Hidden Histories Tours
Curators at The Burrell Collection hold monthly Hidden Histories Tours exploring different aspects of the museum's magnificent collection!
About Hidden Histories Tours
| 3rd November 2025 | |
| 12.30pm | |
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The Burrell Collection 2060 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow South Side G43 1AT |
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| This is a free event | |
| Event organiser/part of Glasgow Museums | |
| Visit the event website here |
Monday 1st September: Matthijs Maris: Art and Mental Health
Painter Matthijs Maris was a unique and misunderstood character within the context of nineteenth-century Dutch art. Maris painted with what he identified as an instinctive feeling, striving to capture the phenomena of his mind, as opposed to catering to the tastes and restrictions of the art market. His commitment to capturing natural creative energy left him a social and artistic outlier, reportedly resulting in a severe mental decline.
Join art historian and volunteer Becca, as well as curator Pippa Stephenson-Sit for an in-gallery exploration of the complex mind of Matthijs Maris embodied by his art, how his contemporaries characterised him, and how we might better understand and appreciate him today.
Monday 3rd November: Magic Metals and Suspicious Substances: The Hidden World of the Medieval Metalworker
To the makers of the arms and armour you see on display metalworking was not a science. Their knowledge of the properties of metal was gained through craft training and based on a totally different way of understanding the physical world and its substances.
Join Curator of European Arms and Armour Ralph Moffat for a short in-gallery talk to find out more about this hidden knowledge.
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