What is inside the Riverside Museum?
The Riverside is a multi-award winning museum located on the banks of the River Clyde, with over 3000 objects on display from Glasgow’s rich past. You will find an incredible array of objects from skateboards and vintage cars to prams and powerful locomotives.
Where was the original Glasgow transport museum?
Pollokshields
The Glasgow Museum of Transport in Glasgow, Scotland was established in 1964 and initially located at a former tram depot in Pollokshields. In 1988 the museum was relocated to the city’s Kelvin Hall, then moved to its current location in the Riverside Museum building at Glasgow Harbour in 2011.
When did Glasgow Riverside Museum open?
2011
The museum was designed by internationally renowned architect, Dame Zaha Hadid. It opened in 2011 after a four-year build, with over 3,000 objects from the city’s world-famous collections displayed inside.
Why was the Riverside Museum built?
The purpose-built Museum replaced the previous home for the city’s transport collection, at the city’s Kelvin Hall. The location of the museum is on the site of the former A. & J. Inglis Shipyard within Glasgow Harbour, on the north bank of the River Clyde and adjacent to its confluence point with the River Kelvin.
How much is the Riverside Museum Glasgow?
What makes the transport museum even more amazing, is that it is free to get into the museum. There is a donations box located at the front door if you wish to make a donation of any kind. How good is that? Parking at the museum is operated by the council and starts at £1.60 for an hour.
Who built the Riverside Museum?
Zaha HadidRiverside Museum / Architect
What is the Kelvin Hall used for?
It operates as an object laboratory, in which museum collections and objects can be studied, curated or used for teaching or training. The Hunterian at the Kelvin Hall: houses over one million items from the Hunterian collections.
Who designed the Glasgow Transport Museum?
Who built Riverside Museum?
Is Norman Foster associated with Riverside Museum Glasgow?
About the project Located on the north bank of the River Clyde, the museum proudly contributes to the Glasgow skyline alongside the nearby Glasgow Science Centre, the Clyde Auditorium (Armadillo) and the newly-built Hydro, both by Norman Foster.
How long did it take to build the Riverside Museum?
“It’s been over three years in the making, but I think the design is ambitious and a truly remarkable addition for the city,” explains BAM Construction Manager Jim Ward, responsible for delivering the £74m Riverside Transport Museum in Glasgow.