On Tuesday 11th March, 30 Friends and their guests enjoyed a very informative presentation and guided tour of Fairfield Heritage in Govan. The heritage centre is housed in the original Headquarters of Fairfield Shipyard and is still surrounded today by shipbuilding in the various buildings of the Naval shipyards, BAE Systems. We heard from our two […]
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Last Saturday 22nd February, at Kelvingrove, John Mackay, the STV newscaster, journalist and author, gave 50 Friends and their guests a special presentation, question and answer session and book-signing event based on his latest book, “Scotland Today and Yesterday – Witness to a changing nation”. John MacKay is one of Scotland’s best known broadcasters. His
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Over 40 Friends and their guests attended a Private View of the Whistler Pastels Exhibition at the Hunterian Art Gallery on Monday 27th January. We were given a very enjoyable and informative guided tour by Patricia de Montfort, Senior Lecturer in Art History and Principle Investigator on the Whistler Pastel Project. During her introduction, she
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100 Friends and their guests enjoyed a wonderful festive afternoon in the cafe at Kelvingrove on Tuesday 3rd December. After a glass of fizz on arrival, everyone enjoyed a delicious three-course lunch with wine, followed by tea/coffee and mince pies! The excitement mounted during the meal, as everyone looked forward to seeing what gift they
On Tuesday 29th October, over 60 Friends were at Kelvingrove Art Gallery to attend a special 80th Anniversary Drinks Reception accompanied by a selection of delicious finger food and celebration cake with tea and coffee in the North Gallery. Afterwards we were entertained by organist William Hutcheson playing a tremendous selection of musical pieces on
We were delighted that Carolyn Foran, the Education Officer at Kelvingrove, offered a small group of Friends the opportunity to experience a practical art class similar to the ones offered to the young people entering the Annual Art Competition. Our group of 15 members thoroughly enjoyed the warming up drawing exercises before finding an object
Creative Friends enjoy a fun Drawing Session at Kelvingrove last Friday! Read More »
Caroline, Carol and Barbara from the FoGM Committee were delighted to attend the 2024 Annual Art Competition for Young People Prizegiving Event at Kelvingrove on Thurday 26th September. The Central Hall in Kelvingrove was full of very excited children and their friends and family as they waited for their name to be called so that
Our August speaker in the FoGM Zoom Lecture Series 2024 was Pippa Stephenson-Sit, Curator of European Art for Glasgow Museums and co-curator of Discovering Degas: Collecting in the Time of William Burrell, which is currently running at the Burrell (until 30th September). Following on from Pippa’s lecture, a group of Friends took the opportunity to visit the
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100 Friends and their guests celebrated FoGM’s 80th Anniversay with a Drinks Reception and Lunch in the Kelvingraove Art Gallery Cafe this week. It was wonderful to mark such an important milestone in the history of the Friends of Glasgow Museums in such an enjoyable way. We thank all our wonderful members for all their
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40 Friends and their guests were given a conducted tour of the Hunterian Art Gallery’s current temporary exhibition, Stage and Screen, on Monday 19th February. The curator of the exhibition, Joseph Sharples, introduced the group to the collection and it’s collector, James L Gordon. Over 400 items were on display and Joseph picked out the
