The Kelvingrove Museum has it all! There is great art, including works by Van Gogh, Renoir, Picasso, Seurat, Dali and so many more. An entire section of things Scottish included animals, birds and aquatic life. We never knew that there are corals growing in the bottom of the Scottish Lochs. Other things Scottish included tartans, armor, neolithic stone tools and some homegrown visionaries. One visionary was Charles Rene Mackintosh who was a designer and architect, he was the Frank Lloyd Wright of Glasgow. Another visionary Glaswegian was George Bennie who invented the Rail-plane, a airplane/railroad hybrid. It had propellers on each end and rode along an elevated track like a monorail. There was an entire wing filled with Egyptian antiquities. Some of the items are on loan from the British Museum. Much of it came to the museum because they were one of the sponsors of the Egyptian Exploration Fund 1877- 1914. This was before the great King Tut craze of the 1920's. This is just a sample of what was on display. We were able to hear an organ concert as well.
As we walked up, this gal picked me out of a crowd. We danced a bit. It was particularly weird as she was wearing rubber gloves
The inside was grandiose
An original organ
Sleepy pig dreaming of clover
Some very large shoes
A boot creature
Grand enameled necklace
A better picture of the Armadillo Building
Mr, Dick has some big balls
Glasgow back in the heyday of it's port
Granite Lion
Elaborately carved
Hiroglyphics
An array of Pharos
Weighing the heart
Ouch!
Stone
these were all of the amulets and charms that were wrapped up along with the Pharoah 730 - 332 BCE
Huge basalt sculptures
An actual mummified hand
These old bones
Up to level two
Direct from Alaska
A totem pole giving birth
What passes as a haggis in some parts
Let the pipes vibrate with joyous sound
An odd take on a landscape
Nice hat!
This a a fanciful painting that commemorates the artist's accidental breakage of his mother's China
A Glasgow photographer caught this shot of kids playing in a burning car. I thought the jungle gym was dangerous!
Floating Heads is an installation by Sophie Cave
A bit spooky
But fun nonetheless
Listen to the organ playing in the background
These colored discs could be moved to simulate a bead pattern
A tiny kayaker is etched on the front and the walrus is etched on the back of this glass
Charles Rene Mackintosh Hutch
Charles Rene Mackintosh Clock
Charles Rene Mackintosh Stained glass
The Railplane
I was estimated that it could travel at 200 mph
The Celts painted by one of the Glasgow Boys
Fun in the Forest
Boyzzzz
A very pretty red bow
In 1888 Queen Victoria traveled to Glasgow for the Glasgow Exhibition. The artist, Lavery, painted all 253 of the folks in attendance.
A bronze made for a couple, Particia Cronin and Debora Kass, whose relationship was not recognized by the State of NY until 2011
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Sharply defined
Balmoral Castle and hairy "coos"
Early golf ball and club
An early Van Gogh
A Glasgow art dealer painted by Van Gogh
Made of spherical sections this bronze is the godess of Spring
The solar system
The most photogenic planet
the power of the seas
A fine set of suspenders
Metal work from Benin
Pottery from Peru
Scary monster from Outer Space
Stone balls from 3300 BCE Britain
Nice steeple off in the distance
Go Ukraine
Another Wrld CHanpionship
The back door
Bees!
Another spire popping up out of the canopy
Our lunch was two fish and chips and a large mushy peas for only 12 GHP
the Kelvin River
A gate for divers?
Zoom, they go by fast
A nice setting for a bike race
Start them out young
An ancient double decker bus. The noise that the breaks were making was scary
Woof, nice doggie
The dog sparks another conversation with Ann and Aiden!
So pretty!
Don't touch the duchess
It does not see that big
