McLellan Galleries

McLellan Galleries
270 Sauchiehall Street
Glasgow
Strathclyde
G2 3EH
Scotland

Website

www.glasgowmuseums.com/venue/index.cfm?venueid=6

See McLellan Galleries online

www.glasgowmuseums.com/venue/showExhibition.cfm?venueid=6&itemid=69

Telephone

0141 565 4100

Fax

0141 565 4111

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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Built in 1856, the Galleries are named after their builder, Archibald McLellan. Following his death, Glasgow City Corporation bought the building, and it was used as an exhibition space.

In the 1980s the Galleries were ravaged by fire, but re-opened in 1990, following a £3 million restoration. This changed it from a general temporary exhibition space housing everything from trade shows to model railway exhibitions, to what was then the largest high-quality, air-conditioned, temporary exhibition space outside London.

The interior of the building is Category B listed. While Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is closed for refurbishment, the McLellan Galleries will host the Art Treasures of Kelvingrove exhibition from April 2003, a display of the city's best-loved art works. The Galleries were originally situated behind a frontage of shops, and this is still the case today.

The main entrance can be found amid the bustling shoppers on Glasgow's Sauchiehall Street, in the city centre, a few minutes away from train and underground stations.

Venue Type:

Gallery

 Opening hours

Monday: 10am-5pm
Tuesday: 10am-5pm
Wednesday: 10am-5pm
Thursday: 10am-8pm
Friday: 11am-5pm
Saturday: 10am-5pm
Sunday: 11am-5pm

Closed: 25th & 26th December
1st & 2nd January

 Admission charges

Free. Charges may apply for some temporary exhibitions. Please see website for details.

 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Guided tours
  • Information point provided
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Cafeteria
  • Refreshments
  • Shop
 Children and families
  • Activities for pre-school children
  • Events and resources for children and families
  • Baby changing facilities
 Disability access
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to all public areas
  • Wheelchair access to some public areas
  • Wheelchairs available for loan
 Schools services and facilities
  • Direct teaching services for schools
  • Member of staff available with responsibility for education
  • Primary school education service available
  • Secondary school education service available
  • Education facilities available
 Research and adult learning
  • Academic publications and resources available
  • Adult lectures and courses held
  • Teaching/resources available for HE/FE students
  • Mail order service available
 Commercial and hire services
  • Facilities for private functions and events

McLellan Galleries
270 Sauchiehall Street
Glasgow
Strathclyde
G2 3EH
Scotland

Website

www.glasgowmuseums.com/venue/index.cfm?venueid=6

See McLellan Galleries online

www.glasgowmuseums.com/venue/showExhibition.cfm?venueid=6&itemid=69

Telephone

0141 565 4100

Fax

0141 565 4111

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

Currently featuring 'Art Treasures of Kelvingrove', a collection of the finest pieces from the picture galleries of Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Art Galleries. This is a rare opportunity to see some of the finest examples of art under one roof.

Collection details

Decorative and Applied Art, Design, Fine Art, Natural Sciences, Science and Technology

Key artists and exhibits

  • Constable, Turner, Whistler, Lowry, Peploe, Cadell, Botticelli, Lippi, Giorgione, Rembrandt, Teniers, Charles Rennie Mackintosh; Jessie M King; MacDonald sisters and others.

Collections services

  • Specialist publications on collections available

McLellan Galleries
270 Sauchiehall Street
Glasgow
Strathclyde
G2 3EH
Scotland

Website

www.glasgowmuseums.com/venue/index.cfm?venueid=6

See McLellan Galleries online

www.glasgowmuseums.com/venue/showExhibition.cfm?venueid=6&itemid=69

Telephone

0141 565 4100

Fax

0141 565 4111

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Resources listed here may include websites, bookable tours and workshops, books, loan boxes and more. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all.
 Face to face resources

Art and Design provision for secondary pupils at Glasgow Museums

http://www.glasgowmuseums.com/venue/showEvent.cfm?venueid=6&itemid=445

Our programme for 2004 offers a range of talks, workshops and activities for secondary pupils studying Art and Design.
Workshops can be tailored for any year group.

How to obtain

Please visit website.

McLellan Galleries Education Activities January to June 2004

http://www.glasgowmuseums.com/venue/showEvent.cfm?venueid=6&itemid=401

A range of education acticities, including: Looking at Landscapes, DECO-ration, Furniture Design, and Masterclasses.

 Resources

Visitor Survey

http://www.glasgowmuseums.com/venue/showEvent.cfm?venueid=6&itemid=447

The Education and Access department at the McLellan Galleries are working on a project to develop resource boxes for families which will be used within the galleries.
At present, we are conducting a visitor survey about the galleries and the collections which will influence the development of the boxes.

How to obtain

Please visit website.

McLellan Galleries
270 Sauchiehall Street
Glasgow
Strathclyde
G2 3EH
Scotland

Website

www.glasgowmuseums.com/venue/index.cfm?venueid=6

See McLellan Galleries online

www.glasgowmuseums.com/venue/showExhibition.cfm?venueid=6&itemid=69

Telephone

0141 565 4100

Fax

0141 565 4111

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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