A huge choice here, from the newly restored Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum to the innovative Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) right in the heart of the city, with Charles Rennie Mackintosh prominent at the Hunterian.
Museums & Galleries in Glasgow
The Glasgow Science Centre is huge. 300 separate exhibits - three floors of hands-on stuff for children, plus a planetarium and an awesome IMAX Cinema.
From the High Street names of the Buchanan Galleries to the speciality shops of Prince's Square and the Merchant City, shopping is an essential Glasgow pastime.
The real Glasgow is at the People’s Palace, on Glasgow Green - a record of the city’s everyday folk. It backs on to the Winter Gardens, a Victorian glasshouse.
The confident Victorian entrepreneurs created the ‘downtown’ Glasgow seen today, symbolised by the wonderfully ornate City Chambers. Glasgow has been described as the ‘Greatest Victorian city in the world’.
It's non-stop concert, festival and cultural happening - from Celtic Connections, musical celebrations to the buzz of the Glasgow Art Fair.
Glasgow Cathedral was at the old heart of Glasgow until expansion moved the city centre westwards.
Born in Glasgow, Mackintosh was an architect who influenced European design, but only in more recent times has he achieved recognition in his own country.
Football has a high profile in Glasgow. Historically, the city had an important role to play in the formation of the modern game.
