Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum

My favorite attraction in Glasgow. You can spend half a day here just walking around the different rooms. Very beautiful.

The Kelvingrove Museum is Glasgow is best described as "chaotic". It's not an art museum, it's not a natural history museum, it's not a science museum - it's a little bit of everything. Items are displayed in interesting ways but telling a story of why items are grouped together isn't always happening. The downstairs cafe is a good place for a lunch and the toilets are clean. Best part, it's free to enter! I would recommend allowing yourself 2 hours to explore and get a good overview.

This museum really stuck with me. So much so that I ended up giving them a small donation. From collections like the Glasgow Boys to rotating exhibits, Kelvingrove has it all! I recommend 4 hours to fully immerse yourself. If you don't have that kind of time, try to focus on the national artists.

The Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is well worth a visit when in Glasgow. It is located near the University of Glasgow and adjacent to Kelvingrove Park. Half of the building is dedicated to art and the other half is dedicated to natural history. As our time was limited, we spent it in the art gallery.

The art gallery holds impressive collections, such as Dutch art (including Rembrandt), French impressionist art (Monet, Renoir), and, of course, Scottish art. I was unfamiliar with the Glasgow Boys before coming here and appreciate their various works. A big highlight is a room dedicated solely to Salvador Dali's Christ of Saint John of the Cross, which was bought by the City of Glasgow in 1952 amid controversy.

I wish we had time to visit the other side of the museum but now I have an excuse to go back. Admission is free!

This was my first time ever visiting the Kelvingrove art gallery and I had such a great experience. I really enjoyed seeing the works of Dali, the Glasgow boys, Scottish art highlight Burns, Mary Queen of Scots and Wallace.
I loved the art instillations of the heads with the funny facial expressions, Motherless sculpture was a favourite too. There is a lot to see but it is all worth it. I would definitely visit again in a heartbeat!

Under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008, it is illegal to charge a higher price when a lower price is clearly displayed.

Yet the cafe run by Encore Hospitality Services at Glasgow's Kelvingrove Art Galleries and Museum have at their own admittance today been doing this for the last 2 weeks.

Today I visited and purchased a coffee & 2 slices of Carrot Cake which were displayed on the menu as being £2.50 a slice. ( I was going to have the Victoria sponge, but was put off by the large fly that was happily sitting on it doing its regurgitation thing on the uncovered slice of cake).

I had the exact money ready when I came to the till, but was charged £5.50 for the 2 slices of cake.

I assumed I had made a mistake reading the menu and paid.

However on my way to my seat I looked again at the menu and the carrot cake was indeed £2.50 per slice.

I went back to the chap who served me and informed him of the fact that the menu displayed a different price to what I had been charged and with the manageress appeared and told me that prices increased 2 weeks ago , but they were waiting for a new menu card to be printed.

She did not apologise and when it seemed obvious to her that I was not just going to go away she incredulously asked me if I actually wanted 25p back to which I r4plied I wanted 50p back (arithmetic is obviously not her strong point along with knowledge of customer service or consumer law) !!!

Came here on a weekend late morning, somewhat busy with people inside, lots of cars in the parking lot. Free museum, close to the Kelvingrove Park. Lots of items inside, including a lot of natural history animals, paintings and sculptures, and some other random items. Quite a big museum, lots to see.

Kelvingrove is a fun and free half art gallery, half science museum. Come to learn about natural history and science (e.g., the glacial founding of Scotland), and also enjoy paintings from Scottish artists. My favorite area was the "Glasgow Boys," a loosely connected group of Scottish painters from the late 1800's.

Expect to spend around 2 hours here to see everything.

The Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum is as beautiful from the outside as it is on the inside. It looks like a palace or a mansion from farther away and the closer I got I realized how unique the red exterior is and the pointed turrets topping the roof. The building was constructed at the turn of the 20th century and is unlike any of the architecture I noticed in all of surrounding Glasgow.

The museum is free, which is a big plus. We took our time exploring the many exhibits and walking around. I thought that my favorite thing to see would be the French impressionist paintings but I actually was so taken by the Floating Heads exhibit in the East Court. It is what it sounds like, a supernational-like sighting of these white floating molds of heads. It isn't creepy but just very intriguing. I also really enjoyed an exhibit that taught me more about Scottish history and the history of the tartan. Since I was visiting from the States I really clung onto information about the country I was visiting.

They really have such a varied assortment of items that there is sure to be something for everyone! Although I didn't catch an organ concert, there is a large organ in the Centre Hall which would be amazing to hear. I highly recommend this very interesting and wonderful place.

Beautiful building, lots of variety to keep all ages interested. Not too big - easy to cover in a few hours. Don't forget to make a donation so these beautiful places can stay open