This sustainability-themed exhibition showcases photos taken by 37 local residents, capturing Glasgow’s through an environmental and community lens.
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This exhibition explores the Knight Map, a contemporary artwork by artist Will Knight, commissioned by Glasgow City Heritage Trust (GCHT) as part of our ‘Gallus Glasgow’ project. This digital outreach project ran from September 2021 and explored the development of Glasgow during the Victorian period, through the eyes of Thomas Sulman, illustrator of the Bird’s Eye View of Glasgow, 1864. Sulman’s map captures Glasgow at a turning point in the industrial revolution. Cargo laden ships pack the Clyde, its banks lined with cranes, warehouses and smoking chimney stacks.
Fast forward to the present day and in Knight’s map high rise flats punctuate the skyline where the chimneys once stood. The Clyde lies dormant, with the motorway and railways cutting through the city as the main forms of transport for people and goods. Looking North from the Southside of the Clyde, the Knight map is an incredibly detailed snapshot of modern day Glasgow. Displayed alongside Sulman’s map, it shows how the city has changed and developed over the last 150 years. The exhibition also uses interactive elements encouraging you to ponder what the city will look like in the future.
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Glasgow City Heritage Trust (GCHT) gives out almost £1 million in funding each year to help people in Glasgow protect, repair and promote the city’s historic buildings and places.
Our historic environment grants programme enable people to enjoy, understand and care for Glasgow’s historic built environment and to access funding and expertise which will ensure the sustainability of the city’s heritage for current and future generations.
GCHT is an independent charitable trust, supported by Glasgow City Council and Historic Environment Scotland.
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This sustainability-themed exhibition showcases photos taken by 37 local residents, capturing Glasgow’s through an environmental and community lens.
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Organised by Glasgow Building Preservation Trust, Glasgow Doors Open Days is part of a family of Doors Open Days events taking place across Scotland throughout September, coordinated nationally by the Scottish Civic Trust.
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