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Our online shop brings you the very best of our range of gifts and accessories for the home.
Many of them have been produced using inspiration from the much-acclaimed Glasgow Museums’ collection. Our stationery products are made exclusively for us and feature objects that are on permanent public display. Visit our online shop.
Glasgow Museums Retail Outlets are managed by Culture and Sport 
Glasgow (Trading) CIC.
Culture and Sport Glasgow (Trading) CIC is registered in Scotland No
SC313850 with its registered office at 20 Trongate, Glasgow G1 5ES.
We are continually developing our website and hope to be able to offer you the opportunity to purchase our wide range of interesting publications and products online in the future.
Our shops sell a variety of unusual gifts and books, at prices to suit every pocket. We have listed a number of publications below; and our shops can be found at the locations below.
To order a publication by cheque
Please contact Susan Pacitti, Managing Editor, Communications Section, Martyrs’ School, Parson Street, Glasgow G4 0PX, phone 0141 271 8307, fax 0141 271 8354, email.
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Please phone the Kelvingrove shop on 0141 276 9577, or email your enquiry to museums@csglasgow.org. Do NOT include your credit card details in your email.
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Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
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Find out more about the Kelvingrove shops.
The People's Palace
Phone 0141 276 0791
Fax 0141 271 2960
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Phone 0141 287 2591
Fax 0141 287 2597
Museum of Transport
Phone 0141 287 2663
Fax 0141 287 2692
Gallery of Modern Art
Phone 0141 287 3049
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St Mungo Museum of Religious Art and Life
Phone 0141 276 1625
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Fossil Grove (April to September only)
Phone 0141 950 1448
The shop at Pollok House is run by the National Trust for Scotland.
Glasgow 1955: Through the Lens
Author: Fiona Hayes and Peter Douglas, with Martin Bellamy
Published by: Culture and Sport Glasgow (Museums) (£9.99)
ISBN: 978-9-02752-89-4
The summer of 1955 in Glasgow was so hot that there are reports of melting tarmac, and children escaped the heat by playing in park fountains. This image of Glasgow was recorded not just in official statistics or in people's memories, but in a remarkable photographic survey carried out by camera clubs across the city, now part of Glasgow Museums' collections.
Step back in time to the days of the trams and tenements and see how the people of Glasgow worked, played and lived in 1955. If you remember the Fifties, are curious about life in Glasgow at the time, or want to see if your street or workplace was photographed, this is the book for you.
Author: Susan Hothersall
Published by: Culture and Sport Glasgow (Museums) (£9.99)
ISBN: 978-0-902752-87-0
Glasgow in the 21st century is a modern cosmopolitan city. But within a 20-mile radius of the city centre – if you know where to look – are clues to the area’s history, which dates back to at least 4500 BC. From Roman bathhouses to the recent industrial past, from curious hogback stones to the timber ponds at Port Glasgow, not forgetting the medieval wonders of Glasgow’s beautiful cathedral and Paisley’s awe-inspiring abbey, our past is all around us.
The book has been published to mark the 150th anniversary of Glasgow Archaeological Society. It is divided into five geographical areas to help you plan your trip, and describes the history of the sites, what you can expect to see, and how to get there. All sites have been thoroughly researched by the author and walked by members of Glasgow Archaeological Society.
The author, Susan Hothersall is an independent archaeologist with a special interest in the west of Scotland. She has been involved in archaeological survey and the occasional excavation since the 1980s, in Ayrshire, Renfrewshire, and the Scottish islands. She is co-founder of the Lewis and Harris Archaeology Group and the Lewis Young Archaeologists Club, and author of The Lost Wheelhouses of Uist.
Author: Janice Lane and Anne Wallace
Published by: Culture and Sport Glasgow (Museums) (£12)
ISBN: 978-0-90275286-3
More and more museums and galleries offer children opportunities to handle and interact with objects from their collections. Working with real objects sparks the imagination, helps children to develop their powers of observation and interpret the world around them. It also improves concentration, literacy, numeracy and critical investigation skills.
Hands On is directly linked to the Curriculum for Excellence, and is a step-by-step guide to working with objects and paintings in the classroom and in a museum setting. It demonstrates how to incorporate object-based learning into your teaching, and get more out of museum and gallery visits.
The book is aimed at those involved in early years and primary school teaching; museum educators; student teachers and classroom assistants. Ideal for CPD events and suitable for all curricula, Hands On includes detailed case studies and activities, sample lesson plans, resources, and a list of further reading. Fully illustrated in colour throughout, with pullouts of paintings from Glasgow's collections.
The authors: Janice Lane manages Glasgow Museums' Education & Access Section and Anne Wallace manages Glasgow Museums' schools programme. Both are qualified teachers with experience of working with pupils of all ages and abilities.
Author: Katie Bruce, Victoria Hollows, Ben Harman and Alicia Watson
Published by: Culture and Sport Glasgow (Museums) (£12)
ISBN: 978-0-902752-88-7
In 1999, Glasgow City Council agreed to take up to 10,000 asylum seekers as part of the UK government's dispersal programme. The Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) was given the challenge of developing programmes to deliver services for asylum seekers and encouraging integration with existing Glaswegian communities. The result was Sanctuary: Contemporary art and human rights, an exhibition and outreach project exploring issues surrounding asylum seekers and refugees. Its resounding success has led to biennial social justice programmes becoming an integral part of GoMA's work.
Subsequent programmes have focused on violence against women and sectarianism, resulting in powerful exhibitions by international high-profile artists and community groups.
But how does a contemporary art gallery – or indeed any museum or gallery – begin to address such difficult issues? Can we harness the power of contemporary art to make a change in the communities in which we live and work? Focusing on the Rule of Thumb programme on violence against women, Towards an engaged gallery is a record of how GoMA rose to the challenge, and what we have learnt from the process.
Author: Sean McGlashen, Victoria Hollows and Roderick Buchanan
Published by: Glasgow Museums, Culture & Sport Glasgow, (£3.50)
ISBN: 978-0-902752-85-6
The Histrionics publication was produce to accompany the exhibition Histrionics by Roderick Buchanan at the Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), 5 April to 28 October 2007. The exhibition is the centrepiece of GoMA's Blind Faith: Contemporary art and human rights programme. Blind Faith: Contemporary art and human rights is a Glasgow City Council programme of exhibitions, outreach projects, education events and activities to raise awareness and understanding of sectarianism and related issues. It was developed in partnership with Nil By Mouth, Sense over Sectarianism and the National Galleries of Scotland Education Department, with additional funding from the Scottish Executive, the Hugh Fraser Foundation and the Scottish Arts Council.
The Real Fighting Stuff: Arms and armour at Glasgow Museums
Author: Tobias Capwell
Published by: Glasgow City Council (Museums) (£9.99)
ISBN: 978-0-902752-82-5
The Real Fighting Stuff is the first publication to survey the whole of Glasgow Museums' comprehensive European arms and armour collection. This lavishly illustrated book is equally suitable for arms enthusiasts, those new to the subject, and older children. Written in a lively and accessible style, it explores individual treasures in detail, and brings history to life by looking at the people who made and used 'the real fighting stuff'.
The book includes detailed reconstructions by the historical artist Graham Turner – of the 15th century Milanese 'Avant armour' and a Greenwich armour of the First Earl of Pembroke. It also features a step-by-step photographic guide to arming a medieval knight, depictions of arms and armour in Glasgow Museums' rich art collection, and the manuscripts and rare books of the Robert Lyons Scott Library.
The author, Tobias Capwell, has devoted his academic studies, working life and personal time to pursing his lifelong passion for arms and armour. As Curator of Arms and Armour at Glasgow Museums, he acquired an in-depth knowledge of the collection. As a champion jouster, he has a first-hand appreciation of his subject.
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum: Glasgow's portal to the world
Author: Muriel Gray
Published by: Glasgow City Council (Museums) (£8.99)
ISBN: 978-0-902752-79-5
Scottish author, journalist and broadcaster, Muriel Gray brings her insightful and witty writing style to focus on the history of Glasgow's beloved Kelvingrove, the people, the stories, the collections and the restoration. Lavishly illustrated.
Author: Richard Sutcliffe and George Inglis with Carolyn Legge
Published by: Glasgow City Council (Museums), (£3.99)
ISBN: 978-0-902752-81-8
Join museum detectives Duncan, Rhona, Kal, Alec, Abi and Sun as they race round Kelvingrove spotting animals and looking for clues. Stickers included so that you can stamp 'case closed' when you solve the mysteries! (We are grateful to Scottish Natural Heritage for a grant towards this publication.)
Out of this World: Glasgow's World Cultures collections
Author: Various
Published by: Glasgow City Council (Museums)
ISBN: 978-0-902752-80-1 (forthcoming)
Glasgow Museums has some very unusual and interesting objects in its collections. This book will tell the stories behind some of them – how they ended up here, who made them, and what they mean. All the authors are curators at Glasgow Museums, and bring their own specialist knowledge to the way they look at the objects illustrated in the book.
Author: Lisa Pearson
Published by: Glasgow City Council (Museums), 2005, (£8.99)
ISBN: 0 902752 78 2
Glasgow Museums has one of the most important collections of nineteenth-century French paintings in Britain. The Impressionists are particularly well represented in the collection. The evolution of Impressionism, through to the art which followed and developed from it, can be traced through Glasgow's paintings. This book has been produced to accompany the Monet and the Impressionists: Kelvingrove at Kirkcudbright exhibition. It has full-colour illustrations of each work of art with accompanying commentaries. The book features over thirty highlights, and the story of Impressionism and the art that developed from it can be traced through these paintings. The book also includes details about the painters' lives and creative development, and quotations from the artists themselves. Artists featured are: Eugène Boudin, Jules Breton, Mary Cassatt, Paul Cezanne, Camille Corot, Charles-Françious Daubigny, Paul Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh, Armand Guilaumin, Adolphe Hervier, Stanislas Lepine, Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Auguste Renoir, Georges Seurat, Paul Signac, Alfred Sisley, Antoine Vollon. A glossary and suggested further reading list are also included.
Author: Ben Harman and Victoria Hollows
Published by: Glasgow City Council (Museums), 2005 (£3.50).
ISBN: 978-0-902752-1
Barbara Kruger is one of the most influential artists of her generation. She is best known for artworks that combine images with text to examine issues of power and control. Kruger's presentation at the Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, is the highlight of the Rule of Thumb programme and the first exhibition of her work shown in Scotland. This publication commemorates this, and reflects on Barbara Kruger's long artistic career.
Patterns of Childhood: Samplers from Glasgow Museums
Author: Rebecca Quinton
Published by: The Herbert Press, an imprint of A & C Black, in association with Glasgow City Council (Museums), 2005 (£9.99).
ISBN: 978-0-7136-7476-7
The samplers held in Glasgow Museums' Burrell and costume and textiles collections span over 300 years. As well as many interesting samplers made in Glasgow, the collections also include two made by Frances Cheyney, several by pupils at Ackworth School, a poignant sampler 'Done in Exile', and a six-foot 'stickmustertuch' from Germany. These samplers provide a fascinating record of political, social and technological history, offering tantalizing glimpses into the lives of their makers. This book will appeal to embroidery and textile enthusiasts as well as to social historians. Available from A&C Black.
Charles Rennie Mackintosh's Ingram Street Tearooms
Published by: Glasgow City Council (Museums), 2004 (£5.99).
ISBN: 978-0-902-752-72-6
This lavishly illustrated book looks at the history of the Ingram Street tearooms which were designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh for the flamboyant entrepreneur Miss Cranston. These tearooms are unique to Glasgow and are the only surviving suite of tearoom interiors from the turn of the twentieth century. The book also takes a look at the ongoing restoration work being carried out on the tearooms by the Conservation team at Glasgow Museums.
Provand's Lordship and Old Glasgow
Author: Helen Avenell, with a foreword by Stephen Driscoll.
Published by: Glasgow City Council (Museums), 2004 (£5.99).
ISBN: 978-0-902752-75-7
Fully illustrated with old and new images, and artists impressions, 84 pages, full colour, there are chapters on: Glasgow's Early Years; The Reformation and Beyond; Glasgow's Expansion; Rescuing Glasgow's Past; St Nicholas Garden; Tontine Faces; and The Recent History of Provand's Lordship. There is also a timeline of events from circa 600 to the present day. Provand's Lordship and Old Glasgow also tells of the hospital of St Nicholas; the founding of the University of Glasgow; Mary, Queen of Scots' connection with Provand's Lordship; Medieval medicine; Glasgow's great fires; the Tobacco Lords and the great merchants of the city; the intriguing story of the Tontine Faces; the city's huge increase in population and the resulting disease, overcrowding and poverty that led to programmes of demolition and improvement; and it also tells of the efforts made by the men and women, like Sir William Burrell and the members of the Provand's Lordship Society, who helped save the building for future generations.
Author: Text by Emma Leighton with Nick Pearce
Published by: Glasgow City Council (Museums), 2004 (£6.99)
ISBN: 978-0-902752-76-4
This lavishly illustrated book accompanied the exhibition One Million Days in China at the Burrell Collection. Contents include: · Hidden secrets from China's soil · Communication between Heaven and Earth · The arrival of philosophies and religions in China · Chinese trade, transport and treasures · China and the West. Of Sir William Burrell's gift of over 8,000 objects to the City of Glasgow, about one quarter are Oriental in origin. His knowledge, memory and good eye for art meant that he was a very successful buyer, and the Chinese collection is acknowledged to rank among the top collections held by European museums. Many of the objects in the exhibition and illustrated in the book have never been seen on display before. Each chapter includes detailed information on one key object in the collection, so that the reader can learn more about Chinese culture and history through these wonderful objects.
A Guide to the Museum of Transport and Technology
Author: Emily Malcolm, Alex Robertson and Rosemary Watt
Published by: Glasgow City Council (Museums), 2004 (£5.99)
ISBN: 978-0-902752-74-0
Fully illustrated guide to Glasgow's Museum of Transport and Technology. Comprehensive contents list: Shipping and Ship Models; Horse-drawn Transport; Bicycles; Motorcycles; Motor Cars; The Glasgow Underground; Locomotives; Trams and Buses; Emergency Vehicles; Specialist Vehicles; Technology.
Published by: Glasgow City Council (Museums) (£1.50)
ISBN: no ISBN (June, 2004)
An illustrated interview between Alan Currall and Sean McGlashan, curator at the Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) in Glasgow. Produced to accompany Currall's exhibition 'Some Things I Want to Show You' at GoMA.
Author: Alison Brown, Patricia Collins, Hugh Stevenson, Jean Walsh
Published by: Glasgow City Council (Museums) and Scala Publishers Ltd (£7.99)
ISBN: 978-1-85759-318-1
This beautifully illustrated book presents 35 key works from Kelvingrove's collections, ranging from Bellini's The Madonna and Child to Joan Eardley's Two Children and Charles Rennie Mackintosh's magnificent writing desk from The Hill House. A lively and illuminating essay by one of the curators introduces each work. The book also includes a fascinating history of Kelvingrove and its collections, telling the story of this much-loved Glasgow landmark from its opening to the present day. This is an essential purchase for all those who know and love Kelvingrove, as well as for anyone with an interest in the fine and decorative arts. Available from Scala Publishers. You can read excerpts from the book, and view some of the objects in the exhibition by following the links below.
Author: Edited by Alex Robertson and Dugald Cameron
Published by: Glasgow City Council (Museums), 2004 (£5.99)
ISBN: 978-0-902752-73-3
This wonderfully evocative book tells the story of Supermarine Spitfire LA198, her short flying career as told through the eyes of the men of 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron, and her subsequent restoration. Eighty one pages, including full colour and black and white photographs and images; the history of Spitfire LA198; the restoration work; history of 602 Squadron; and oral histories of some of the men who flew the plane and who were part of her fascinating and eventful history. Read excerpts from the book by following the links below.
Author: Edited by Sean McGlashan, forewords by Amnesty International and the Scottish Refugee Council, with an essay by John Calcutt
Published by: Glasgow City Council (Museums), 2003 (£9.99)
ISBN: 978-0-902752-71-9
A catalogue to accompany the Sanctuary exhibition on the theme of human rights at Glasgow's Gallery of Modern Art, April 11th to September 30th 2003. Each artist is represented by an image of their work along with a biographical note and a statement on their work on display. Featured artists: Eduard Bersudsky, Louise Bourgeois, Steve Cox, Ken Currie, David Davies, Graham Fagen, David Farrell, David Garner, Leon Golub, Dryden Goodwin, Antony Gormley, Gonkar Gyatso, Hans Haacke, Saad Hirri, Jenny Holzer, Hong Song Dam, Peter Howson, Kenny Hunter, Alfredo Jaar, Janice McNab, Vik Muniz, Shirin Neshat, Patrick O'Reilly, Julie Roberts, Mario Rossi, Graciela Sacco, David Shrigley, Ross Sinclair, Nancy Spero, Bill Viola, Kara Walker, Mark Wallinger, Zory.
I Knew I Was Painting for My Life: The Holocaust art works of Marianne Grant
Author: Marianne Grant
Published by: Glasgow City Council (Museums), 2002, (£5)
ISBN: 978-0-902752-64-1
The artist Marianne Grant survived the occupation of Czechoslovakia, forced labour and imprisonment in the concentration camps. Whenever she had materials, Marianne sketched and painted what she saw. This book is a collection of her artworks from her arrival at the Theresienstadt ghetto to her journey to Sweden in 1945 after the liberation of Bergen-Belsen. The title refers to those drawings Marianne was forced to do for Dr Mengele while she was imprisoned in Auschwitz. This publication was produced to coincide with an exhibition of Marianne Grant's work at the People's Palace Museum in 2002.
Author: Edited by Vivien Hamilton
Published by: Glasgow City Council (Museums) and Yale University Press, 2002, (£20)
ISBN: 978-0-902752-64-1
Kelvingrove's collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings is internationally renowned. This magnificent book features 64 of the finest paintings in this collection, including important works by Rousseau, Corot, Monet, Renoir, Cézanne, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Picasso, Derain, Matisse, and Rouault. Lavishly illustrated, the book provides a short essay on each work as well as full catalogue details. Read excerpts from Millet to Matisse by following the links below.
Author: Edited by Vivien Hamilton
The Spanish and Catalan version of 'Millet to Matisse: Nineteenth- and Twentieth-century French Paintings from Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Glasgow', to co-incide with the exhibition's visit to Fundación La Caixa, Palma de Mallorca. Kelvingrove's collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings is internationally renowned. This magnificent book features 64 of the finest paintings in this collection, including important works by Rousseau, Corot, Monet, Renoir, Cézanne, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Picasso, Derain, Matisse, and Rouault. Lavishly illustrated, the book provides a short essay on each work as well as full catalogue details. Follow the link below to the Fundación La Caixa website to find out more Millet to Matisse in Palma de Mallorca.
