Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Mu​seum is one of Scotland's most popular free attraction.​ Kelvingrove has 22 themed, state-of-the-art galleries displaying an astonishing 8000 objects.

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Argyle St Glasgow Glasgow City G3 8AG United Kingdom

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Ben Nesbitt

Large museum in a beautiful building, lots of exhibits , well worth a visit. Fantastic resource for the city , free entry means open to all, kids can go learn for free! Some interactive content down.

Frankie J. ???? Grey

Great museum (free entrance) with a nice standard historic collection and several smaller expositions . A very nice building, mostly targeted to a younger audience

Hemera Beretta

Mix of different experiences, I enjoyed the swords on display, the Scottish first peoples and Scottish history and culture. A lot for kids to experience as well .

Pearson - Always Learning

One of Scotland's most popular free attractions . It has 22 themed, state-of-the-art galleries displaying an astonishing 8000 objects. There are also daily organ recitals !

Stellaa Duhart

Huge place, tons of things to see. The Christ of St John of the Cross by Dalí is a must. It has so much energy and although is very different from his other work, it still keeps his essence.

Anu J

Gorgeous museum and art gallery . Wildlife and natural science exhibit is amazing. Be sure to stick around for the daily organ recitals at 1pm.

Carl Griffin

An amazing building and equally impressive exhibits . Free entry but worth a sizeable donation.

Sheetal Revis

One of Glasgow's must-see attractions ! Kids & adults are amazed by some of the life-size models like the Spitfire plane . Take your selfie stick & grab a great shot with the floating heads &it's free!

Philip Broad

Great museum with an eclectic mix, something for everyone, art lovers will enjoy. Beautiful building with lots of bars , eateries around.

Solo Mascarenhas

This is a museum with a little bit of everything. You can lose yourself on all its history and maze like construction . I go there once every month.

veronica scuotto

I have visited Kelvingrove museum and park as well during a musical performance (classic) and it has been striking. My favourite painting is "Christ of St. John of the Cross" by Dali`.

Marvin Andujar

Great art museum with interesting architecture . From the outside, it looks like a castle . I recommend every visitor to come to this place.

Cintain 昆遊龍

Awesome exhibitions in a mind-blowing building... can't wait to go back and explore more! ????????

Frances O'Neill

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Nicola Coutts

The Trex exibhit was really fascinating.Loads of information and interactive stations.The dino shop was pretty neat too.

Andrew Choong

Carrot cake , empire biscuit , coffee and hot chocolate at the ground floor cafeteria , ????????.

Lena R.

A must-see when you visit Glasgow. Has some hidden gems (e.g.some works by Dali) and a wild haggis .

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Its an amazing place! So much to look at, its so interesting to gather ideas from dinosaurs , Egyptian history, painting , Scottish engineering and more! excellent place!

Paige Hunter

Amazing collection and free entry.

Mackenzie Price

Best viewing for the daily organ recitals is up on the first floor.

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Best of all, everything – including every painting – has an easy-reading paragraph of interpretation next to it: what a great idea. Bus 17, among many others, runs here from Renfield St.

Bence Faludi

The permanent museum wasn't interesting and/or inspiring for me, however the temporary comic gallery was insanely good and well organised.

Josh A

Interesting content and free. Some of the exhibits are laid out in confusing order. French art section was good. Hanging heads are cool.

Jimena Montoya

I love their Glasgow exhibit . It's nice to learn about the history of the place.

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You’ll find fine art alongside stuffed animals, and Micronesian shark-tooth swords alongside a Spitfire plane , but it’s not mix ’n’ match: rooms are thoughtfully themed, and collection are manageable.

Betsy & Jason Lancy

Great museum . Last visit was over a decade ago, so I’m glad to see it’s still enjoyable!

Johnney Walker

Every day 13:00 organ concert ( 15 min long ), a lot of old paintings , animals, weapons and other. Free entrance.

Michael B.

A great museum . Fantastic collection.

Anny Deery

Get here for their daily organ recital at 1pm.

Megan Harmer

The 'Quest for Beauty' exhibit was worth the few pounds to enter! Beautiful exhibit !

Andrei J

A place with a nice architecture and with very large number of exhibits .

Holly Wright Gray

An absolutely fantastic art and culture museum . Look out for the seasonal exhibitions .

Cyril Novel

Very interesting room on St Kilda history and freshwater pearl mussel fishing in Scotland.

Gülniyaz T.

One of the best places to visit in Glasgow

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There’s an excellent room of Scottish art , a room of fine French Impressionist works, and quality Renaissance paintings from Italy and Flanders.

Diarmid Mackinnon

Great place for a bit of culture! Kids will love the stuffed animals too - giant giraffe and elephant!

Andrew Dunsmure

Daily 1pm Pipe Organ recitals are a must! Go and see the Dali too.

David Boyes

Used to be one of the world's great galleries . Partially ruined by councillor Bridget McConnell who oversaw a moronic overhaul that involved bizarre placements of artefacts. Good bits remain - just.

Jeremy Rollinson

A must see for any trip to Glasgow.

citizenM

The menu here is as sophisticated as the soundtrack. Read more

Ruth Banbury

Great selection of good pieces , friendly staff

Clark Gillies

Best museum in Scotland, if not UK. Free entrance

Pelin Dura

Great museum . You have a cafe in middle of the room :)

Simon H

Don't miss the sculptures dotted around the balcony on the first floor.

alwyn goh

Facility is repurposed church , with pipe organ still operating. Recitals are a treat.

Keira Alexander

Beautiful building; eclectic collection of Scottish and Glaswegian history.

Rebecca

Best place to understand Scottish history , culture and art !

B. Aaron Talbot

cool museum w loads of separate exhibits ...

Mike Waleke

Anothe great free museum with a wide variety of exhibits .

Megan Sherer

Nice museum with interesting mix of exhibits

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