Kelvingrove Hotels in Glasgow

The Burrell Collection was gifted to the City of Glasgow by Sir William Burrell, ship owner and art collector, in 1944. After much wrangling over where the collection should be located, in 1963, it was finally agreed that it should be housed in a purpose built gallery within Pollok Country Park on the south side of the city. Designed by Barry Gasson, John Meunier and Brit Anderson of the Cambridge University School of Architecture, the gallery was finally opened to the public in 1983.
The collection comprises: 19th-century paintings, including works by Degas, Cezanne, Renoir, McTaggart and Whistler; North European medieval art, including stained glass, tapestries and sculptures; European post-medieval art, comprising of silver, table glass and needlework; Oriental art which includes Chinese ceramics, Japanese prints and bronzes and jade; Near-East carpets from areas between India and Turkey; and Artefacts which covers items from Egypt, Greece, Rome, Assyria and Mesopotamia.

It is said that the collection is so vast that they can only display about a quarter of it at any time, giving you plenty of incentive to visit regularly to see the changed exhibits.

Opening Hours: Mon – Thurs and Sat, 10.00 – 17.00; Fri and Sun, 11.00 – 17.00
Admission: free

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