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Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum is situated in mature and breathtakingly refreshing parkland near the lively and entertaining West End of Glasgow.

The University of Glasgow proudly overlooks this splendid example of late Victorian architecture.  The imposing sandstone building is one of the city's most prominent landmarks and Glasgow's most magnificent venue for prestigious gala dinners, drinks receptions or presentations.

Kelvingrove houses one of the finest civic art collections in Britain and this can be viewed by you and your guests during an evening event.  The collection is one that the people of Glasgow hold dear to their hearts and willingly share with all other folk who visit.  Luxuriate in this grand atmosphere and rub shoulders with greats such as Botticelli, Rembrandt and van Gogh. Get to know the 'Glasgow Boys', including Guthrie, Lavery and Hornel.

The Centre Hall within Kelvingrove offers a spectacular setting for regal receptions, banquets, gala dinners, formal presentations and display buffets.  It allows for large numbers of guests, all of whom will feel distinguished and honoured.  Seated beneath the exquisite vaulted ceiling and in view of the Lewis Organ, guests will enjoy the best combination of culture and cuisine.

Since the building's 3 year and £30 million refurbishment the museum offers a wealth of new exhibits to delight and enthral guests of all ages.

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  • An internal view of the Kelvingrove Main Hall taken from a first storey balcony shows a cavernous, vaulted, 3 storey space adorned with carved sandstone walls, a patterned polished-stone floor and a dozen glass and golden chandaliers. A carved stone banister is visible around the entire first-storey balcony. A huge pipe organ is visible on the balcony at the far, opposite end of the room, large wooden doors are visible beneath it. Small tables and seats are gathered together in parts of the large floor.

  • An internal view of the Kelvingrove East Court, set up for a private dinner, taken from a first storey balcony. A long, vaulted, room adorned with carved sandstone walls and a polished-stone floor. An artwork of white heads is suspended from the ceiling, the event's lighting makes them look pink and yellow. Down the centre of the floor is a long table covered in an ivory tablecloth, wooden chairs surround it, the table is set and decorated. Glass vitrines, carved busts and other objects surround the table.

  • An internal view of the Kelvingrove Main Hall decorated for an event. The view from the ground floor shows a cavernous, vaulted, 3 storey space with carved stone walls, lit with pink and golden lights. A huge pipe organ is visible on the first storey balcony at the far end of the room. The foreground is dominated by a round table, decorated with a black table cloth, glasses and silverware. A transparent, acrylic, lit centrepiece - resembling antlers or a tree branch, catches the glow of the spotlights.

  • An exterior view of part of the Kelvingrove museum on a sunny day, shows the ornate, Victorian red-sandstone facade of the main entrance. The building is heavilyadorned, the main entrance is dominated by 3 large archways at the top of a few steps. The roof line is decorated with pinnacles, buttresses and turrets. In front of the museum, a sumptuous green lawn, shrubs and trees line the pavement and road in the foreground of the image. A pedestrian crossing and an ornate lamppost are also visible.

  • art exhibit consisting of white acrylic heads with expressions of various emotions, hanging from the ceiling in the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum