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Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is a museum and art gallery in Glasgow, Scotland, managed by Glasgow Museums. The building is located in Kelvingrove Park in the West End of the city, adjacent to Argyle Street. Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is one of Scotland's most popular museums and free visitor attractions. [2]
Gallery of Modern Art: Glasgow City Centre: Glasgow: Glasgow Print Studio: Glasgow: Glasgow School of Art: Glasgow: Glenkiln Sculpture Park: Dumfries and Galloway: Hospitalfield House: Arbroath: Angus: Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery: University of Glasgow: Glasgow: Kellie Castle: Arncroach: Fife: Kelvin Hall: Glasgow West End: Glasgow ...
Kelvingrove Park was originally created as the West End Park in 1852, and was partly designed by Sir Joseph Paxton, Head Gardener at Chatsworth House, whose other works included The Crystal Palace in London, Glasgow Botanic Gardens, and the gardens at Lismore Castle in County Waterford; [1] however, the park was mostly designed by architect Charles Wilson and surveyor Thomas Kyle. [2]
Kelvingrove is a neighbourhood in the city of Glasgow, Scotland.It is situated north of the River Clyde in the West End of the city, and directly borders Kelvingrove Park to the north and the grounds of the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum to the west.
The Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum consists of three floors: [1] The Lower Ground Floor is the main public entrance to the gallery. It contains a small RBS Gallery and a café. The extended part of the lower ground floor is known as the Campbell Hunter Foundation Education Wing.
[3] [4] It marked the opening of the city's Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum and also commemorated the fiftieth anniversary of the first world's fair held in the UK, doubling that attendance with 11.5 million visits. [1] Following the style popularised at the 1893 Chicago world's fair, the main exhibition building was in Renaissance-Baroque ...
Saint Mungo as the Patron of Art and Music: Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum: 1901: George Frampton: Sculpture group: Bronze: Category A [34] [35] More images: South African War Memorial Kelvingrove Park: 1906: William Birnie Rhind: Statue on pedestal: Bronze and stone: Category B: Q17811618 [36] [33] More images: Lord Kelvin: Kelvingrove ...
The painting first went on display at the city's Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum on 23 June 1952. In 1961 a visitor attacked the painting with a stone and tore the canvas with his hands. [8] It was restored over several months by conservators at Kelvingrove and returned to public display. [9]