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Riverside Museum

G3 8RS Glasgow, Great Britain (UK) (Scotland)
Address Scotland's Museum of Transport and Travel
100 Pointhouse Place 
 
Floor area unfortunately not known yet  
 
Museum typ Exhibition
Transport in general
  • Passenger cars
  • Navy / Watercraft
  • Model Railway
  • Motorcycles / Motorbikes
  • Fire Brigade
  • Model Ships
  • Photo cameras and slide projectors
  • Bicycles
  • Trams
  • Busses
  • Carriages
  • Air and Space (aviation, spaceflight etc.)
  • Combustion engines/generators/pumps
  • Telephone / Telex
  • Railway
  • Electrical Applications
  • Home Appliances

Opening times
 Riverside Museum: Monday - Thursday, Saturday 10am–5pm; Friday, Sunday 11am–5pm
The Tall Ship: March - October 10am-5pm; November - February 10am-4pm

Admission
Status from 01/2013
 Riverside Museum: free
The Tall Ship: Adults: £5.00; Children: 1 Child goes FREE per paying Adult, additional children £3.00
Contact
Tel.:+44-141-287 2720  eMail:museums glasgowlife.org.uk  
Homepage
to Location / Directions
www.glasgowlife.org.uk/museums/our-museums/riverside-museum
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Location / Directions
N55.865348° W4.306546°N55°51.92088' W4°18.39276'N55°51'55.2528" W4°18'23.5656"
Riverside Museum is on the North bank of the River Clyde, just along the Clydeside from the SECC going towards Partick (West).

Cyclists can enjoy a pleasant ride to Riverside Museum along National Cycle Route 7 that runs along the Clydeside.

The route leaves Glasgow by following the River Clyde to Dumbarton and then heads to Inverness via Abefoyle, Callander, Killin, Pitlochry, Kingussie, Aviemore and Carrbridge. Highlights include the Glen Ogle viaduct on the railway path between Lochearnhead and Killin.

There are bicycle racks to secure up to 28 bikes and these are located close to the Museum.​​

Trains The nearest Train Station for main-line trains is Partick Station, then its around a 10 minutes walk to Riverside Museum.

By car Riverside Museum has a fantastic location in the west end of the city. From the M8 motorway, take Junction 19 and travel west bound along the Clydeside Expressway (A814) for about one mile to Pointhouse road. Then turn left into the Riverside Car Park area.

There is a Pay & Display car park at Riverside - £1 for a 4 hour maximum stay.
Description

The Glasgow Museum of Transport in Glasgow, Scotland was established in 1964 and initially located at a former tram depot in Pollokshields. From 1987 the museum was relocated to the city's Kelvin Hall. It closed on 18 April 2010 in preparation for relocation to the Riverside Museum building at Glasgow.

At Riverside Museum there are over 3,000 objects on display, compared with 1,300 objects at the previous Museum of Transport. These include some old favourites along with some new exhibits to the Collection. One of the new exhibits is the recently acquired South African locomotive, Glasgow Museums’ largest object.
 

9 main display themes

* Streets
* The River Clyde
* TranSport and Leisure
* Made in Scotland
* Looks and Fashion
* Crossing the World
* Cutting Edge: Past, Present and Future
* Disasters and Crashes
* Getting There

Visitors can climb aboard some of the exhibits to get a real feel for vintage public transport by accessing four locomotive footplates, three trams, two subway cars, one train carriage and a bus.

One of the old Museum of Transport’s most popular areas was Kelvin Street. At Riverside Museum there is a recreated street from 1895 - 1930, plus two additional display areas depicting shops from the 1930s, right through to the 1980s, giving visitors a fantastically detailed insight into Glasgow's distant and more recent past. For the first time, visitors can access the shops and subways. These 'shops' include an Edwardian photography studio, a 1930s' Italian Café and a 1960s' garage.

Visitors to Riverside can venture aboard The Tall Ship 'Glenlee', Glasgow's lovingly restored Clyde built ship.
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