Kelvin Hall

Dublin Core

Title

Kelvin Hall

Description

Visit the new National Library of Scotland at Kelvin Hall, which showcases an extensive digital collection of films, maps, books and manuscripts. Go behind the scenes at the Moving Image Archive and learn how Scotland�s film, video and digital collections are preserved and made accessible.

Source

glasgow

Date

1926

Type

Museum

Identifier

2330

Spatial Coverage

current,55.86849,-4.294114;

Museum Item Type Metadata

Street

1445 Argyle Street

IsNewThisYear

No

ArchitectName

Thomas Somers assisted by Thomas Gilchrist Gilmore

OpeningDate1

11/9/2018

OpeningDate2

16/9/2018

OpeningTime1

Tours: Tue-Sun 11am, 12pm, 2pm & 3pm; 60 minutes

Activities

Doors Open Day September 2018:

Behind the scenes tours of the Moving Image Archive offered on Saturday 15th September, when films from the 1938 Empire Exhibition and �Doon the Watter� will also be shown.
Tours: Tue-Sun 11am, 12pm, 2pm & 3pm; 60 minutes

Take a look into the city�s past in the Glasgow Museums store at Kelvin Hall. Join us for a tour and see what unusual objects we have in the collection. Book in advance.
The National Library of Scotland will have a programme of events throughout the week. Please check our website for further details of this.
Saturday 15 September:
Find out more about The Hunterian at Kelvin Hall with a behind the scenes collections store tour.
See the objects not on display in the Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery which are kept in our state-of-the-art facility.
The Hunterian Collections store tours (12pm; 1pm; 2pm; 3pm) 30 minutes
Max capacity at any one time is 10
Book on the day (first come first served)

Tour meeting point: Hunterian Collections Study Centre

On the day booking - kelvinhalltours@glasgowlife.org.uk

WC

Yes

DisabledWC

Yes

DisabledAccess

Yes

Refreshments

Yes

EventsForChildren

No

Parking

No

HearingLoop

No

LimitedAccess

No

NotAccessible

No

ID

14341

IsIncludedThisYear

No

Postcode

G3 8AW

Citation

“Kelvin Hall,” Digital Open Doors, accessed November 5, 2024, https://ddo.openvirtualworlds.org/omeka/items/show/2328.

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