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Many thanks to Margaret Anderson for another highly informative walking tour of Glasgow’s Necropolis.

FRIENDS ENJOY A SPECIAL ORGAN RECITAL AND LUNCH AT KELVINGROVE!

Well done to the team at the Tall Ship Glenlee for securing a œ1.8 million award from the National Heritage Memorial Fund. During the last year FoGM has awarded three grants of œ1,000 to develop projects on the Glenlee and we have enjoyed two very successful visits by our members. We are delighted that this

We were delighted to receive these lovely photographs from the Friends of Glasgow Royal Infirmary recently. They show some of the school groups taking part in the Education and Gardening sessions for school children from the East End of Glasgow that was funded by FoGM with a grant of œ1,000 last summer. The children had

Over One Hundred Friends came together to enjoy a drinks reception, followed by a delicious, three-course Christmas Lunch in the restaurant at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. After lunch, which was finished off with tea/coffee and mince pies, the excitement mounted as we waited for the Christmas raffle organised by the shop. As Catherine McGurk,

Many thanks to Alisa Dixon, the story teller, who created the evocative interpretation of the ships apprentice, Andy?s logbook that was written at the time of the First World War. Andy was a young teenager at the time who described the mundane, as well as, the extraordinary happenings of life on board the sailing ship,

Friends were delighted to have a special tour of the wonderful Eric Watt exhibition of his photographs of life in Glasgow in the second half of the 20th century at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. Isobel McDonald, Curator of Social History, gave the group of friends a detailed introduction to the exhibition at the gallery

In Conversation with Lachlan Goudie, Glasgow Art Club, October 6th 2022. The Conversation with Lachlan Goudie was led by Roger Billcliffe on a blustery early October evening in the Glasgow Art Club and hosted by the Friends of Glasgow Museums with this event also being open to members of the GAC. Both men are significant

Margaret Anderson had a special meeting today at the Burrell Collection reopening with HRH King Charles! It was lovely to see Margaret wearing her MBE for Services to the Burrell Collection! A well deserved award for her many years of dedicated service as the longest serving Volunteer Guide at the Burrell Collection. ÿWell done, Margaret.