Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum Glasgow

The Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum (or just “Kelvingrove” to locals) in Glasgow opened in 1901 and was financed by donations from the city’s Victorian industrialists.

Kelvingrove, Glasgow, Scotland

Kelvingrove was constructed as the Palace of Fine Arts for the Glasgow International Exhibition of 1901 and designed by English architect Sir John William Simpson using red sandstone in Spanish Baroque style.

This architectural wonder is now a free to enter museum and one of the most visited museums outside London.

Exhibits

The exhibits include one of the largest collections of European arms and armour in the world and a large natural history collection.

The art sections includes works by French Impressionists such as Monet, Renoir, and Pissaro in the French Gallery, Old Masters in the Dutch Gallery, the Scottish Colourists Gallery, and Salvador Dali’s brilliant Christ of Saint John of the Cross.

Other much-loved exhibits are a World War II Spitfire and Sir Roger, an Asian Elephant from Glasgow Zoo, later donated to the museum, after he was put down in 1900.

World War II Spitfire on Display at Kelvingrove, Glasgow

Access – Getting There

Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum
Argyle St, Glasgow
G3 8AG
Scotland
Tel: 0141 276 9599
Hours: 10 am-5 pm except Friday and Sunday 11 am-5 pm

Kelvingrove has a Study Center, Museum Shop, cafe, and Research Library. The museum is within Kelvingrove Park and close to Glasgow University. Take the Glasgow subway to Kelvinhall Station or any of buses 2, 3, 7, 19, 19A, 23, or 747.