Photo Library

Glasgow Museums Photo Library manages an archive of more than 15,000 images of works from its collections, one of the finest in Britain (a small selection of them can be viewed at the bottom of the page).

The collection includes paintings from all the major European schools and is particularly rich in Dutch 17th century, French Impressionist and Post-Impressionist periods. British painting of the 17th–20th century is well represented, with an emphasis on Scottish art; in particular, the Glasgow Boys and Scottish Colourists as well as works by contemporary artists.

The Photo Library holds images of the important collection of Spanish paintings from Pollok House. It also holds images from the extensive Burrell Collection, Museum of Transport and the St Mungo Museum of Religious Life & Art. The People’s Palace collection includes objects and an archive of photographs, documenting the rich history of the city.

Large format colour transparencies, black and white photographic prints, 35mm colour slides and images on CD Rom can be supplied for reproduction, display or personal use. We can provide assistance and grant the necessary permissions and licences for commercial, editorial and scholarly use of these images, at very competitive rates. Even if you just want a photograph of your favourite painting, we will do our best to help.

You can view a selection of images at the bottom of this page, and you can view other images by following the links below. Images are approximately 17kb to 75kb in size, and are best viewed at a screen resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels.

Art Treasures of Kelvingrove
Art Treasures of Kelvingrove Postcards
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
Assembly of Spitfire LA198 at the Museum of Transport
Millet to Matisse
Arms and Armour
William Simpson Watercolours

List of Charges
You can download our list of charges below. You will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer to download and view the PDF file, and you can download the software for free from Adobe's website.

Reproduction Fees and Charges 2006-7 (PDF version, file size 36kb)

Reproduction Fees and Charges 2006-7 (RTF version, file size 56kb)

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For further information on our photographic charges or terms and conditions for reproduction of any of our images, please contact us:

Photo Library
Glasgow Museums
The Burrell Collection
Pollok Country Park
2060 Pollokshaws Road
Glasgow G43 1AT
Scotland
Phone +44 (0) 141 287 2595
Fax +44 (0) 141 287 2585
Email photolibrary@cls.glasgow.gov.uk