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Glasgow is the largest, and most vibrant, city in Scotland with excellent shopping opportunities and a highly enjoyable night scene. For the more bohemian visitor there are countless places to sit and relax in the West End of Glasgow which has tea rooms, boutiques, bars, cafés, restaurants and clubs as well as some excellent Glasgow bed and breakfast accommodation. In the article below I will describe three visitor attractions in Glasgow which should be of special interest to those folk who have an interest in the world of art; the Burrell Collection, the House For An Art Lover and the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum:

The Burrell Collection

In 1944, The Burrel Collection was gifted to the city of Glasgow by Sir william and Lady Burrell and the collection can be viewed at Pollok Country Park which is located in the south of the city This astounding collection of works of art is made up of over 9 thousand items of art. The collection is incredibly cosmopolitan containing some modern art sculptures and a superb collection of Islamic art. Visitors can view works of art by Cezanne, Degas and other European artists. Besides sculptures and paintings visitors can enjoy the stunning collection of tapestries, alabasters, stained glass and English furniture. As well as all this, the Burrell Collection also exhibits an incredibly important collection of medieval art plus collections from ancient Egypt & China.

The House For An Art Lover

House For An Art Lover is one of the most popular visitor attractions in Glasgow. The Art Nouveau House was designed, originally, by Charles Rennie Mackintosh (with the help of Margaret Macdonald, his wife), Glasgow’s most famous architect.

Actually the design was made for a 1901 competition to create plans for a ‘House for an Art Lover’, however, the entry from the Mackintoshs’ was disqualified because of late submission. Luckily, more than one hundred years later the house stands in Bellahouston Park thanks to the efforts and hard work of the engineer Graham Roxburgh and architect Professor Andy Macmillan. Construction commenced in the year nineteen eighty nine, halted for a short time but restarted in nineteen ninety four thanks to a collaboration between the Glasgow City Council and Glasgow School of Art.

The Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

One of Glasgow and Scotland’s premier museums, the Kelvingrove Art Gallery is home to one of Europe’s great civic art collections, but also it has been voted one of the most popular free tourist attractions in Scotland.

You will discover Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum on the banks of the River Kelvin,  in the West End of Glasgow, on Argyle Street. The gallery was built in a Spanish Baroque style using the traditional red sandstone. It was followed the designs of Sir John W. Simpson and E.J. Milner Allen and opened in the year nineteen hundred and one. The collections in the museum originally came from the McLellan Galleries and the old Kelvingrove House Museum.

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