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Join our September online lecture: Laura Bauld on “Rebellion and Resistance: Jacobite Glass in Glasgow Life Museums Collections”

Tuesday, 29th September 2026 at 2pm

Online using Zoom

£5 contact admin@friendsofglasgowmuseums.org for more information

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Join our September online lecture: Laura Bauld on "Rebellion and Resistance: Jacobite Glass in Glasgow Life Museums Collections"
Jacobite wine glass, 1730-1750, engraved with portrait of Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie),...
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Join our October online lecture: Pro. Clare A. P. Willsdon " Flowers, Gardens and Landscapes in Impressionism"
Claude Oscar Monet, Vétheuil, c. 1880, oil on canvas, 597 x 800 mm, Kelvingrove French Art Gallery, Glasgow...
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Join our November online lecture: HILDEGARDE BERWICK - "125 Years On: Glasgow’s Great International Exhibition of 1901"
View of Industrial Hall, Glasgow International Exhibition 1901 Image: © courtesy Historic Environment...
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Sign up for the Talk and Visit to "Still Glasgow" exhibition at GoMA
Image: Copyright of Glasgow Life You are invited to attend this special FoGM event at the Gallery of...
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Join the in-person Talk and Book Signing given by Alice Strang on "The Scottish Colourists: Art and Life"
 You are invited to attend this special FoGM event at the Kelvin Hall Lecture Theatre.  Award-winning...
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12 September 2026
Friends are “In the Pink” with their visit to the Barbie Exhibition at Kelvingrove this week!
Over 60 Friends and their guests created a sea of different hues of Pink when they visited the Barbie...
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21 May 2026
Friends enjoy discovering about Lachlan Goudie's new publication, The Secrets of Painting at an in-person event in Kelvingrove!
Nearly 70 Friends and their guests were delighted to attend an in-person, illustrated talk by well-known...
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26 April 2026
Another Great "Friends" Visit to the Mackintosh Tearooms!
A group of twenty Friends visited the Mackintosh Tearoom on Sauchiehall St on Tuesday, 21st April, the...
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26 March 2026
Friends have a fascinating visit to The Mackintosh Tearooms
20 Friends thoroughly enjoyed their visit to the National Trust for Scotland’s Mackintosh Tearooms...
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20 March 2026
Dr Jim Hunter
Dear Friends, We were deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Dr Jim Hunter, Kelvingrove’s Honorary...
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23 February 2026
Friends visit "Views of Glasgow" Exhibition at the Hunterian!
30 Friends and their guests visited the Hunterian Art Gallery for a special tour of their latest exhibition...
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03 December 2025
Friends celebrate Christmas 2025 with a Sparkling Lunch at Kelvingrove!
100 Friends were delighted to start the 2025 Festive Season by attending the Annual FoGM Christmas Lunch...
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02 November 2025
Friend and Museum Curator Dr. Elspeth King dies.
Friends of Glasgow Museums were deeply saddened to learn of the death of Dr Elspeth King, a uniquely...
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19 October 2025
FoGM visits the "Making a Mark" Exhibition at Lyon and Turnbull in Glasgow
Recently, a small group of FoGM members were delighted to have the opportunity to visit the “Making a...
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18 October 2025
FoGM Sponsors Glasgow Museums Children's Young Persons Art Competition Prizegiving Evening again this year!
FoGM was delighted to sponsor the Art Competition for Young People 2025 again this year. Caroline. Julie...
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