by - written on 30/07/12 (Very useful, 78 readings)
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Kelvingrove museum and art gallery has been on my "to visit" list for a long time. Last weekend we finally made the trip through to Glasgow and saw the museum which is in the heart of Glasgow and home to more than 8000 exhibits. The museum is set in a gorgeous sandstone building next to Kelvingrove Park with a bronze sculpture ... Read the complete review
by - written on 11/08/09 (Very useful, 369 readings)
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Kelvingrove was refurbished and reopened in 2007. There are numerous new exhibits and the addition of several activity centres. When you walk into Kelvingrove you immediately notice the large organ upstairs. This is used for recitals. People generally sit in the cafe area to watch and listen. Turning left leads into ... Read the complete review
by - written on 22/06/09 (Useful, 23 readings)
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The Kelvingrove Art Gallery is a free to visit gallery, making this a very inexpensive day out for the family, which welcome in this current climate. The gallery is on 2 levels, with the bottm level being more family orientated, with lots of exhibits about animals, the war, dinosaurs etc. There is also many special exhibitions ... Read the complete review
by - written on 10/09/08, updated on 21/04/09 (Useful, 75 readings)
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They used to say Glasgow's Miles Better as a means of promoting Glasgow and attracting tourism and industry to the City. And I think it would be fair to say the slogan worked. But even before that particular campaign Glasgow had a gem that attracted not only visitors from outside, but much of the populace of Glasgow. For many ... Read the complete review
by - written on 11/08/08 (Very useful, 207 readings)
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WHERE IS IT? Kelvingrove Art Gallery is situated within Kevlingrove Park in the West End of Glasgow. The museum is open 7 days a week and is free of charge. The whole building was completed refurbished over 5 years since 2001, the whole process taking nearly 3 years just to remove most of the exhibits from the ... Read the complete review
by - written on 07/03/07 (Very useful, 609 readings)
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Location: Glasgow Opening Times: Cost: Free +++History of the gallery+++ Kelvingrove first opened its doors to the public on 2 May 1901having previously been home to the City Industrial Museum since 1870. Kelvingrove was a major part of the International Exhibition of 1888 and it was from this that much of the ... Read the complete review
