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Places listed on this page.
Free means general admission. Special exhibitions and events can be ticketed, some places ask you to book a free slot, and some suggest a donation. Check the venue before you go.
Every entry below is a gallery, museum, library and arts venue in our Glasgow guide whose own website said, when we read it, that entry is free. We quote what the page said, link the page, and do not give opening hours, because they change. If a venue's page changes, we remove it at the next check.
Free museums, galleries and sites
- Official site for Gallery of Modern Art (opens in new tab)
Gallery of Modern Art
Its Glasgow Life page lists admission as free entry, donations welcome.
- Official site for Glasgow Police Museum (opens in new tab)
Glasgow Police Museum
Its page says entrance is free.
- Official site for Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum (opens in new tab)
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
Its Glasgow Life page lists admission as free entry, donations welcome.
- Official site for Mitchell Library (opens in new tab)
Mitchell Library
Its Glasgow Life page lists admission as free entry, donations welcome.
- Official site for Riverside Museum (opens in new tab)
Riverside Museum
Its Glasgow Life page says free entry, no need to book.
- Official site for St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art (opens in new tab)
St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art
Its page says entry is free and no advance booking is needed.
- Official site for The Burrell Collection (opens in new tab)
The Burrell Collection
Its page says entry is free.
- Official site for The Govan Stones (opens in new tab)
The Govan Stones
Its page says admission is free.
- Official site for Tramway (opens in new tab)
Tramway
Its Glasgow Life page lists admission as free entry, donations welcome.
Free self-guided walks
Following a walk costs nothing, though places you pass may charge. Each walk page has a map, the route, stops and a GPX file.
- Clyde Walkway: city centre to Glasgow Green: About 4 km of the Clyde Walkway along the city waterfront, from the west end to Glasgow Green.
- Forth & Clyde Canal towpath at Maryhill: A 2.4 km stretch of canal towpath in north Glasgow, part of the Forth & Clyde/Union route.
Getting around Glasgow for less
Local transport: SPT (Subway, ZoneCard) and bus operators. SPT runs the Glasgow Subway. It lists Subway tickets by contactless, smartcard and paper, a ZoneCard offering "unlimited* travel", day tickets, and concession tickets. No prices are stated on the page.
Fares and tickets: SPT tickets (opens in new tab), SPT ZoneCard (opens in new tab), Glasgow Subway (opens in new tab). Our getting around guide compares every destination.
Where next in Glasgow
Open the Glasgow guide for neighbourhoods, eating and getting there. For sights that need a timed ticket, see what to book ahead; for indoor ideas on a wet day, see the rainy-day guide.
Other destinations
- Free things in London
- Free things in Bath
- Free things in Bristol
- Free things in Cambridge
- Free things in Cornwall
- Free things in Edinburgh
- Free things in Liverpool
- Free things in Manchester
- Free things in Northern Ireland
- Free things in Oxford
- Free things in the Cotswolds
- Free things in the Jurassic Coast
- Free things in the Lake District
- Free things in the Scottish Highlands
- Free things in Wales
- Free things in York