Museums

The Hungarian Museum 

The Burrell Collection

The People’s Palace, Museum of Modern Art

There are eleven Glasgow  city museums to visit, from art galleries to ancient history. At this time all are free entry.

We visited several of these starting with The Burrell Collection which houses the internationally significant art collection of Sir William Burrell and Constance, Lady Burrell andthe People’s Palace, the Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) and next door to the cathedral, St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art.

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is still on the list.

In addition to the city museums, we found the Hunterian Museum, one of the oldest museums in Scotland at the University of Glasgow,

Wandering About Glasgow

Places of interest to me

Visiting Willowbank Crescent where Mum was born and  Mount Annan Drive, my Granny’s house were perhaps the neatest thing we did in Glasgow. At my Granny’s house. Elaine knocked on the door the owner invited us in. It was the first time I had been there.

We visited St. Mungo’s Cathedral and the Necropolis, Ibrox and saw the Finneston Crane (it’s huge) a remnant from Glasgow’s time as the heavy engineering capital of the Empire. 

Castles and Country Estates

Near Glasgow in in South Lanarkshire, Scotland are many places of interest.  

Bothwell Castle 

Bothwell Castle is a large medieval castle (13th century), sited on a high, steep bank, above a bend in the River Clyde 

Cadzow Castle

Cadzow Castle was built between 1475 and 1550 by the Hamilton family. The castle shows the influence of artillery warfare in the late medieval period. Due to its ruined state, only the exterior of the Castle can be viewed. 

Chatelherault

Built in 1732 for the Dukes of Hamilton, Chatelherault served as a hunting hodge and summer house.