Museum Represents a museum WC Yes EventsForChildren No Place The town or city Bridge of Don HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear No DisabledAccess Yes Activities <p>Tours every half hour.</p> <p>Disabled Access - Ground floor only.</p> OpeningTime1 10.30-16.00 OpeningDate1 7/9/2019 IsNewThisYear No ID Google Panorama ID 9995 Refreshments No Street The street address 79 Balgownie Road Postcode AB22 8JS Parking No DisabledWC No LimitedAccess No NotAccessible No Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Glover House (Braehead House) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived aberdeencity Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 70 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Description An account of the resource Until recently, this building is probably better known to citizens of Nagasaki than those of Aberdeen. From 1864 for a period of 25 years it was the home of the Glover family whose most famous son, Thomas Blake Glover, set up the modern shipbuilding industry in Japan and whose extraordinary life there is believed to have provided the inspiration for the Madam Butterfly story. The house has been recently restored to recreate its appearance at the time that the Glover family lived here in 19th century, the rooms having period decoration and furnishings. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Mid 19th century