Britannia Panopticon Music Hall
Visitors are always welcome at Britannia Panopticon Music Hall and if you haven’t visited before, now’s your chance to visit for free. We will be stimulating the senses with our fantastic display of artefacts and ephemera found in the building and costumes that you will be able to touch. We will be screening a collection of Lumiere film from 1896 featuring footage from around the world. These films have added audio effects to bring the sounds of the Victorian world to life. Britannia Panopticon was the most popular resort of the Victorian workers, many of whom were immigrants, famously from Ireland, during the potato famine, and Italy. The Italian workers established the first fish & chip shops in the city and bought with them ice-cream. It’s hard to imagine what life would be like without these delicacies today.
ADDRESS & CONTACT INFO
113-117 Trongate.
G1 5HD
1857
Thomas Gildard and Robert H M MacFarlane
VISIT DETAILS
BUILDING OPENING HOURS
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday: 12pm - 5pm
BOOKING DETAILS
OTHER INFORMATION
TRAVEL
Nearest Train and/or Subway: Argyle Street station & St Enoch subway
Parking Available: yes
Additional Parking Details: -
Parking Available: yes
Additional Parking Details: -
ACCESSIBILITY
Physical Access: Not Accessible
Further Accessibility Details: Britannia Panopticon is an ongoing conservation project and as such does not currently have any disabled facilities including wheelchair access or disabled toilets. We are however here to assist people with walking difficulties, visual impairment and hearing impairment. A team member conversant in BSL can be provided if booked in advance. Please allow 2 weeks notice in order for us to make sure a BSL interpreter is available.
Facilities: Seating, Toilets, Refreshments
Additional Restricitions on Access: -
Further Accessibility Details: Britannia Panopticon is an ongoing conservation project and as such does not currently have any disabled facilities including wheelchair access or disabled toilets. We are however here to assist people with walking difficulties, visual impairment and hearing impairment. A team member conversant in BSL can be provided if booked in advance. Please allow 2 weeks notice in order for us to make sure a BSL interpreter is available.
Facilities: Seating, Toilets, Refreshments
Additional Restricitions on Access: -
ORGANISATION
Organised by: The Friends of the Britannia Panopticon Music Hall Trust (SCIO)
The Friends of Britannia Panopticon Music Hall was established in 1999 to support the work of the campaign to raise awareness and bring back to life the world's oldest surviving music hall. It has a board of six members, and members of the public are invited to subscribe annually to support its work. For more information about the Friends of Britannia Panopticon and how you can join, please go to our website, www.britanniapanopticon.org and click on the "Support Us" button.
Tel: 01415530840
Email: info@britanniapanopticon.org
Website: britanniapanopticon.org
The Friends of Britannia Panopticon Music Hall was established in 1999 to support the work of the campaign to raise awareness and bring back to life the world's oldest surviving music hall. It has a board of six members, and members of the public are invited to subscribe annually to support its work. For more information about the Friends of Britannia Panopticon and how you can join, please go to our website, www.britanniapanopticon.org and click on the "Support Us" button.
Tel: 01415530840
Email: info@britanniapanopticon.org
Website: britanniapanopticon.org
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