big kids alike! Must have photo opportunity!

You can meet Belter Bubbles outside Riverside Museum on Saturday 13 July and Sunday 14 July between 11am - 1pm and 2pm - 4pm on both days.

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10/07/2024

13 and 14 July 11-1pm and 2-4pm🫧🫧🫧FREE!!
Join us for some outdoor giant bubble making fun with the Bubble Belters! Watch and wonder as these bubble artists make giant creations that float up into the air and across the sky, creating a visual spectacular. It's a bubble blowing bonanza, for little kids and big kids alike! Must have photo opportunity (inside a giant bubble!)

09/07/2024

This weekend's been fair eventful here at the Riverside Museum 😃
The teams been hard at work clearing up the underpass walkway route to our front door.
And dreams where made true when the Stay Puff Marshmallow Man came in for a visit!

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08/07/2024

📢 What's On for Families 🚗

FREE activities, Tue–Thu, 1.30-4pm, no need to book,
check for location on arrival.

Tue 9th July – Make a cardboard car.
Wed 10th July – Make a 1980s-style car accessory.
Thu 11th July – Tyre tracks and road mark-making activity.

Visit our website to find out more about our family programme 👉 https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/summer-of-fun

08/07/2024

Belter Bubbles are visiting us here at the Riverside Museum on Saturday and Sunday coming (13th and 14th July) !!! 😍

Join us for some outdoor giant bubble making fun and watch and wonder as these bubble artists' make creations that float up into the air and across the sky, creating a visual spectacular. It's a bubble blowing bonanza, for little kids and big kids alike! Must have photo opportunity (inside a giant bubble!)

You can meet Belter Bubbles outside Riverside Museum on Saturday 13 July and Sunday 14 July between 11am - 1pm and 2pm - 4pm on both days.

💫💦😃😍💧🤍

04/07/2024

👻👻Remember to come say hello to our Ghosbuster pals this Sunday the 7th of July. Stay Puft too! FREE! Photo opportunity! 👻👻

01/07/2024

📢 What's On for Families 🚢

FREE activities, Tue–Thu, 1.30-4pm, no need to book,
check for location on arrival.

Tue 2nd July – Make a travel journal.
Wed 3rd July – Design a porthole picture.
Thu 4th July – Create a watercolour poster.

Visit our website to find out more about our family programme 👉 https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/summer-of-fun

01/07/2024

When there's something strange, in the Riverside Streets, who you gonna call? Ghostbusters Alba of course!
We are beyond delighted that Ghostbusters Alba are visiting us on Sunday 7th July for the day to give the place a once over and speak to our wonderful visitors! Come along and see if you can find the Riverside ghosts, photo opportunity with the Ghostbusting Gang!

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30/06/2024

Today's West End Bus Fest is well underway and the Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust have done a great job bringing a marvellous bunch of vintage bus's to hang out with us here at the Riverside Museum!

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29/06/2024

What a lovely Saturday morning this is turning out to be! The sky is keeping fair and we have an absolute plethora of Jaguar's and Jaguar Enthusiasts keeping us company on the Riverside Museum front!

Awesome! 😍

26/06/2024

Sunday the 30th June brings about the finale of the WestFest 2024!
Here at the Riverside we are super excited about the West End Bus Fest by Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust!
On this final day of Glasgow’s very own West End Festival the Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust is joining the celebrations by operating a free Vintage Bus Service and displaying some vehicles outside The Riverside Museum!

For more details and timetable please follow the link to the website.
https://gvvt.org/west-end-bus-fest

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26/06/2024

This coming Saturday, the 29th June at the Riverside Museum is Jaguar Super Saturday Car Club day!

This special day for car fans welcomes a visit from the Jaguar Enthusiasts Club in Scotland. Outside the museum will be Jaguar’s from the 1950’s onwards showcasing Jaguar Heritage!

We are very much looking forward to it! 🙂🐈‍🚗🚘🚙😎

https://jec.org.uk/regions/events/scottish-jaguar-enthusiasts-day

# SuperSaturdayCarClubDay

21/06/2024

🥳 Happy Birthday to us! 🥳

Riverside is 13 years old today - officially a teenager!

Here is a photo from opening day, 21st June 2011.

20/06/2024

A big thank you to Ayrshire Classics Car Club for coming to visit us today! �

16/06/2024

Medal Making Workshop Sunday 16th June 1330 - 1600 FREE!
Well done to all the 10k runners this morning! To celebrate your success we're having a medal making workshop at Riverside today. All Welcome!

15/06/2024

It is national beer day! What a better way to celebrate than visiting the recreated Mitre pub.

Originally located on Brunswick Street among around 820 other pubs within Glasgow city centre, The Mitre was a popular working men’s pub.

Despite men going after a long hard shift, there were no chairs or tables to sit and enjoy your beer at!

Come and enjoy the pub’s atmosphere and learn more about the culture of working men’s pubs in Glasgow 🍻

14/06/2024

Out of the tunnels and into the museum! 🚋

This iconic ‘Clockwork Orange’ Glasgow subway car 128 was moved the short distance from the Govan Subway depot to its new home at the Riverside Museum yesterday 🙌

You can see Car 128 on display at the museum now 🚆Find out more and plan a visit: https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/museums/venues/riverside-museum

13/06/2024

Glasgow Science Festival 2024: Glasgow’s Transforming
📅Fri 14th to Sun 16th June

Glasgow Science Festival returns to Riverside Museum, celebrating how research can transform our lives, our cities, and our futures. .
The programme looks amazing with lots of exciting, family, activities each day!

Check out the daily programme at:
https://www.gla.ac.uk/events/sciencefestival/gsf2024/transform/riverside/

09/06/2024

Here at the Riverside, we coexist with our friends from the RSPB who come for visits and bring their stall of badges and wisdom to the museum.

Here is Mike here to share facts about how we coexist with wildlife, and what we can do to help their conservation.

Did you know that the RSPB in Scotland has 77 nature reserves in total there are 72000 hectares that is over half of the RSPB's land in the UK!

08/06/2024

Water, Water, everywhere and From Our Scottish Tap you do have a drop to drink!

Today’s theme for Museum Week is Water.
Our museum is built at the point where the Clyde and Kelvin rivers meet.

One of the most memorable things about the Riverside museum is the design of the roof which is inspired in shape by the flow of the river.

07/06/2024

Today at the Riverside Museum we are thinking about and how humans and nature live together.

One of the many things we can do is help save the bees from climate change.

Here at the Riverside Museum, we have Bee Gardens, GlenBee and WaverBee.

Are you buzzing to help the bees? Tell us about your bee saving tips!

06/06/2024

Here’s a with our local Riverside Swans on the Clyde!

We count ourselves lucky to keep such gorgeous company 🦢🦢🦢

Photo Credit: Our wonderful Riverside Team: Jackie G, Bunny and Ruth 😍

05/06/2024

Day 3 of Museum Week is so today we’re going to celebrate the diverse biodiversity around the museum.

Life on the Clyde looks a bit different than it did in previous times, but there's still lots of wildlife that make their home around the Riverside.

Photo Credit: Gallery Assistant, Wee Davie captured this cheeky crow on the river front.

04/06/2024

Day 2 of International Museums all about artificial intelligence and it is also .

So we asked our AI to show us what a river of cheese would look like?

Anybody want to swim with some cheese? Or need a new wallpaper?

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Videos

Riverside Museum is brimming with technological treasures. Hear Susan Morrison talk about the ZX Spectrum, Stormtroopers and more over on the Curious City podcast. ⌨️ See these exhibits 7 days a week, here at Riverside Museum. 🎧🎙️ Listen now ⤵️ https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/museums/curious-city

🦾🦾Watch what it takes to move the TransPennine Express cab on to its new (private) home. PHEW!! 🦾🦾

Did you know that we have a piano available for visitors to play? If you visited us today you might have been lucky enough to hear Rory practising 🎶

The next episode of Curious City, the Glasgow Life Museums podcast is live. 🎙️🎧 Our guest this time is journalist, writer, and the man behind the much-loved Lost Glasgow page, Norry Wilson. In this episode we discover stories from some of Glasgow's worst transport disasters, including a Clyde-built ship capsizing on the day of launch and the railway disaster at St Enoch station. Listen now ⤵️ https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/museums/curious-city

The latest episode of Curious City, the Glasgow Life Museums podcast, is out now. In this instalment find out what comedian, writer and broadcaster Susan Morrison loves in Riverside Museum! Listen now ⤵️ https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/museums/curious-city

We had a great first day at the Riverside Museum Christmas Weekend! Come along tomorrow, Sunday 3rd December, between 11am - 5pm! We will have lots on for all the family and entry is free! 🎁 Explore more than sixty stalls selling jewellery, soap, candles, cakes, decorations, artwork, and much more! 🎄 Free family craft activities from 1.30 - 4pm at the south window. 🚒 Explore vintage fire engines out on events square! 📸 Photo opportunities with characters from Star Wars from the Imperial Scottish Garrison! Big thanks to Arrow Productions for the amazing video!

One of the most peaceful places in our Museum is up at our Ship Conveyor.🚢 Here, you can sit and enjoy the models as they float by. 🌊 Which model is your favourite? Let us know below.

Have you visited Main Street? It is one of our favourite exhibits at the Riverside Museum. Who will you meet as you are transported back 100 years to the early 20th century?🧐 There are lots of stories to tell here. Let us know your favourites below. 📖📚

Glasgow's Eurovision Bid

Glasgow loves a good song 🎶 Join us in supporting the city's Eurovision bid for 2023 🎤 Good luck Glasgow! #Eurovision #PeopleMakeGlasgow #GlasgowEurovisionBid

We are Hiring

We're recruiting! Are you aged 18 - 25? Glasgow Life Museums are hiring a Project Assistant and a Learning Assistant for the Our Shared Cultural Heritage programme. Find out more and apply; Project Assistant - https://bit.ly/3ypgR6G Learning Assistant - https://bit.ly/3OK4NSR Closing date - 17th July #OSCH Glasgow is a youth-led programme that explores the shared cultures and histories of the UK and South Asia. In partnership with Glasgow Life Museums, British Council and UK Youth, supported by @HeritageFundUK.

OSCH is Recruiting

Weaving Part 1

Inspired by tartan plaid worn by Lord Mungo Murray have fun weaving a wall hanging from sustainable, natural materials in these craft videos. Our learning and curatorial teams have been working hard to help everyone think about how we use precious resources. As COP 26 approaches and in the years ahead, little changes to how we live and create can make a big difference! The Art of Sustainable Weaving Part 2 will be posted today at 5.30pm #OurClimateStories Please help us to evaluate this content here: http://bit.ly/LMMEvaluation

Reduce, Recycle, Reuse with Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

Make A Pin Cushion Using An Old T-Shirt! Looking at the beautifully patterned fossils from Glasgow Museums collection gives surprising inspiration for fabric printing and pattern making. Practice different ways to make prints and patterns using the natural world around you. Whist reusing fabrics and stuffing that have been previously used gives you green creditability in your creativity. Reduce, Recycle, Reuse. Explore our fossil and botanical collections using our Collections Navigator: https://bit.ly/3Aofrs5 #ourclimatestories #deargreenplace.

Growing Greener with Kelvingrove Art Gallery

This week Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum will be encouraging you how to put the 'green' into your art. Be truly inspired by all that nature shows you... first up.. Growing Greener. Reuse bottles, jars or plastic vessels to make ideal planters for seeds this summer. The Glasgow Museums collection has plenty of botanical inspiration to help inspire you to make your own mini green house to enhance your green fingers. Why not visit us for inspiration or explore our collections online using Collections Navigator. https://bit.ly/3Aofrs5 #ourclimatestories #deargreenplace

Recycled jewellery

Burrell inspired cushion covers

Yin and Yang Origami Boxes

Shortcuts

Our Story

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Visit the Riverside Museum for FREE and experience the wonder of Glasgow's industrial heritage in this striking building designed by internationally renowned architect Zaha Hadid. The Tall Ship is berthed alongside the museum, creating a fantastic experience in this stunning setting on the banks of the River Clyde.