Riverside Museum open!

Riverside Museum is now open to the public. It’s been an exciting five years working on the project and great to see it all finally come together. It’s been a while since I posted a Conservation update, however the last few months were busy moving buildings and getting everything installed. Why not come on down and see the results for yourselves.

Picture of the week

Here’s an attempt to uphold Iona’s tradition of picture of the week. This is the car show room at the Museum of Transport, the majority of cars have gone and the wrapped items are bicycles waiting to be transported to the Riverside Museum.

Robbie Coltrane’s Jeep to come to Riverside Museum

We’re delighted that Robbie Coltrane’s 1988 Chrysler Jeep is going to be one of the objects at Riverside. Here’s a picture of the actor with his Jeep following its conservation at the Museum of Transport in Kelvin Hall.

Actor Robbie Coltrane has donated his Jeep to Glasgow's new Riverside Museum.

Robbie is also a Trustee of the Riverside Museum Appeal, so it was great to see his donation attract so much publicity. Follow the links to read the Daily Record article, or to listen to the Clyde One interview.

The Riverside Museum Appeal has now raised £4million, and in these last few months of the project it’s making a final push to reach its £5m target. You can help by donating online at www.riversideappeal.org or, to make a £5 donation, text “Riverside” to 70700. All donations will be permanently recognised in the new museum.

Tall Ship Glenlee celebrates reopening with its annual Christmas fair

The Tall Ship Glenlee is preparing to celebrate her reopening with a Christmas Fair. The Tall Ship will lower her gangways to the public this weekend, 27th and 28th of November, for the first time since her three-month renovation.

It’ll be your first opportunity to see the renovated ship. The recent work includes a new education space, the expansion of the rear deckhouse and new toilet facilities.

Visitors this weekend will also be able to take part in the Glenlee’s annual Christmas Gift Fair, with stalls selling Christmas gifts, hand-made cards and decorations, jewellery, ceramics, stocking fillers and luxury items. There’ll also be a special visit from Santa. The weekend event runs from 11am until 4pm, both days, and entry is free.

The Glenlee will remain open until February 2011, when she’ll be prepared for her short move downstream to her new home outside the Riverside Musuem.

Picture of the Week – A Window on Riverside

This week’s Picture of the Week is an abstract shot taken of the north side of the Riverside Museum on a recent clear night. It shows the light from the interior of the museum escaping from a ventilated window.

The Riverside Museum building is clad in a reflective material which interacts with the changing light around it. When finished, the building will take on an ever-changing appearance dependent on the weather, the seasons and the time of day. This shot shows it reflecting the red hues of the evening city lights.

Museum Diary – now that we’re closed

An update from the Riverside project.

A lot’s been happening in the Museum of Transport since it closed last month. The famous Kelvin Street, our re-created 1930s street, has been emptied of its vehicles, street lights, post box, signs and telephone box. Even a few cobbles. The shop windows have been emptied; the cameras, chemist’s jars, old irons, hunks of cheese, comics and mod … Read More

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Kelvin Street – Demolition

Kelvin Street’s Post Office and Chemist shop have now been demolished.

A Frosty Reception

Days after closing its doors for the final time, the Museum of Transport’s reception desk is one of the first fixtures to be removed.