Glasgow, cultural area

In addition than attractive streets where we can make shopping and River Clyde where we can go for a walk, Glasgow is very proud of its cultural and it highlights it. I'm going to present you some museums that I visited once at least.

 

Kelvingrove Museum

In the West End, we can find the Kelvingrove Museum, one of the most important museums in Scotland, next to the Kelvingrove Park. We can’t miss this big red building to the Spanish baroque style. Impressive! It contains a large variety of works from the Renaissance to Surrealism. There are also exhibitions about Natural history, paintings, sculptures, military works, Ancient Egypt works, Mackintosh's works exhibitions and Glasgow Style works. Each one can find its happiness! One of my favourite works is this one (see photo above), it lets me think about the Harry Potter’s style.

The Hunterian Museum

The University of Glasgow

In the West End, we can also visit the University of Glasgow, with a really impressive architecture, which contains its own museum called the Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery. It’s the oldest public museum of Scotland, it opened in 1807 thanks to a legacy from the anatomist William Hunter. Anatomist? it means nice exposed pieces of human body... Sensitive souls, abstain!

In the south of Glasgow, I also visited a little museum called Scotland Street School Museum located in a former school. It has been designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh from 1903 to 1906. Inside, you can find classrooms like they were, numerous years ago. There are also exhibitions and activities to make public participate.

All of these places offer free entry. If you're coming visit Scotland one day, you can find the addresses of the best museums of the country HERE.