Museum · Glasgow, Scotland
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
Glasgow’s much-loved museum of art, natural history and arms and armour.
Kelvingrove is Glasgow's best-loved museum, a red sandstone Spanish Baroque building on the edge of Kelvingrove Park that opened for the 1901 Glasgow International Exhibition. After a major refurbishment completed in 2006, its 22 galleries display around 8,000 objects arranged around the broad themes of Life and Expression.
The collection mixes fine art with natural history, arms and armour and world cultures, so visitors can move from Dutch Old Masters and French Impressionists to a Second World War Spitfire hanging above the West Court. Free recitals on the 1901 pipe organ in the central hall are a long-standing Glasgow tradition, and the museum is free to enter.
Highlights
- Dalí's Christ of Saint John of the Cross
- Spitfire LA198 suspended in the West Court
- Lewis & Co pipe organ with daily recitals
- Glasgow Boys and Scottish Colourists galleries
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