Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum
- Telephone 0141 276 9599
- Opening times Mon–Thu & Sat 10am–5pm; Fri & Sun 11am–5pm.
- Admission Free.
- Website www.glasgowlife.org.uk/museums/…
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Twenty-two collections and over 8000 artefacts, from natural history, armour and weaponry to art from many different eras and touring exhibitions, all housed in a grand red sandstone building on the banks of the River Kelvin.
Event times
There are 15 events at this location
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Andrew Caskie
Organ recital.
Sun 16 Jun
Free / 0141 276 9599
Becoming Nature
It's the launch of the new rainforest exhibition! Experience the sights, sounds and textures of the rainforest and learn the clever little ways animals there communicate with each other. Suitable for ages 5–11.
Sat 29 Jun
Times to be confirmed / Free / 0141 276 9599
Sun 30 Jun
Times to be confirmed / Free / 0141 276 9599
A Belgian Fanfare
The Poembak Collective of 20 musicians preform an eclectic repertoire of world music including jazz, tango, gypy and Latino.
Sat 22 Jun
Free / 0141 276 9599
Part of West End Festival.
Discover! Fitba' Crazy
Arts and crafts inspired by the beautiful game and the exhibition More Than a Game: How Scotland Shaped World Football.
Sat 1 Jun
Free / 0141 276 9599
- 13:30 – 16:00 Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum Discover! Fitba' Crazy
Sun 2 Jun
Free / 0141 276 9599
- 13:30 – 16:00 Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum Discover! Fitba' Crazy
A Gaelic Tour of Kelvingrove Art Gallery
Join retired art teacher Archie Fraser for an informative and relaxed tour of Kelvingrove Art Gallery, 'sa Ghaidhlig / in Gaelic.
Sat 22 Jun
Free / 0141 276 9599
Part of West End Festival.
Glasgow, Naturally
Kelvingrove Museum hosts a weekend of nature-inspired activities, including building your own spectroscope. For those who know one end of a cake tin from another, there's also a Big Science Bake-Off.
Sat 15 Jun
Free / 0141 276 9599
Part of Glasgow Science Festival.
- 13:30 – 16:30 Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum Glasgow, Naturally
Sun 16 Jun
Free / 0141 276 9599
Part of Glasgow Science Festival.
- 13:30 – 16:30 Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum Glasgow, Naturally
Glasgow's Waterways
Learn about why Glasgow is known as River City, plus learn a bit more about the creatures that call its various waterways home.
Sat 25 May
Free / 0141 276 9599
- 13:00 – 16:00 Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum Glasgow's Waterways
Sun 26 May
Free / 0141 276 9599
- 13:00 – 16:00 Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum Glasgow's Waterways
La Fête de la Musique
La Clinik du Dr. Poembak brass band play at various spots in the West End to bring a little music to the festivities.
Sat 22 Jun
Free / 0141 276 9599
The band will be performing outside on the steps. Part of West End Festival.
Meet the Experts
The football experts are coming to Kelvingrove to help assess all your personal memorabilia. Bring along programmes, signed football shirts or other sporting collectibles and find out more about its history from the panel.
Mon 2 Sep
Free / 0141 276 9599
- 13:00 – 16:00 Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum Meet the Experts
Metamorphosis: Cardonald College end-of-year Fashion and Textiles Show
See the fashion stars of the future before they spread their wings. On the catwalk will be stunning garments from the final-year students.
Sat 1 Jun
£10 / 0141 276 9599
Part of West End Festival.
More Than A Game: How Scotland Shaped World Football
It was Bill Shankly, perhaps the greatest football manager ever to come out of Scotland, who summed up the appeal of football to the fan. 'Some people believe football is a matter of life and death,' he mused. 'I can assure you it is much, much more important than that.' This exhibition looks at the history of football in…
Fri 24 May
£5 (£3; under 16s free) / 0141 276 9599
Sat 25 May
£5 (£3; under 16s free) / 0141 276 9599
Sun 26 May
£5 (£3; under 16s free) / 0141 276 9599
RSNO: An Evening of Music at Kelvingrove
A north-European smörgåsbord of old and new-ish works, featuring Bach's Suite No 3, Pärt's Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten, Britten's Courtly Dances from Gloriana and Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge; another Pärt work, the amusingly titled Wenn Bach Bienen gezüchtet hätte … ('If Bach had Kept Bees …'), and…
Fri 6 Sep
£20 / 0141 276 9599
Sat 7 Sep
£20 / 0141 276 9599
Talk: 600 Years of Scottish Football
In 1424, King James I wrote the very first recorded reference to football. This talk illuminates those first beginnings of the game that has since become a major part of Scottish life and the Scottish psyche.
Wed 12 Jun
Free / 0141 276 9599
Toddler Time
Take the wee ones along for songs, stories and fun with a different theme inspired by the museum each week. Suitable for under fives.
Fri 31 May
Free / 0141 276 9599
- 11:30 – 12:00 Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum Toddler Time
Fri 7 Jun
Free / 0141 276 9599
- 11:30 – 12:00 Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum Toddler Time
Fri 14 Jun
Free / 0141 276 9599
- 11:30 – 12:00 Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum Toddler Time
Woodland Wonders
Trees are just swell, aren't they? Now you can learn more about them and why they are so important in housing creatures of the forest. Suitable for all ages.
Sat 15 Jun
Free / 0141 276 9599
- 13:00 – 16:00 Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum Woodland Wonders
Sun 16 Jun
Free / 0141 276 9599
- 13:00 – 16:00 Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum Woodland Wonders
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The Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum remains Scotland’s most visited attraction following its £35m refurbishment. A new global survey of museums and galleries placed the Kelvingrove 14th in the world, putting it just behind the State Hermitage…
Kelvingrove to host charity art sale
NewsArts sale in aid of breast cancer charities
The Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is to hold an arts sale in aid of breast cancer charities across Scotland.





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