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St Mungo Museum of Religious Life & Art

St Mungo Museum of Religious Life & Art St Mungo Museum reopened September 14, 2022.

This museum aims to promote understanding and respect between people of different faiths and of none, and offers something for everyone. St Mungo Museum regularly hosts temporary exhibitions and a variety of events, from family-friendly activities to talks relating to religion in Scotland today.

Operating as usual

*Festive hours*The museum will be closed 24-26 December and 31 December-2 January. *It will be open usual hours 27-30 De...
23/12/2022

*Festive hours*
The museum will be closed 24-26 December and 31 December-2 January. *It will be open usual hours 27-30 December and again from 3 January.

*People's Palace will be closed on 27 December and Glasgow Museums Resource Centre is closed 24 December-3 January.

You can get info on opening times for all Glasgow Life Museums and other Glasgow Life venues here 👉 https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/news/glasgow-life-reveals-festive-opening-hours-for-venues-across-the-city

Best wishes for the festive season to all those celebrating! We look forward to seeing you again soon.

We're back on Facebook! To mark St Mungo Museum's first festive season since reopening post-COVID, Gallery Assistant Nat...
22/12/2022

We're back on Facebook! To mark St Mungo Museum's first festive season since reopening post-COVID, Gallery Assistant Natalie made this fabulous gingerbread replica of the building - it's fully edible and even lights up!

Festive greetings to everyone celebrating the season and all good wishes for the coming year ✨

*Festive hours*The museum will be closed 24-26 December and 31 December-2 January. It will be open usual hours 27-30 Dec...
19/12/2022
Glasgow Life reveals festive opening hours for venues across the city — Glasgow Life

*Festive hours*
The museum will be closed 24-26 December and 31 December-2 January. It will be open usual hours 27-30 December and again from 3 January. You can get info on opening times for all Glasgow Life Museums and other Glasgow Life venues on our website at https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/news/glasgow-life-reveals-festive-opening-hours-for-venues-across-the-city

Best wishes for the festive season to all those celebrating! We look forward to seeing you again soon.

Glasgow Life, the charity that delivers culture and sport in Glasgow, has confirmed opening hours for its venues over the festive period.

Remembering Srebrenica Scotland - In Conversation with Robert McNeil MBE.Robert McNeil MBE will speak about his time as ...
12/10/2022
Remembering Srebrenica Scotland - In Conversation with Robert McNeil MBE

Remembering Srebrenica Scotland - In Conversation with Robert McNeil MBE.
Robert McNeil MBE will speak about his time as a forensic technician in Bosnia and his recently-published memoirs of that time, Grave Faces.

To register please see link:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/remembering-srebrenica-scotland-in-conversation-with-robert-mcneil-mbe-tickets-435640280807

Robert McNeil MBE will speak about his time as a forensic technician in Bosnia and his recently-published memoirs of that time, Grave Faces.

27/09/2022

St Mungo Museum reopened September 14, 2022

We’re pleased to confirm that St Mungo Museum reopened on Wednesday 14 September. No advance booking will be required, and full opening hours will be in place. We look forward to seeing you.

The museum is named after Glasgow's patron saint who brought the Christian faith to Glasgow in the 6th century. It is built on the site of the medieval Bishops’ Castle and is designed in its style. The galleries are full of displays, objects and stunning works of art that explore the importance of religion in peoples’ lives across the world and across time.

The venue aims to promote understanding and respect between people of different faiths and those of none and offers something for everyone. There are regular events, from family-friendly activities to talks about culture and religion in Scotland today. Or you can relax in the first Zen garden in Britain.

Green Tourism

St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art has achieved a Silver Award from Visit Scotland's Green Tourism scheme. We are assessed against a rigorous set of criteria, including energy and water efficiency, waste management, biodiversity and more. The award acknowledges good environmentally-friendly practice and is a recognised hallmark of 'green quality'. We're proud to be playing our part in ensuring Scotland is a sustainable tourism destination for the future.

Join us for a 'Drawing creativity out of chaos' adults creative workshop this Sunday 16 February from 1.30 - 4pm. In thi...
10/02/2020

Join us for a 'Drawing creativity out of chaos' adults creative workshop this Sunday 16 February from 1.30 - 4pm. In this workshop Robert McNeill MBE, the artist behind the Remembering Srebrenica display, will share stories about his work Srebrenica Woman. You will then take part in a short art session introducing you to the medium of pastel painting. FREE but book in advance: telephone 0141 276 1625 or email [email protected]

‪Survivor Story: Hasan Hasanovic ‬    ‪   ‬
29/01/2020

‪Survivor Story: Hasan Hasanovic ‬ ‪ ‬

Survivor Story: Janine Webber
29/01/2020

Survivor Story: Janine Webber

29/01/2020

The Fight Song First ‪ ‬

29/01/2020

First They Came

Welcome to St Bridget’s Primary, Baillieston and St Bride’s Primary, Govanhill to St Mungo Museum
29/01/2020

Welcome to St Bridget’s Primary, Baillieston and St Bride’s Primary, Govanhill to St Mungo Museum

‪Our  event is a commemorative youth conference planned and delivered by S2 pupils to 70 primary 7 pupils . This will in...
29/01/2020

‪Our event is a commemorative youth conference planned and delivered by S2 pupils to 70 primary 7 pupils . This will include workshops, drama, music, poetry, survivors stories and the presentation of pupils experiences of the project over the past six months ‬

Welcome to  of Religious Life & Art for our Holocaust Memorial Day event . Since August 2019 we have been working with p...
29/01/2020

Welcome to of Religious Life & Art for our Holocaust Memorial Day event . Since August 2019 we have been working with pupils from to explore the meaning of HMD Standing Together

!!! The Glasgow Museums podcast is back !!!The first episode of season two is available – our host Harry speaks to artis...
23/01/2020

!!! The Glasgow Museums podcast is back !!!

The first episode of season two is available – our host Harry speaks to artist and former forensic technician, Robert McNeil MBE of Remembering Srebrenica Scotland. You can see Robert's paintings on display at St Mungo's Museum.

Join us for a fascinating conversation about Robert’s life and work.

Head to the Glasgow Museums Soundcloud page soundcloud.com/glasgowmuseums or subscribe via Apple.

Rehearsal day for our official Holocaust Memorial Day event on Wednesday 29th January 2020 at St Mungo Museum of Religio...
23/01/2020

Rehearsal day for our official Holocaust Memorial Day event on Wednesday 29th January 2020 at St Mungo Museum of Religious Life & Art

We hope you all enjoyed the festive season. Just to let you know all Glasgow Museum venues, with the exception of GMRC, ...
03/01/2020

We hope you all enjoyed the festive season. Just to let you know all Glasgow Museum venues, with the exception of GMRC, are open again as normal. GMRC will reopen on Mon 6 Jan. We look forward to welcoming you in 2020.

We hope you had a lovely Christmas, not long until we welcome in a new year. We wanted to share our festive opening hour...
29/12/2019
Festive opening hours across Glasgow Museums — Glasgow Life

We hope you had a lovely Christmas, not long until we welcome in a new year.
We wanted to share our festive opening hours.
Museums, with the exception of GMRC, will be open as normal from Fri 27 to Mon 30 Dec.
We will then close on Tues 31 Dec, Wed 1 and Thurs 2 Jan, reopening Fri 3 Jan 2020.
GMRC will reopen on Monday 6 Jan.
You can find full details here https://bit.ly/2YWupTW.

Festive opening hours across Glasgow Museums

We hope you had a lovely Christmas, not long until we welcome in a new year. We wanted to share our festive opening hour...
27/12/2019
Festive opening hours across Glasgow Museums — Glasgow Life

We hope you had a lovely Christmas, not long until we welcome in a new year.
We wanted to share our festive opening hours.
Museums, with the exception of GMRC, will be open as normal from Fri 27 to Mon 30 Dec.
We will then close on Tues 31 Dec, Wed 1 and Thurs 2 Jan, reopening Fri 3 Jan 2020.
GMRC will reopen on Monday 6 Jan.
You can find full details here https://bit.ly/2YWupTW.

Festive opening hours across Glasgow Museums

We hope you had a lovely Christmas, not long until we welcome in a new year. We wanted to share our festive opening hour...
26/12/2019
Festive opening hours across Glasgow Museums — Glasgow Life

We hope you had a lovely Christmas, not long until we welcome in a new year.
We wanted to share our festive opening hours.
Museums, with the exception of GMRC, will be open as normal from Fri 27 to Mon 30 Dec.
We will then close on Tues 31 Dec, Wed 1 and Thurs 2 Jan, reopening Fri 3 Jan 2020.
GMRC will reopen on Monday 6 Jan.
You can find full details here https://bit.ly/2YWupTW.

Festive opening hours across Glasgow Museums

Make sure you know when our Museums are open during the festive period. View our opening hours here: https://bit.ly/2Z4y...
23/12/2019

Make sure you know when our Museums are open during the festive period. View our opening hours here: https://bit.ly/2Z4yxRX

It's starting to feel a lot like Christmas....so we wanted to share our festive opening hours.We are open as normal unti...
23/12/2019
Festive opening hours across Glasgow Museums — Glasgow Life

It's starting to feel a lot like Christmas....so we wanted to share our festive opening hours.
We are open as normal until end of day Monday 23 December then closed on Tuesday 24, Wednesday 25 and Thursday 26 December.
You can find full details through until Friday 3 January here https://bit.ly/2YWupTW

Festive opening hours across Glasgow Museums

It's starting to feel a lot like Christmas....so we wanted to share our festive opening hours.We are open as normal unti...
21/12/2019
Festive opening hours across Glasgow Museums — Glasgow Life

It's starting to feel a lot like Christmas....so we wanted to share our festive opening hours.
We are open as normal until end of day Monday 23 December then closed on Tuesday 24, Wednesday 25 and Thursday 26 December.
You can find full details through until Friday 3 January here https://bit.ly/2YWupTW

Festive opening hours across Glasgow Museums

This year the staff at St Mungo Museum helped raise money for the charity Social Bite. Museum staff donated to their Chr...
20/12/2019

This year the staff at St Mungo Museum helped raise money for the charity Social Bite. Museum staff donated to their Christmas dinner for the homeless scheme, ensuring homeless people across Glasgow have a hot meal and a place to go this Christmas. Here is a member of our staff handing our donations over to the wonderful folk working at Social Bite Glasgow.

It's starting to feel a lot like Christmas....so we wanted to share our festive opening hours. We are open as normal unt...
19/12/2019
Festive opening hours across Glasgow Museums — Glasgow Life

It's starting to feel a lot like Christmas....so we wanted to share our festive opening hours.
We are open as normal until end of day Monday 23 December then closed on Tuesday 24, Wednesday 25 and Thursday 26 December.
You can find full details through until Friday 3 January here https://bit.ly/2YWupTW

Festive opening hours across Glasgow Museums

It's starting to feel a lot like Christmas....so we wanted to share our festive opening hours. We are open as normal unt...
17/12/2019
Festive opening hours across Glasgow Museums — Glasgow Life

It's starting to feel a lot like Christmas....so we wanted to share our festive opening hours.
We are open as normal until end of day Monday 23 December then closed on Tuesday 24, Wednesday 25 and Thursday 26 December.
You can find full details through until Friday 3 January here https://bit.ly/2YWupTW

Festive opening hours across Glasgow Museums

Faith to Faith:Religious FoundersInterfaith Glasgow and St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and ArtSunday 8th December2 - ...
05/12/2019

Faith to Faith:

Religious Founders

Interfaith Glasgow and St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art

Sunday 8th December

2 - 4pm

St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art
2 Castle Street
Glasgow
G4 0RH
2019 marks the 550th anniversary of the birth of Guru Nanak Dev Ji the founder of Sikhism. In this Faith to Faith session we will learn about the life and teachings of Guru Nanak Dev Ji from Ravinder Kaur Nijjar from Glasgow’s Sikh community. We will also hear from Canon Nicholas Taylor of the Scottish Episcopal Church who will be discussing the life of Jesus Christ and his role in the foundation and development of Christianity.
Speakers:
Canon Nicholas Taylor
Nicholas Taylor is a New Testament scholar and a priest in the Scottish Episcopal Church. He has taught in universities and ministerial training institutions in the United Kingdom and in Africa, and has conducted research in Palestine. He holds a PhD from the University of Durham, and has published widely in the area of Christian origins. As well as his academic writings, he is the author of a more popular text, What can we know about Jesus?

Ravinder Kaur Nijjar
Ravinder Kaur Nijjar is the Chair of Religions for Peace UK Women of Faith Network and is currently a member of the Executive Board of RfP European Women of Faith Network. She serves on the Executive Committee of the Council of Dharmic Faiths UK, Patron of Alma Royalton Kisch Inter Faith Youth Trust (London) and has worked in the interfaith field for over twenty-five years.


Talk Summaries:
Jesus Christ
Jesus of Nazareth lived and died a Jew. He spoke of the fulfilment of God’s promises to Israel, for which he was crucified by the Romans. His disciples experienced his living presence with them and proclaimed his resurrection, and identified him as embodying the fulfilment of God’s promises of which he had spoken, not only for Israel but for all humanity. The Christian Church came about as a result of their work.
Historically, it is a complex question whether Jesus can be described as the founder of Christianity, as the Church clearly took forms which there is little evidence he envisaged. At the same time, the teaching of Jesus was and remains the principal and distinctive inspiration of Christianity, and it was inevitable that the movement he founded would develop and diversify as it encountered different cultures, and that institutions would emerge to sustain its life in the longer term.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji
In November 2019 Sikhs have celebrated the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the founder of the Sikh Religion. His legacy of preaching the Oneness of humanity, religious harmony and co-existence lives on today. The talk will highlight his life and the impact it had, and continues to have on uplifting humanity through the practice of spirituality/prayer, hard work and sharing with others. God's Divine Light permeates through the whole of Creation therefore all Creation should be treated with respect and dignity.

As always, there will be time for questions and table discussions, along with tea, coffee, and cake! To register for this event please visit https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/faith-to-faith-religious-founders-tickets-83177695727

All welcome!
We look forward to seeing you there!

Faith to Faith:Religious FoundersInterfaith Glasgow and St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and ArtSunday 8th December2 - ...
26/11/2019

Faith to Faith:

Religious Founders

Interfaith Glasgow and St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art

Sunday 8th December

2 - 4pm

St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art
2 Castle Street
Glasgow
G4 0RH
2019 marks the 550th anniversary of the birth of Guru Nanak Dev Ji the founder of Sikhism. In this Faith to Faith session we will learn about the life and teachings of Guru Nanak Dev Ji from Ravinder Kaur Nijjar from Glasgow’s Sikh community. We will also hear from Canon Nicholas Taylor of the Scottish Episcopal Church who will be discussing the life of Jesus Christ and his role in the foundation and development of Christianity.

Speakers:

Canon Nicholas Taylor

Nicholas Taylor is a New Testament scholar and a priest in the Scottish Episcopal Church. He has taught in universities and ministerial training institutions in the United Kingdom and in Africa, and has conducted research in Palestine. He holds a PhD from the University of Durham, and has published widely in the area of Christian origins. As well as his academic writings, he is the author of a more popular text, What can we know about Jesus?



Ravinder Kaur Nijjar

Ravinder Kaur Nijjar is the Chair of Religions for Peace UK Women of Faith Network and is currently a member of the Executive Board of RfP European Women of Faith Network. She serves on the Executive Committee of the Council of Dharmic Faiths UK, Patron of Alma Royalton Kisch Inter Faith Youth Trust (London) and has worked in the interfaith field for over twenty-five years.





Talk Summaries:

Jesus Christ

Jesus of Nazareth lived and died a Jew. He spoke of the fulfilment of God’s promises to Israel, for which he was crucified by the Romans. His disciples experienced his living presence with them and proclaimed his resurrection, and identified him as embodying the fulfilment of God’s promises of which he had spoken, not only for Israel but for all humanity. The Christian Church came about as a result of their work.

Historically, it is a complex question whether Jesus can be described as the founder of Christianity, as the Church clearly took forms which there is little evidence he envisaged. At the same time, the teaching of Jesus was and remains the principal and distinctive inspiration of Christianity, and it was inevitable that the movement he founded would develop and diversify as it encountered different cultures, and that institutions would emerge to sustain its life in the longer term.



Guru Nanak Dev Ji

In November 2019 Sikhs have celebrated the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the founder of the Sikh Religion. His legacy of preaching the Oneness of humanity, religious harmony and co-existence lives on today. The talk will highlight his life and the impact it had, and continues to have on uplifting humanity through the practice of spirituality/prayer, hard work and sharing with others. God's Divine Light permeates through the whole of Creation therefore all Creation should be treated with respect and dignity.

Tickets for this event can be booked via Eventbrite on https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/faith-to-faith-religious-founders-tickets-83177695727

As always, there will be time for questions and table discussions, along with tea, coffee, and cake!

All welcome!

We look forward to seeing you there!

On Sunday 10 November our monthly Faith to Faith dialogue session in partnership with Interfaith Glasgow was hosted by t...
13/11/2019

On Sunday 10 November our monthly Faith to Faith dialogue session in partnership with Interfaith Glasgow was hosted by the Glasgow Hindu Mandir and Glasgow Central Singh Sabha Gurdwara. This special event also marked the start of Scottish Interfaith Week. The group learned how food and hospitality are at the very hearts of both Hinduism and Sikhism – fitting for the theme of Scottish Interfaith Week: Eat, Share, Love. The participants also witnessed the Aarti ceremony in the Mandir and the ritual changing of the Khanda flag outside the Gurdwara. Find out more about upcoming events https://bit.ly/2jPQrrk

Join us for a 'Drawing creativity out of chaos' adults creative workshop this Sunday 3 November from 1.30 - 4pm. In this...
31/10/2019

Join us for a 'Drawing creativity out of chaos' adults creative workshop this Sunday 3 November from 1.30 - 4pm. In this workshop Robert McNeill MBE, the artist behind the Remembering Srebrenica display, will be sharing stories behind his work Witness. You will then take part in a short art session introducing you to the medium of acrylic painting. FREE but book in advance: telephone 0141 276 1625 or email [email protected]

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Glasgow’s St Mungo Museum of Religious Life & Art has been closed every day since the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020—but at last there is light at the end of the tunnel for the award-winning Scottish institution.
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Will you please sign this important petition which closes next week? In gratitude, thanks.
For everyone supportive of creating a fi****ms exclusion zone around places of national spiritual importance and religious worship in Scotland, can now sign this petition for the next four weeks.
The link to this official Scottish Parliament Petition is below:
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Thank you for your support.
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Glasgow Museums invites you to the Glasgow Language Festival 2020 to mark International Mother Language Day!

Join us on Saturday 22 February at St Mungo Museum of Religious Life & Art!

Expect poetry, song, theatre, games and unexpected linguistic discoveries as we explore and celebrate how words connect us.

Book your ticket now: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/94654771971
Shiva as Nataraja (plus me!) on Saturday at St Mungo Museum of Religious Life & Art
Continuing our weekly theme, we would like to share with you Together in a Crisis: Faith and Climate Change - St Mungo Museum of Religious Life & Art, Sunday, 9th Feb from 1pm.
One of a series of events by Interfaith Glasgow marking World Interfaith Harmony Week. As the urgency of the climate crisis becomes increasingly apparent and the scale of impending suffering and loss more widely understood, and as Glasgow prepares to host the 26th Conference of the Parties UN Climate Summit in November, this event invites people from diverse backgrounds to come together for dialogue on some key aspects of the challenge we face and to explore what an effective interfaith response might look like.
If you and your church community are caring for creation, we'd love to hear about it - [email protected].
In the run up to Holocaust Memorial Day, Interfaith Glasgow presents Upstanders not Bystanders, part of a series marking World Interfaith Harmony Week.
Have you ever thought about what you'd do if you were a witness to a hate crime? Many victims report the fact that others stood by and did nothing as particularly distressing. But how many of us are sure we'd have the confidence to step up and would know what to do?
In this interfaith event, we will explore together strategies for challenging hate speech as it is happening, so as to empower each other to stand up to prejudice and support each other in challenging times.
Sunday, 26th January 2020, 1.30pm-4pm, St Mungo Museum of Religious Life & Art. All are welcome!
On , we talk to renowned artist Peter Howson about his artwork 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘳𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢, on display at St Mungo Museum of Religious Life & Art, and the horrors of conflict and war. See the full interview at 10.40pm
St Mungo Museum of Religious Life & Art hold regular arts and crafts workshops for kids, drop in on Saturday 14th December and make your own festive decorations!
Interfaith Glasgow and St Mungo Museum of Religious Life & Art warmly invite you to the next dialogue event in their series - Faith to Faith: Religious Founders. Exploring the lives and impact of the founders of two of the world's great religions - Sikhism and Christianity.
Come to hear short talks by knowledgeable speakers and engage in conversation with people from diverse backgrounds. Programme: Guru Nanak Dev Ji by Ravinder Kaur Nijjar and Jesus Christ by the Rev Canon Dr Nicholas Taylor.
As always there will be time for tea, coffee, cake and friendly discussion.
All welcome!
This Sunday, December 8th, 2pm-4pm, St Mungo Museum of Religious Life & Art, 2 Castle Street, G4 0RH, Glasgow.
St Mungo Museum of Religious Life & Art hold regular arts and crafts workshops for kids, drop in on Saturday 7th December and make your own Mandala inspired, eye-popping patterns!
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