Join Glasgow City Heritage Trust Director Niall Murphy for a tour of some of the highlights from his Moments of Beauty series, exploring the Merchant City and beyond.
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Glasgow is often referred to as having been the ‘second city’ of empire, a nickname coined in the early-nineteenth century that symbolised the might of its industries and the reach of its trade connections. The city’s capacity for making and exporting all manner of goods, commodities and capital was well known, and the influence of Glasgow and its citizens was as evident in Kingston, Jamaica as Kingston, Ontario. But, Glasgow’s involvement in the British imperial project had a profound impact here as well, including shaping the city’s built environment.
This heritage trail takes you through Kelvingrove Park, stopping at various locations that reflect Glasgow’s past as a city of empire. Beginning at the eastern tip of Kelvingrove Park, we’ll wind our way along some of its footpaths and trails exploring sites that speak to Glasgow’s connections to chattel slavery, colonialism and imperialism. Traces of this past are largely invisible today – there are no signs or plaques telling us about this – but by slow walking and close looking we can bring these ‘hidden’ histories into view.
Saturday: 10:30 am
Booking essential.
This event is organised and led by Rosie Spooner, a lecturer in the School of Humanities at the University of Glasgow. Rosie’s research and teaching concern the visual and material culture of empire and contemporary traces of this past in museum collections, heritage sites and the built environment. She is currently working on a project that explores walking as a critical heritage practice.
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Join Glasgow City Heritage Trust Director Niall Murphy for a tour of some of the highlights from his Moments of Beauty series, exploring the Merchant City and beyond.
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