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07/12/2022

People's Palace Austism friendly early opening - Fri 9th December, 10-11am. We are opening early for ASN schools and members of the public who prefer a calmer, less crowded environment. FREE. No need to book.

06/12/2022

Join us for one of our forthcoming themed Behind the Scenes tours at Glasgow Museums Resource Centre (GMRC).

❄️🎄 Wednesday 7th and 21st Dec: Christmas Creatures 2:30-3:30pm
Discover some festive facts about the animal kingdom from our amazing natural history collection. What sort of creature can survive cold climates whilst not ending up as Christmas dinner prey?

🍐 🥁 Wednesday 14th Dec: 12 Days of Christmas Tour
Come along to our themed tour inspired by the 'Twelve Days Of Christmas'. We've selected objects to find out the origins and meaning to the lyrics of this well-known festive song.

Booking is essential by emailing: [email protected] or phone 0141 276 9300 to book your place.

04/12/2022

You've heard of the Elf on the Shelf, but over at the People's Palace there's the Fairy fae the Dairy! The Buttercup Dairy fairies have been making mischief throughout the building. Discover what they've been up to by finding and opening the 6 fairy doors hidden around the museum!

03/12/2022

02/12/2022

Kelvin Hall, Quiet Day, Saturday 3rd December, 12-2pm

To celebrate International Day of Disabled Persons Kelvin Hall partners would like to offer visitors some quieter sessions. We hope to support our neurodivergent visitors by offering quiet spaces, lower levels of lighting and sensory resources on the day. We have a quiet room available should anyone need some space to themselves as well as adapted toilets.

We have a visual storyboard available here in case you’d like to familiarise yourself with the building pre visithttps://kelvinhall.org.uk/media/1441/kelvin-hall-visual-storyboard-august-2018.pdf

02/12/2022

30/11/2022

Special Interest Art Tour: A History of English Painting
At Glasgow Museums Resource Centre (GMRC)
Tuesday 6th December, 2.30-3.30pm
Booking essential

Come and join us for a tour exploring our English paintings collection through the ages, starting in the 18th century, with works by Thomas Gainsborough and Sir Joshua Reynolds, we will move on through artists such as Walter Sickert and Sir John Everett Millais in the 19th century. We will end in the 20th century with artists such as Sir Stanley Spencer, LS Lowry, Beryl Cook and Bridget Riley.

Email: [email protected] Or telephone: 0141 276 9300 to book your place.

27/11/2022

People's Palace, Sunday 11th December, 1.30-4pm
Autism friendly family workshop, Christmas wreaths

Make some simple but eye-catching Christmas wreaths to decorate your house this festive season.

26/11/2022

St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art
Sunday 27th November, 1.30-4pm
Autism friendly family workshop

Magnificent Mask Making
Come along and using recycled and other materials create your very own imaginative mask.

25/11/2022

People's Palace, Sunday 11th December, 1.30-4pm
Autism friendly family workshop, Christmas wreaths

Make some simple but eye-catching Christmas wreaths to decorate your house this festive season.

24/11/2022

It's Billy Connolly's 80th birthday today and the team over at the People's Palace thought they'd celebrate by sharing a couple of caricatures of the Big Yin from their Big Draw competition a few years back! We hope Billy would approve!

24/11/2022

Special Interest Tour: Sustainable Fashions from the Past
At Glasgow Museums Resource Centre (GMRC)
Tuesday 29th November, 2.30 - 3.30pm
Booking essential

Join Rebecca Quinton, Curator of European Dress and Textiles, in exploring historical examples of sustainable fashion, including altered, adapted, mended and recycled Georgian and Victorian dresses.

Email: [email protected] Or telephone: 0141 276 9300 to book your place.

Image: Dress, about 1775-80, made from material, about 1720-32, with alterations, about 1870-80.

22/11/2022

21/11/2022

Mini Museum Explorers sessions at Glasgow Museums Resource Centre
Tuesday 22nd November 11am-12 noon or 1-2pm!

Explore museums with your 3 -5 year olds in this fun session. A mix of free play and structured activity to enjoy together.

Booking is essential for sessions at Glasgow Museums Resource Centre. Please contact [email protected] or telephone 0141 276 9300 to book your place.

20/11/2022

Ancient STEM: A CPD for primary teachers
Tuesday 29th Nov, 4- 5.20pm at Glasgow Museums Resource Centre
Find out how many of today’s STEM concepts were discovered by ancient civilisations. How did the Romans and Egyptians overcome obstacles to successfully build, farm and thrive?

In this exciting, interactive CPD you will take part in a range of STEM activities which can be used back in school to enhance your Social Studies topics. Activities will include exploring Ancient Egyptian maths and measurement, creating Roman bullas, and trying out a replica shaduf used for irrigation. There will also be a chance to hear about STEM workshops and resources available at Glasgow Museums. Refreshments provided on arrival.

Glasgow teachers should book via CPD Manager, course ref: Museum02, ID 80955. We have a small number of places for teachers outwith Glasgow; please book by emailing: [email protected]

20/11/2022

19/11/2022

🔊 today at 2pm in the GOMA Studio - artist Clara Ursitti will be in conversation with Katie Bruce to talk about her work and her solo show Amik currently in Gallery 3. FREE tickets available through Eventbrite 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/artist-talk-clara-ursitti-tickets-460918679177

18/11/2022

17/11/2022

🔊 this Saturday 19 November 2pm at GOMA - artist Clara Ursitti will be in conversation with Katie Bruce to talk about her work and her solo show Amik currently in Gallery 3. FREE tickets available through Eventbrite 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/artist-talk-clara-ursitti-tickets-460918679177

17/11/2022

A new exhibition celebrating 50 years of printmaking at Glasgow Print Studio is getting ready to open at Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum tomorrow.

The Love of Print brings together over 225 significant prints by 130 incredible artists, created since Glasgow Print Studio was formed in 1972.

From Friday 18 November come and enjoy The Love of Print, it’s a wonderful Who’s Who of Scottish art over the last 50 years.

Artists Adrian Wiszniewski and Kate Downie, whose works are in the show, popped in to see the final preparations being made.

The show also includes a 'Here and Now' section, introducing 50 newly commissioned works by a selection of artists currently using the printmaking facilities at Glasgow Print Studio.

To read more visit https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/news/new-exhibition-set-to-open-at-kelvingrove-art-gallery-and-museum-the-love-of-print

16/11/2022

There is time until this Sunday 20th November to apply and be part of the new cohort of the GoMA Youth Group! Open to al...

16/11/2022

Gallery Of Modern Art (GoMA) GlasgowWe are now accepting applications for the new cohort of the GoMA Youth Group 2022-2023

There is time until this Sunday 20th November to apply and be part of the new cohort of the GoMA Youth Group! Open to all young people aged 16-25, no experience or skills necessary.

More information and a downloadable application form can be found here: https://galleryofmodernart.blog/we-are-now-accepting-applications-for-the-new-cohort-of-the-goma-youth-group-2022-2023/?fbclid=IwAR3la5L1I98DUDqWKy72vIJfdEV2eplF_6tMu01zRmfxYmWGT8YVbxVDFGY

The GoMA Youth Group (GYG) would like to invite young people aged 16-25 to take part in our 2022/23 programme. Download the application form and submit it by the 20th November 2022.

16/11/2022

What can the Cotton Spinners tray tell us about life in early 1800s Glasgow? Come and join the conversation with Social History Curator Fiona Hayes at the People's Palace on Thursday 17th November at 2pm to uncover the story.

14/11/2022

11/11/2022

10/11/2022

Employability Tours @ Glasgow Museums

As part of Creative Careers Week, find out what jobs are involved in running two of Glasgow’s busiest museums by taking part in one of our Museum Employability Tours. Choose between Riverside Museum, a 5-star museum that houses thousands of museum objects and attracts over a million visitors each year or the recently relaunched Burrell Collection, uniquely nestled in Pollok Park.

In these unique and interactive tours, pupils will discover the amazingly diverse world of museum careers. They will meet and chat to a range of museum staff, including those visible in the museum, and those that are hidden away behind the scenes. Museum staff will talk about what they do daily, how they found their way into museum employment and what transferable skills they need to do their jobs.

This valuable experience for young people offers an opportunity for them to expand their employability skills whilst developing an understanding of career choices available in museums and the wider heritage sector. Pupils will also gain an insight into the many routes available to enter the museum workforce, and how museums can play a central role in developing transferable skills for employment in a variety of sectors.

Tours are interactive and last 1.5 hours. They are designed for S4-S6 and can take up to 20 pupils.

Tour Dates: Tuesday November 22nd, Wednesday November 23rd and Thursday November 24th
Times: 10am and 1pm
To book a tour: Please call us on 0141 276 9505 / 9506 or e-mail [email protected]

Riverside Museum, 100 Pointhouse Road, Partick, Glasgow, G3 8RS
The Burrell Collection, Pollok Country Park, 2060 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow, G43 1AT

08/11/2022

Behind the Scene Tours at Glasgow Museums Resource Centre (GMRC)
Every Wednesday 2:30-3:30pm
Booking essential

Find the amazing museum collections all stored away waiting to be discovered on this weekly behind the scenes tour. Spend an hour discovering this very special building for yourself and some of the highlights of the one million treasures it holds.

Email: [email protected] or phone 0141 276 9300 to book your place.

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St Mungo Museum Glasgow reopens

St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art, Glasgow has reopened today. One of very few public museums in the world dedicated solely to religion, visitors can view beautiful, important artworks and objects connected to religious belief and practice and discover the stories behind them. Renowned internationally, it is recognised for its role in promoting understanding and respect between people of different faiths and those of none. We look forward to welcoming you back.

St Mungo Museum Glasgow reopens

St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art, Glasgow is unique and it reopens today at 10am. One of very few public museums in the world dedicated solely to religion, visitors can view beautiful, important artworks and objects connected to religious belief and practice and discover the stories behind them. Renowned internationally, it is recognised for its role in promoting understanding and respect between people of different faiths and those of none. We look forward to welcoming you back.

Krishna

The Religious Festival series from the St Mungo Learning Team continues with Krishna Janmashtami.

Alan Grant

We are sad to hear of the passing of legendary comic book writer Alan Grant. We interviewed Alan for the exhibition Frank Quietly, The Art of Comics, in 2017. He was kind and very generous with his time. Starting at DC Thompson as an editor, he went on to write iconic characters such as Judge Dredd and Batman. He also co-wrote The Bogie Man which went on to become a TV show starting Robbie Coltrane. Moving to Scotland at a young age, he was proudly Scottish often including it in stories such as the Punisher, Blood on the Moors or Batman, Scottish Connection, which he collaborated with Frank Quitely. Alan made Batman have Scottish heritage, with visits to Rossyln Chapel and fights on the Forth Rail Bridge.

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.

Hajj

The Religious Festival series from the St Mungo Learning Team continues with Hajj!

OSCH is Recruiting

Pentecost

This looks at the origin of the Christian festival of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit came down from heaven and filled Christ’s apostles with missionary zeal. It is also known as the birthday of the Church.

Shavuot

This post looks at the Jewish festival of Shavuot, also known as the Feast of Weeks. It not only celebrates the revelation of the Torah to Moses but the early harvest when homes and synagogues are decorated with flowers and greenery.

Ascension

This post looks at the Feast of the Ascension within the Christian Calendar. This marks the Ascension or lifting up of Jesus into the heavens forty days after his resurrection.

Kate Downie 'Four Children 1962-2022'

In 2021 Scottish-based artist Kate Downie embarked on a project to ‘finish’ Joan Eardley’s ‘Two Children’, a painting left unfinished on Eardley’s easel in her Glasgow Townhead studio at the artist’s premature death in 1963. In this interview, filmed on 22 February 2022, exactly a year after the germ of the idea first formed, Downie reflects on the journey, her motivation, the difficulties and the discoveries. A fitting conclusion to a unique project that is both a tribute and a celebration in Eardley’s centenary year. bit.ly/KateDownieJoanEardley Downie’s final painting, ‘Four Children 1962-2022’, was purchased by Glasgow Museums in 2022 with the generous support of the Eardley Estate.

Lazarus Saturday

The St Mungo Learning Team - Religious Festivals post series continuous with...

Pesach

The St Mungo learning team continue their Religious Festivals series by marking the start of Pesach.

Holy Week

The St Mungo Learning Team look at Holy Week in their latest in their series of Festivals Posts.

Ramadan

Fasting during the holy month of Ramadan is one of the Five Pillars of Islam. In this post for the Religious Festivals Series we explore the importance of Ramadan and the four other Pillars of Islam which are the foundations of the Muslim faith. These are: prayer five times a day, the declaration of faith, almsgiving and pilgrimage to Makkah (Mecca).

Ash Wednesday

St. Mungo Museum learning team are back and this time celebrating the first day of Lent, Ash Wednesday.

HMD2022

ST Mungo’s Museum Learning Team are sharing this year’s online Holocaust Memorial Day Project. This year’s theme is ‘One Day’. #OneDay #HolocaustMemorialDay

4th Sunday in Advent

This time, the St Mungo's Museum learning team are looking at The Fourth Sunday in Advent in more detail by examining the stained glass depiction of The Annunciation, in the next instalment in their Religious Festival Series.

The Birthday of the Prophet

In our fourth film in the Exploring Religious Festivals Through Museum Objects Series, we're taking a closer look at this 19th century prayer rug and the Birthday of the Prophet / Milad UL Nabi.

Autumn blown trees

Autumn colours are all around. Glasgow parks are ablaze with squirrels hiding nuts, people walking and dogs rushing, leaping and bounding through crisp leaves. Find your favourite Autumn Scene and create your own artwork. Share your autumnal paintings or photographs inspired by Glasgow Museums Collection here.

Bookbinding

Burrell At Kelvingrove: Collecting Chinese Treasures A bookbinding video Inspired by the Exhibition: The wonderful objects in our Burrell at Kelvingrove: Collecting Chinese Treasures exhibition got us to thinking about the origins of writing, culture, and the art of bookmaking. Bookbinder, Kerry Douglas, inspired by the Silk Road has produced this lovely video. Her use of the Turkish Map fold technique evokes how art, culture, writing, bronze, jade and books travelled from China along the Silk Road. The compartments formed by the book map segments, can stow precious treasures drawings and collectables! Be inspired by turning recycled materials into a beautiful object while learning a wonderful new skill! Tools Scissors Craft knife Pencil Ruler Glue (Pritt stick or PVA will do) Bone folder (if you have one!) Cutting matt Materials 6 bits of A4 paper (this can be artwork, decorative or plain paper) Large piece of book cloth or decorative paper for the cover Large piece of paper for the lining Grey board or cardboard (old cereal boxes work well!)

Durga Puja

The St Mungo Museum learning team are back with their next film in the Exploring Religious Festivals Through Museum Objects series. This time they're looking more closely at the celebration of Durga Puja.

Feast of the Holy Guardian Angels

In the next post from St Mungo Museum's festival series, we look at the Feast of the Holy Guardian Angels and examine the print "Guardian Angel Protecting Two Children" made in 2014.

The Feast of St Michael and All Angels

The learning team at St Mungo Museum invite you to test your knowledge about the stories on the Milton Shield as they begin a series looking at different religious festivals. This first post looks at the Feast of St Michael and All Angels.

Leatherback Turtle

The Leather Back Turtle is the largest turtle on the planet, they are rarely seen in Scotland's waters. Miraculously one was spotted on the 9th September 2020 around the inner Hebrides. Able to forage for jelly fish and soft bodied sea creatures abundant here, building up a thick layer of fat, cleverly constricting blood flow to control body temperature in waters as cold as 5'C this creature seems unstoppable. Show us what surprizes you can find in and on your coastline, post your images in the comments. When you next visit Kelvingrove explore the galleries to find the Leatherback Turtle on display. Click on our collections navigator link below to learn more about the turtle on display. https://bit.ly/2Xofi9p #OurClimateStories

Muirhead Bone

Inspired by - Muirhead Bone - Industrial Landscapes. Factories, storage units, cranes, dumper trucks, boats, chains, a tang of metal in the air. Grab a piece of paper and pencil and come on a short journey exploring an artist's love for recording industry. Artists love to show their work. Why not share your sketches, poems, stories or designs for the future in the comments below, we would love to see them. Explore our Muirhead Bone collection on our 'Collections Navigator' pages using the link below https://bit.ly/3hxBy7L #OurClimateStories

The Burrell Collection installation of the Collection begins

More than 75 years of Sir William Burrell’s life were devoted to amassing one of the world’s greatest, single personal collections, which will reopen to the world in March 2022. The major refurbishment and redisplay of The Burrell will ensure this internationally significant Collection, rich in Chinese art, stained glass, textiles and fine art, is even more widely appreciated and well known around the world. And it will ensure Glasgow retains its place as a global cultural leader. Listen to Jonny Hanna, senior technician, who has been working on the project since the very beginning. www.burrellcollection.com #NationalLotteryHeritageFund

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A suitably autumnal scene from our collection by Thomas Hunt (1854-1929). 'October near Strathyre' painted in 1910. Born in Lancashire, Hunt studied art in Glasgow where he subsequently lived for many years. He exhibited frequently at both the Royal and Royal Scottish Academies as well as many leading UK galleries. Discover Inverclyde Inverclyde Libraries Art UK Royal Academy of Arts Royal Scottish Academy (RSA) Paisley Museum Perth Museum & Art Gallery Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery Leeds Art Gallery Glasgow Museums

We offer building tours here at Kelvin Hall on most Wednesday evenings and Saturday mornings.

The tours are a great opportunity to learn about the history of the building, see how it is being used today and take a look behind the scenes in the Glasgow Museums stores!

Free but please book: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/kelvin-hall-building-tours-tickets-267421162897

Catch up on the last few entries of 'Thoughts From The Studio' written by ReConnect artist Morag MacGilchrist.

https://www.project-ability.co.uk/category/blog/thoughts-from-the-studio/

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This week's Twilight Tour looked Glasgow Museums collections relating to Scotland's Colonial History as part of Black History Month.

The items studied included this plaque from the Queen's Dock area Glasgow. Dating from the late 19th century it is rare evidence of the first significant South Asian community in Glasgow.

Find out why soldiers mainly from Pakistan ended up in the Cairngorms during with Hamish Johnston (author of ‘A Corner of Pakistan in Scotland) on Antiques Road Trip on Wed 5th Oct BBC1 at 15:45 & Thurs 6th Oct BBC2 at 07:15.

Read more below:

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As part of Black History Month join us on the 1st October @ 11am for 'What's Watt gotta do with it' where Jideofor Muotune talks to Dr Stephen Mullen about his research into the Watt family. Admission is free but booking is essential. To book ring the museum on 01475 715624 or via the Watt Institution on Eventbrite.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/watt-institution-33624667517

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This week we're celebrating Maths Week Scotland with a mystery object from Glasgow Museums. Have you seen one of these before? Can you guess what it is?

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From our Egyptian Collection a 3D scan of the lid from a canopic jar depicting Duamutef, the jackal-headed god. Canopic jars were part of the mummification process and were used to keep the mummy’s organs safe for the afterlife. There were always four and in time they came to represent the four sons of the god Horus. Jars decorated with Duamutef contained the mummy’s stomach. Discover Inverclyde Glasgow Museums Paisley Museum Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery National Museums Scotland

With October just around the corner and the colours of the landscape starting to change from our collection a lovely delicate oil 'Autumn Scene' by the Glasgow artist Thomas Hope MacKay whose work dates from around 1870 - 1930. Discover Inverclyde Art UK Royal Scottish Academy (RSA) Glasgow Museums

As part of Black History Month join us on the 1st October @ 11am for 'What's Watt gotta do with it' where Jideofor Muotune talks to Dr Stephen Mullen about his research into the Watt family. Admission is free but booking is essential. To book ring the museum on 01475 715624.
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Glasgow Museums is participating in a UK-wide Art History Festival from the 19th - 26th September, with events at venues including Kelvin Hall.

Events are free but booking is essential. https://glasgowlife.org.uk/whats-on?page=1&q=art%20history%20festival

Age Well museums workshops are now available from Glasgow Museums at Kelvin Hall.

These free workshops are for groups of older adults and can be tailored to suit your interests. Find out more here https://kelvinhall.org.uk/glasgow-museums/latest-news/age-well-museum-workshops/