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Museum
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
Civic museum that opened in 1901, with natural history, Egyptian antiquities, arms and armour, design and fine art collections.
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West End & Kelvingrove: things to do
Places worth your time in West End & Kelvingrove
Top places
Things to do in West End & Kelvingrove
Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
Park
Kelvingrove Park
Public park on the River Kelvin, in the West End, that contains Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum.
Museum
The Hunterian
The oldest museum in Scotland, run by the university; it includes the Hunterian Museum, Art Gallery and the Mackintosh House.
University
University of Glasgow
Founded in 1451, the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world, with its main campus in the West End.
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Chapel
University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel
Category A listed chapel consecrated in 1929 in memory of university students and staff who died in the First World War.
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Landmark
Lion and Unicorn Staircase
Two-flight stone staircase beside the Memorial Chapel, with a unicorn and a lion on its balustrade.
Garden
Glasgow Botanic Gardens
Botanical garden with several glasshouses, a herb garden, the UK national collection of tree ferns and a world rose garden.
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Glasshouse
Kibble Palace
The most notable of the Botanic Gardens' glasshouses.
Street
Ashton Lane
Cobbled backstreet beside Hillhead subway station, noted for its bars, restaurants and a licensed cinema.
Venue
Òran Mór
Former Kelvinside Parish Church, converted in 2004 into a venue for theatre, music, dining and events.
Street
Byres Road
The central street of the West End, running through Hillhead.
Venue
Kelvin Hall
Exhibition hall of 1927 on Argyle Street, now an arts and sports venue and store for Glasgow Museums.
Church
Wellington Church
Church opposite the university on University Avenue, home to the Kelvin West Parish Church of Scotland congregation.
Glasgow
More areas to explore
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Merchant City & City Centre
Civic squares, the shopping streets and the theatres and venues of the central grid
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14 sights · 21 places to eat
Finnieston, Clydeside & the Riverside
Cranes, bridges and museums on the Clyde, with Finnieston's bars and restaurants behind
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15 sights · 24 places to eat
The Southside
The Burrell Collection, big parks, Mackintosh and Thomson buildings and Scotland's national stadium
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- West End & Kelvingrove (area photo): Suicasmo, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kelvingrove Park: Michael Dibb, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- The Hunterian: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- University of Glasgow: Diliff, CC BY 3.0, source
- University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel: Johnhousefriday, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Lion and Unicorn Staircase: Johnhousefriday, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Glasgow Botanic Gardens: No machine-readable author provided. Finlay McWalter assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kibble Palace: LornaMCampbell, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ashton Lane: No machine-readable author provided. Whancam assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY 3.0, source
- Òran Mór: Anonasister, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Byres Road: Original uploader was StaraBlazkova at cs.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kelvin Hall: Finlay McWalter, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Wellington Church: Mymuk, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Merchant City & City Centre: Michael D Beckwith, CC0, source
- Finnieston, Clydeside & the Riverside: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- The Southside: Gordon Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Cathedral Precinct, Necropolis & Dennistoun: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Glasgow Green & the East End: dun_deagh, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Partick & Hyndland: James Petts, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Shawlands & Langside: Richard Sutcliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Charing Cross & Garnethill: Sonictiller, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, used under the licences shown. All photo credits
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