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Glasgow Museum of Transport
Address: 1 Bunhouse Street, Glasgow
Tel: 0141 287 2720
The Museum was established in 1964 and was formerly housed in an old tram depot in Glasgow’s Southside, now the home of Tramway Theatre since 1988. Now blessed with a more accessible and convenient location in the city’s West End. The Museum of Transport is situated within the Kelvin Hall Complex facing the Art Galleries and draws in over 500,000 visitors through its doors annually.
Visitors can find a varied selection of models and beautifully preserved vehicles and locomotives that were of national and global renown. It is the home of the oldest surviving pedal cycle exhibited in the stunning cycle collection on the first floor, presenting unicycles and bicycles through the ages in chronological order.
Commemorative to Glasgow’s huge contribution to the world as a major centre of ship building, marine engineering and naval architecture, The Clyde Room on the first floor is a stunning showcase of some 250 models of the most notable ships built on the banks of the Clyde, from Govan all the way upstream to Dumbarton, Port Glasgow and Greenock. The most noteworthy ships that draw unrivalled attention are the gigantesque Ocean Liners such as the Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth and ultimately, the QE II, launched in John Brown’s Shipyard in Clydebank in 1967.
The museum’s maritime collection reflects on Glasgow’s economic boom and status as one of Europe’s leading industrial centres until the latter part of the 20th Century. Of equal importance in Glasgow during the same era was the manufacturing and exportation of railway locomotives, carriages and railway engineering products to exotic climes and regions around the globe. Testimony to Glasgow’s supremacy in railway engineering is evident in the Museum of Transport, housing a remarkable collection of steam locomotives built in Glasgow’s Springburn works, each restored to their former glory.
Of equal interest amongst adults and children is the collection of old Glasgow Corporation Trams and Trolleybuses that once lined the streets of the city, transporting Glaswegians to various destinations across Glasgow and beyond until their withdrawal in 1962. Take a stroll down Kelvin Street, an enchanting recreation of a 1930’s Glasgow streetscape aligned with traditional shops, an art-deco style cinema used for screening a short-film about Glasgow and a subway station with an old subway car stationary in the platform.
A much-loved and exciting visitor attraction for generations of Glaswegians and visitors, The Museum of Transport provides both an entertaining and educational family day out and has something for everyone's interest. Owned and managed by Glasgow City Council, admission to the museum is free of charge and is accessible from the city centre by excellent public transport links, including subway, serving nearby Kelvin Hall Station.
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