Gallery of Modern Art
City of Museums and Galleries 

 

 

Glasgow has over 20 wonderful museums and galleries, each with its own individual collection and events programme, and all with free admission. They include:

  • The world famous Burrell Collection, a purpose-built gallery opened in 1984 to house the unorthodox and eclectic collection of artefacts gifted to Glasgow by Sir William Burrell
  • The magnificent Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum in Kelvingrove, which houses the city’s principal collection of paintings, and is the Scotland’s most frequently visited free attraction  
  • The Transport Museum, with its ever popular collection of Glasgow Trams, locomotives, an exact reconstruction of a 1930’s Glasgow street, and the city’s new Museum of Football
  • St Mungo’s Museum of Religious Life and Art, the UK’s only museum celebrating the world’s many religions
  • Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art, a brand new gallery set in the refurbished Stirling’s Library, and housing the city’s principal modern art collection
  • Scotland Street School, a former Charles Rennie Mackintosh School preserved as the city’s Museum of Education

Visit our Glasgow Museums pages to find out more.