Riverside Museum & Tall Ship Glenlee
Riverside Museum
A zigzagging museum designed by Zaha Hadid, showcasing steam locomotives and old trams, with a three-masted sailing ship you can board.
The museum opened in 2011 and won the European Museum of the Year Award. Its interior features re-creations of 20th-century Glasgow streets, along with trams, buses, cars and ship models, making it very family-friendly. Outside, the Glenlee is an iron-hulled three-masted sailing ship built on the Clyde in 1896, and you can board it for free. Admission to the museum is free. Hours are 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with Friday and Sunday starting at 11:00 a.m. You can reach it by taking the No. 100 bus or by walking along the riverside path.
Opening hours
10:00–17:00 (Fridays and Sundays from 11:00)
Nearby sights
- The Clydeside Distillery
- Glasgow Science Centre
- Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
- Ashton Lane
- House for an Art Lover
- University of Glasgow & Hunterian Museum
- Kelvingrove Park
- Glasgow Botanic Gardens & Kibble Palace