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Thank you to Margaret Anderson for the highly enjoyable and informative guided walking tour of Kelvingrove Park near Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum today. The group of 20 Friends were given detailed information about the establishment of the park, the background to the building of the Art Gallery and Museum and the stories of the […]

Kelvingrove Walk Part 2 The Friends converged on a rainy autumn afternoon for Part 2 of Margaret Anderson?s highly entertaining walking tour of Kelvingrove Park. Luckily Margaret had warned us to be prepared for all that the weather could throw at us, so the wet weather didn?t dampen our enthusiasm as we were led on

To Ukraine, Wishing for Peace in your beautiful land. Love, Friends of Glasgow Museums ????xx

Friends had an interesting and highly informative visit to the Tall Ship Glenlee. We were given very enjoyable tours by our three wonderful guides, Liz, Vera and Lauren, about the history of the ship and what life was like for the seamen working on this Victorian sailing ship. We saw the different decks, the cargo

Caroline Robertson, our Chairman was invited by Bendor Grosvenor and his tv team to witness the big reveal at Kelvingrove Art Gallery last September of a possible Sir Joshua Reynolds Portrait of a Lady, held in storage at Glasgow Museums Resource Centre. Watch the programme on BBC iPlayer to find out the history behind this

LECTURE 1 – Tuesday, 25th January 2022 at 2pm?Painting for my life?: Marianne Grant?s Holocaust Artworks’ – Dr Jo Meacock (Curator of British Art, Glasgow Museums) Although Zoom lectures were free to all Friends in 2021, we hope you will understand our decision to implement a fee of œ5 per lecture in 2022, which will

Look out for, either an email or a letter through the post, advertising the Friends’ Christmas Event on Tuesday 7th December at 2.30pm at The Glasgow Art Club. Come and join us for fizz, festive nibbles, tea/coffee, music and a complmnetary prize draw! Tickets are œ30 per person.

It was lovely to see so many “Friends” brave the cold and snowy weather to attend an afternoon of food, fizz, good company and seasonal musical entertainment by Gordon Cree and Cheryl Forbes! A wonderful afternoon was had by all and put everyone in a very “Christmassy” mood!

Hugo from Drawing Life Glasgow and model Topaz organised a beautifully themed practical class based on Cadell?s painting, The Orange Blind on display in Kelvingrove Art Gallery. Hugo had recreated the interior from photographs of the dining room at the Glasgow Art Club with superimposed furnishings and colours, including an orange blind. Participants were directed