Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

Also known as Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery, Kelvingrove Museum, Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Kelvingrove Gallery, Kelvingrove Gallery and Museum,

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Established: 1901 ; 125 years ago ( 1901 )
Location: Argyle Street , Glasgow G3 8AG , Scotland, United Kingdom
Key holdings: Christ of Saint John of the Cross
Visitors: 1,219,831
Public transit access: Kelvinhall
Website: www .glasgowlife .org .uk /museums /venues /kelvingrove-art-gallery-and-museum
Official name: Kelvingrove Park, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
Designated: 15 December 1970
Reference no: LB33071

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Official website: www.glasgowlife.org.uk/museums/kelvingrove-art-gallery-and-museum#museums

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Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum owned by Glasgow City Council is a major art gallery and museum in the Yorkhill area of Glasgow, Scotland, managed by Glasgow Museums. It is located in Kelvingrove Park in the West End of the city. To its north is the University of Glasgow and to its south is the Kelvin Hall. It is adjacent to Argyle Street previously known as Dumbarton Road. Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is one of Scotland's most popular buildings and free visitor attractions.

The art gallery and museum opened in 1901, as part of the Glasgow International Exhibition (1901) , and fully opened to the public from 1st October 1902. The museum collections include natural history, Egyptian antiquities, design, architecture, medieval arms and armoury, Scottish history and the history of Glasgow. The art collections are one of Europe’s great civic art collections, including Scottish, European, African, Asian and Oceanic fine and decorative arts.