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2023 Programme
All Buildings
Eleven stumps of 330 million-year old lycopod trees preserved where they grew. A unique and internationally important geoconservation site – the oldest of its kind in the world.
Completed in 1899, Barrowfield Weaving Factory was built on French Street by John French and Son.
Welcome to the Friends of Glasgow Royal Infirmary museum.
The museum features the history of the building and the people over the years from inception to now, from famous surgeons to artists!
Up a lane between residential blocks there’s our G3 Growers community garden. Come and join us to see how easy it is to grow your own food and help bees and birds to thrive!
Lodge Georgetown 1170 has operated in our area for over 100 years. Visit our hall, set up as it would be in our closed meetings, find our about our craft and explore our history and museum artefacts!
Glasgow Central Mosque is the first purpose-built mosque in Glasgow and the largest in Scotland.
The City Chambers somehow manages to be a hidden gem in the very centre of the city. A combination of mosaic, marble and carved wood with grand corridors and function rooms .
A category B listed building build in neo gothic ecclesiastical lines housing state of the art technology in cremation affording a surprising tour of this unique facility .
You can see our magnificent Pipe Organ installed in 1887, so impressive that visitors from far afield come to see it. We had a group in (see htttps://sowneoforgane.com/surveys/cathedral-square-glasgow
What began as a single screen cinema nearly 50 years ago has become Scotland’s most diverse and best publicly attended independent cinema in Scotland also running the Glasgow Film Festival.
Marks progress for Sikhs in Scotland by proudly serving the community as the first purpose built Gurdwara located in multicultural Pollokshields, acts as a cultural, educational and religious hub
Glasgow Museums Resource Centre is a unique museum facility, housing 1.4 million objects in storage pods. Book a Romans-themed sensory tour for the chance to see behind the scenes & handle artefac
Get a glimpse into the history and heritage of Glasgow School of Art through a behind-the-scenes tour of the Archives and Collections at The Whisky Bond.
Visit us and learn more about our site and the history of North Glasgow, tour our facilities and see some of the sculpture and artwork created here at GSS. We look forward to welcoming you!
A rare opportunity to visit our Medical & Welfare centre situated in the heart of Glasgow. Housed in one of two surviving B-listed Victorian properties built for Wylie & Lochhead in 1855.
The beautiful Category B listed Carnegie Library has been home to the world-famous Glasgow Women’s Library since 2013. There is a library, archive & a programme of year round events dedicated to women
All Trails
Explore the city of Glasgow with the New Glasgow Society, and find out more about untold stories about derelict buildings in the city we called home.
This tour will explore the architectural and industrial legacy of a lost Springburn, that saw over 85% of its buildings demolished during the city’s final ‘Comprehensive Development.’
Long before there was Hampden Park, Kelvin Hall or Emirates Arena, Glasgow Green was where we went to play and compete. The Green has long been a focus for public gatherings, events, and protests.
Ghost Signs of Glasgow walking tours showcase the fascinating stories we have unearthed behind the city’s old faded signs, and share them with you as part of Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival.
Ghost Signs of Glasgow walking tours showcase the fascinating stories we have unearthed behind the city’s old faded signs, and share them with you as part of Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival.
We think good food is tasty, environmentally friendly, produced fairly, and healthy. But where in Glasgow is good food being grown, produced, sold, or served? Join this digital tour to find out.
This tour aims to uncover the city’s fascinating and complex food markets history, narrating stories of food and how its relationship with the people of Glasgow has changed throughout the centuries.
A self-guided digital trail from the Glasgow Science Centre along the River Clyde to Glasgow Green. Learn about the bridges of the Clyde, old and new, the engineering behind them and much more.
A self-guided digital trail along the Forth & Clyde Canal, this is a walk through history, learning about the engineering of the canal and seeing things you may never have noticed before.
On this scenic journey you’ll learn about bridges of the Kelvin, old and new, simple and grand, the social history and engineering behind them and perhaps see things you may never have noticed before.
Come and find out all about the engineering behind Glasgow’s Forth & Clyde Canal. Take a journey through Glasgow’s history and see the canal with new eyes.
A guided walk along the Clyde and admire 12 of Glasgow’s wonderful bridges. Starting at Glasgow Green’s St Andrews Suspension Bridge, the 90 minute walk ends at Broomielaw.
Walk along the River Kelvin, a peaceful oasis in the heart of the city. Learn about the many and varied bridges which cross the river, reflecting the industrial heritage of Glasgow.
Take a walk around Bridgeton, Glasgow Green and High Street in the footsteps of Victorian journalist and poet Hugh MacDonald, who described his own “Rambles Round Glasgow” in 1854.
Join Keep Scotland Beautiful on a trail across Glasgow visiting some of the lesser known parks that shaped how people spent their leisure time then and now.
Take a trip back in time to meet the people, buildings, and events of the old Kinning Park and Kingston. This illustrated heritage walk highlights the fascinating history and changes in the districts.
All Activities
Curious about home retrofit? This talk is a rallying call for homeowners, but all are welcome!
Interested in local history? Curious about approaching history in a fun a creative way? Join us as we work together toward a graphic novel about Maryhill! All welcome.
Join us for a treasure hunt around our historic building and learn about Maryhill Burgh Halls and the area!
Eco-mapping for Glasgow is an exhibition of GALLANT community collaboration work in year one of this 5—year project. Enjoy looking at canvas photo maps, illustrated maps and over 10,000 photographs!
Maths in part of our daily lives, have you ever thought about it? In partnership with Explorathon 2023, celebrate maths with this selection of winning entries from our national competition.
Learn some medieval songs in a friendly atmosphere, and find out about some of the least known aspects of medieval music!
How do researchers ensure their work is reproducible, useful and accessible to society? This interactive workshop will use everyone’s favourite construction toy – Lego! – to explore this question.
Explore the fantastic range of research happening at the University of Glasgow and beyond with two afternoons of table-top activities and exhibits in the Advanced Research Centre.
An exhibition of Natural dyes & fibres curated by Elisabeth Viguie Culshaw of #TheIndigoplot the Natural dye garden @ Glasgow Botanics
The “Work-Ordered Day” is the structured routine tasks available daily that help us at Flourish House use and gain abilities in a supportive environment.
We welcome you to enjoy a virtual visit to Flourish House. See the key features of our striking former church, one of only three known buildings in Glasgow by Eric Alexander Sutherland in use today.
We support recovery from mental illness based on the Clubhouse model, central to this is the Work Ordered Day; our short film demonstrates the value of day to day tasks to mental wellbeing & recovery.
Do you remember the Garden Festival of 1888? Do you have fond memories of the event? Enjoy a multi-faceted celebration of the noteworthy event that was the 1988 Glasgow Garden Festival!
This half hour or so talk with questions at the end will focus on online records unique to the Trades House of Glasgow and how to search for Burgesses in Glasgow up to around 1950.
Join us on a journey through Glasgow’s history from the iron age, to industrialisation to modern community life.