Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
Entrance on Argyle St
Location within Central Glasgow
Established1901 (1901)
LocationArgyle Street, Glasgow G3 8AG, Scotland, United Kingdom
Coordinates55°52′07″N 4°17′26″W / 55.86861°N 4.29056°W / 55.86861; -4.29056
Key holdingsChrist of Saint John of the Cross
Visitors1,283,882 (2023)
Public transit access Kelvinhall
Websitewww.glasgowlife.org.uk/museums/venues/kelvingrove-art-gallery-and-museum
Listed Building – Category A
Official nameKelvingrove Park, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
Designated15 December 1970
Reference no.LB33071

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum owned by Glasgow City Council is a major art gallery and museum in the Yorkhill area of Glasgow, Scotland, managed by Glasgow Museums. It is located in Kelvingrove Park in the West End of the city. To its north is the University of Glasgow and to its south is the Kelvin Hall. It is adjacent to Argyle Street previously known as Dumbarton Road. Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is one of Scotland's most popular buildings and free visitor attractions.

The art gallery and museum opened in 1901, as part of the Glasgow International Exhibition (1901) , and fully opened to the public from 1st October 1902. The museum collections include natural history, Egyptian antiquities, design, architecture, medieval arms and armoury, Scottish history and the history of Glasgow. The art collections are one of Europe’s great civic art collections, including Scottish, European, African, Asian and Oceanic fine and decorative arts.

In 2006, Kelvingrove re-opened after a three-year, £27 million refurbishment and restoration, with the collections re-organised into two halves: Life and Expression. The Life galleries represent natural history, human history and prehistory. The Expression galleries include the fine art collections. The 22 galleries display over 8,000 objects. Notable exhibits include Salvador Dalí's Christ of St John of the Cross, Sir Roger the Asian elephant, the Avant armour, and paintings by the Glasgow Boys and the Scottish Colourists.