Glasgow Museums

Glasgow Museums is a group of museums and galleries owned by the City of Glasgow, Scotland.^[1] They hold about 1.6 million objects including over 60,000 art works, over 200,000 items in the human history collections, over 21,000 items relating to transport and technology, and over 585,000 natural history specimens.^[2] They are managed by Glasgow Life (formally Glasgow Sport and Culture), an 'arm's length' external organisation contracted by Glasgow City Council to provide cultural, sporting and learning activities in the city.^[3][4] The buildings and contents are wholly owned by Glasgow City Council, the staff are employees of Glasgow City Council, and the charity is controlled by Glasgow City Council.

The museums and galleries are:^[5]

• Burrell Collection
• Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA)
• Glasgow Museums Resource Centre^[6]
• Kelvin Hall (Museum store)^[7]
• Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
• The Open Museum
• People's Palace
• Provand's Lordship
• Riverside Museum
• Scotland Street School Museum
• St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art