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2023 Programme
All Buildings
Discover St Bride’s, a West End gem. Our splendid Gothic Revival church has stunning stained-glass and exceptional acoustics. Join us to explore the building and experience our choral services.
All who walk into our building are stunned by its beauty! Imposing on the outside, but warm on the inside. Are you the only one on the S’side who has not been into that church by the traffic lights?
post-Reformation Catholic Cathedral.Neo-gothic style.Contemporary artwork including Peter Howson’s ‘St John Ogilvie’ & Cloister Garden with memorial
Building Open with optional tours available.
St. Ninian’s was built between 1872 and 1877 and was the first Episcopal Church to be built on the south side of the Glasgow. It is built in a neo- Gothic style.
A guided tour of Stockingfield Art Park and sneak peak at the Beithir’s head. Everyone on the tour is invited to make their mark by decorating a belly button tile for the Beithir’s body.
SWG3 is one of the UK’s most eclectic and credible multi-arts venues. Over the last two years, SWG3 has transformed the campus with significant capital investment as it aims to become net zero!
At the Technology & Innovation Centre (TIC) we are transforming the way academics, business, industry and the public sector work in partnership.
Come along and explore Glasgow University’s brand new Advanced Research Centre (ARC).
The ARC is the creative and collaborative heart of research at the University of Glasgow.
We look forward to welcoming you to a free public resource dedicated to one of Scotland’s most important cultural polymaths.
You can handle the original artworks, sketchbooks, letters, books & more
The Arts Yard is home to the visual delights of Carnival Arts Scotland. Come and see colourful carnival sculptures, artist ‘open studios’ and an exhibition celebrating carnival in Glasgow.
We are an artist run creative co-operative providing a platform for new graduates and early year creatives as a stepping-stone into their artistic career. We have a gallery and studio spaces.
The Boardwalk was previously Glasgow’s Old Sheriff Court’s basement, this is where the cells to keep the criminals on trail until their case was heard. The Old Sheriff Court has a lot of history it.
The Briggait, formerly the city of Glasgow’s fishmarket and a Grade `A` listed building, is now a cultural hub for artists and creative industries based in Glasgow.
The Briggait is an integral part of Glasgow’s architectural heritage. Once the city’s fish market of over a century, the building’s now the headquarters of Scotland’s largest studio providers – Wasps.
Welcome to The Deep End! Step inside this intriguing building to find Govanhill Baths archive, our upcycling project, artists’ studios, and more.
Owner-led tour of ‘Greek’ Thomson’s celebrated Double Villa 1856-7. An outstanding example of Thomson’s mature romantic classical style with stunning interior decoration.
All Trails
Hear the suppressed history of the Radical Wars of 1787-1820 and study the Monument to those martyrs who were hanged or transported.
A short walk exploring this hidden architectural gem, with its secret garden in Glasgow’s west end.
This walk explores Mackintosh’s hidden architectural projects around Glasgow’s city centre.
A heritage trail through Kelvingrove Park exploring Glasgow’s connections to slavery, colonialism, imperialism and their legacies.
Unfolding Argyle Street offers a reintroduction to the city-centre portion of one of Glasgow’s longest and most varied streets.
On our tour we will journey past some of the key cultural & civic spaces and will explore the varied housing.
The walk starts at the main Gates, from 1887 and includes the Fossil Grove, Daphne Memorial, former bandstands, Cenotaph, former Partick Curling Club Pavilion and ends at our Bio-diversity Garden.
Join us for a walking tour through the Langside of WW2 and hear the untold stories of the place, it’s people & those from Langside who experienced the conflict both at home & overseas.
Join us for a walking tour through Langside & hear the untold stories of the men and women of the area and their contributions to the war effort during World War 1.
Join us for a walking tour through the Newlands of WW2 and hear the untold stories of the place, it’s people & those from Newlands who experienced the conflict both at home & overseas.
More than a dozen bridges, famous buildings, beautiful statues,Gothic church,Bonnie Prince Charlie, Glw Green, Peoples Palace & Doulton Fountain-this and more, as we walk up salty/fresh-water Clyd
From St Mungo & mother St Enoch, let me lead you through Glasgow’s earliest streets , buildings, going up High St to Provands Lordship, Bishops Castle, Cathedral & Necropolis. Learn more about
3 weird running streets, Glasgow’s first theatre, a missing Shakespearan monument and orchards on Hope st. Come walk around a couple Central Glasgow blocks to discover more about old Grahamston.
Most popular the Tobacco Lords walk, outlining the early history, viewing their palatial homes and hearing how even Bonnie Prince Charlie, Mitchell Library, Tennents and Robert Burns became involved.
Uncover the stories of the women and their communities who shaped this city. This trail was co-produced with the volunteers of the Thistles and Dandelions project, an inclusive heritage project.
All Activities
In November 2021 we held a memory gathering session at The Pipe Factory in the heart of the market. Local people were invited to come along and share their memories.
Part of the My Historic Neighbourhood project, supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and made possible thanks to National Lottery players
Sounds Like a Bargain’ is a sonic art installation inspired by the Barras Market and created in collaboration between sound artist Adam Stearns, and music technology pupils from St Mungo’s Academy.
Using vintage photography, let Norry Wilson guide you through the forgotten sights, sounds, tastes, and smells of Lost Glasgow.
Join Lost Glasgow’s Norry Wilson as he uses Thomas Sulman’s 1864 map, and Shadow’s ‘Midnight Scenes and Social Photographs’ (1858), to explore the square mile of the city lost to the building of St En
A recently rediscovered film provides a unique insight into a tightly-knit east end community. It captures a bustling Dalmarnock in the mid-1960s, just as the first high-rises were being built.
Old Glasgow Club September Meeting – Raffaello Gonnella on the contribution of Scottish Italians –
“Italian-Scots to Scottish-Italians
‘Tallys’, Cafes and Chippies
Their Story and Mine!”
Unlock a rainbow of colours with Nature’s Palette, from beetroot to turmeric to tea. Learn, experiment and paint with natural dyes on textiles.
This sustainability-themed exhibition showcases photos taken by 37 local residents, capturing Glasgow’s through an environmental and community lens.
Come to explore the newly renovated Provan Hall, one of Glasgow’s oldest surviving buildings. Take a journey through the building’s medieval history and find out about it’s exciting future.
You will see work by members of the Scottish Glass Society (SGS) with the theme of National Icons. The work displayed will feature as wide a range of techniques as possible.
If these walls could talk, what would they say? What kind of voice would the Hydro have? If Maryhill Museum was a character who would they be?
This wonderful building is cherished by those who know it. Please visit and share this experience. Enjoy its architecture, explore its hidden details, and pause for some quiet reflection.
This short film joins historian Dr Mark Nixon on this popular look at Geroge Square.
Interesting in industrial history? Fascinated by personal stories? This is your last chance to see ‘STRIKE!’
Join us for the opening of a new space in our exhibition “Domestic Bliss” and find out more about the history of the Royal Exchange building through film, short stories, and a panel discussion.