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Museum
Represents a museum
WC
Yes
EventsForChildren
No
Place
The town or city
Glasgow
HearingLoop
No
IsIncludedThisYear
No
DisabledAccess
Yes
Activities
<p>Sat 15<sup>th</sup>, 1.30pm; 45-60 minutes</p><p>Meeting point: Shop at House for an Art Lover</p><p>Booking:�</p><p><a href="https://www.houseforanartlover.co.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.houseforanartlover.co.uk/</a></p>
OpeningTime1
Sat 15th, 1.30pm; 45-60 minutes
OpeningDate1
15/9/2018
IsNewThisYear
No
ID
Google Panorama ID
14467
Refreshments
Yes
Street
The street address
Meeting point: Shop at House for an Art Lover, Bellahouston Park
AddressLine2
10 Dumbreck Road
Postcode
G41 5BW
Parking
Yes
DisabledWC
Yes
LimitedAccess
No
NotAccessible
No
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
WALK - Empire Exhibition Walk & Talk
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
glasgow
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
2351
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Museum
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
current,55.84737,-4.313914;
Description
An account of the resource
<div class="page"><div class="section"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p>Step back in time to 1938 when Bellahouston Park hosted the Empire Exhibition, a colossal modernist celebration of industry, architecture and engineering which attracted 13 million visitors.</p><div class="page"><div class="section"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column">For six months in 1938 Bellahouston Park was transformed into a city of striking modernist architecture, wide boulevards, fountains and other stunning water features. At night the Exhibition shone like a beacon visible for miles around.<br /> <br /> Although over 100 strikingly modern buildings were constructed; including the 300ft 'Tait's Tower' which could be seen 100 miles away and the largest amusement park in Britain, there is little evidence today that such a remarkable vision of the future ever happened at all. <br /> <br /> This walking tour will shed light on the sheer scale and ambition of the exhibition, examine some of the key buildings and provide an insight into the ideas of the architects who made it a reality. You will also visit the Palace of Art, the only remaining building from 1938 and will conclude the tour at House for an Art Lover's Heritage Centre.<br /> <br /> Tour guide James Winnett will guide you around the park using archive material and digital imagery.</div><div class="column"></div><div class="column"><p>�</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>