History events in Glasgow
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Events in Glasgow
East Park: 150th Anniversary Exhibition
This exhibition explores the long history of East Park through a series of never-before-seen photographs at Maryhill Burgh Halls!
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Curious About Glasgow - Quirky Heritage Walks for the Curious!
Have fun discovering Glasgow on this award-winning, quirky, self-guided, heritage walk with a treasure hunt theme from Curious About!
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Glasgow Central Station Tours
Glasgow Central Tours offer you the chance to explore behind the scenes of Glasgow's most iconic and busiest landmarks, Central Station!
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Historic Tours of Glasgow University
Join a historic walking tour of the University of Glasgow the fourth oldest university in the English-speaking world!
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Glasgow Necropolis Walking Tours
The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis run regular friendly and informal walking tours of the Glasgow Necropolis!
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Burrell Bites
Enjoy a specially curated talk about the history and context of a new object(s) from the Burrell Collection each week, delivered by Curators, Gallery Assistants, Volunteer Guides and more!
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Themed Tours at The Burrell Collection
Join the Burrell Collection's expert Volunteer Guides as they take you on a journey through the collection with free themed weekly tours.
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Glasgow City Centre Walking Tour
This is a 1.5 hour tour that will take you around all the main sites of the city, giving you an excellent opportunity to find out about Glasgow's rich history and culture!
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Behind The Scenes Tour of GMRC
Glasgow Museums Resource Centre is home to over a million treasures, come and see for yourself on one of their regular Behind the Scenes Tours!
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Carmunnock Heritage Trail
Take a unique, free, self-guided, multi-media tour around Glasgow's last village - Carmunnock by following the Carmunnock Heritage Trail!
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Glasgow Music City Tours: Merchant City Tour
Get under the skin of Glasgow's vibrant music scene with this entertaining, guided walking tour of Merchant City and the East End from Glasgow Music City Tours!
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Gothic Glasgow
Join Gothic Glasgow's sinister host Vincent (The Man in the Hat), for a unique evening walking tour uncovering Glasgow's ghostly, strange, supernatural, creepy history!
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Charles Rennie Mackintosh Walking Tour
Join Walking Tours in Glasgow to explore the streets of Mackintosh's home city to experience and witness his lasting legacy!
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The Dark Side Of Glasgow
Want to know about Bible John? The Human Crocodile? The Gorbals Vampire? Arthur Thompson and his kin? Look no further! take a trip through Glasgow's macabre past with The Dark Side Tours!
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Summer Of Fun At Glasgow Museums
Glasgow Museums have a whole 'Summer of Fun' planned to keep the whole family entertained across the Summer Holidays!
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380th Anniversary Exhibition - Celebrating 380 Years of the Auld Kirk Building in Kirkintilloch
People are being offered the chance to travel through time as they explore the history of one of East Dunbartonshire's most iconic buildings.
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Beyond The Games
The legacy of the Commonwealth Games on Dalmarnock is at the heart of this new exhibition by BAFTA winning photographer and filmmaker Chris Leslie at Strange Field.
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Summer Tours of Maryhill Burgh Halls
Join the volunteers in the next few weeks as they show you around this living and breathing piece of history that is Maryhill Burgh Halls!
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Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust Family and Community Day
The Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust will be opening its Bridgeton Bus Garage to the public on Sunday 28th July for their annual Family and Community Day!
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Dining Tales with Marco Giannasi
Join Marco Giannasi, owner of Battlefield Rest, as he discusses his journey from taking on the dilapidated building to turning it into the iconic Southside restaurant and his new book, Dining Tales!
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A Talk About Scotland’s Victorian Kitchen with Peter Gilchrist
Join Scottish food historian Peter Gilchrist at Mackintosh at the Willow as he presents his ideas on the evolution of the Scottish Kitchen through the Victorian era.
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The Story Of Thermotank And The Invention Of Air-conditioning
Ian Johnston talks about his latest book on the little-known invention of air-conditioning on Clydeside at the end of the 19th century.
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Archaeology and Art
In this workshop, you will find out about some of the amazing prehistoric archaeology collections Kelvin Hall hold at the museum stores.
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Football’s Square Mile: The World’s Biggest Open-Air Football Museum
Graeme and Rory, from The Hampden Collection, will guide you through the story behind 21 heritage sites across Glasgow which make up Football's Square Mile at Glasgow City Heritage Trust!
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Scottish Geology Festival
Learn about the incredible stories hidden within Scotland's rocks when the Scottish Geology Festival returns for 2024 between September 1st and October 6th!
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Fighting for the Right to Work - Reflections on the UCS Work-in 1971-2
Don't miss a screening of two archive documentary films covering the momentous and successful Trade Union campaign to secure shipbuilding on the Clyde.
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Clydebuilt Festival
Back for 2024, the Clydebuilt Festival will return to the Riverside Museum and on the Clyde on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th September!
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Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust Open Sundays
The Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust opens its Bridgeton Bus Garage to the public on selected Sundays throughout the year!
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Tramway Backstage: Historical Tours
Join a backstage tour of Tramway on Saturday 14th or Sunday 15th September and learn about the building's rich past and present!
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Glasgow Antiques and Fine Art Society: Lucien Freud - The Art and The Man
Glasgow Antiques & Fine Arts Society present a talk by John Iddon, freelance lecturer and a guide at both Tate Britain and Tate Modern, on Lucien Freud - The Art and The Man.
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Specialist Tour: Ukiyo-e Japanese Prints
Join Dr Yupin Chung, Curator of East Asian Art, for a fascinating journey to explore the concepts, styles, and trends of Ukiyo-e Japanese Prints!
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PS Waverley: From Keel To Preservation, 1946 to 1975
Join Fairfield Heritage and Govan Workspace for a talk about the construction and life of the PS Waverley on the anniversary of its launch date.
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A Talk About The Temperance Movement in Scotland with Dr. Elspeth King
In this talk at Mackintosh at the Willow, retired museum curator Elspeth King will trace the history of the temperance movement in Scotland.
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Titanic Exhibition: Glasgow
Explore the Titanic story as you've never seen before! Combining unique immersive experiences with genuine artefacts, don't miss out on this unforgettable exhibition when it comes to Glasgow!
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An In-depth Look At Ship Model-making Over The Years
Leading model-maker Cemal Ozturk talks about his career with a focus on modelling ships at this talk for Fairfield Heritage and Govan Workspace.
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History Events in East Renfrewshire
Here's a selection of History Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On East Renfrewshire:
Family History For Beginners
This Family History Workshop, led by experienced genealogist Lorna Kinnaird, PGDip, ASGRA, FSA Scot, will give you the skills and knowledge you need to begin your family history research!
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House History for Beginners
This course led by an experienced genealogist will get you started on carrying out a house history in Scotland and will get you accessing some pretty amazing records!
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Family History: Delving Deeper
This half day course is ideal for those who have completed Family History for Beginners, or who already have some experience in family history research but would like to learn more.
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Here's a selection of History Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Edinburgh:
ScotlandsFest: Whit If? Scotland’s History as It Might Have Been - Hugh McMillan
Hugh McMillan is the ideal guide to all the micht-hiv-bins of Scottish history, as well as all that wis. Humour is guaranteed!
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ScotlandsFest: Edinburgh Witch or Just a B*tch? - Mary Craig
Hear the little-known story of one Edinburgh woman accused of witchcraft in the mid-17th century, warts and all.
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ScotlandsFest: We Are Scottish Football - Julie McNeill
With a pen dipped in passion, Julie McNeill explores the emotional landscape of football, bringing to life the highs and lows, triumphs and tribulations that define the beautiful game in Scotland.
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Here's a selection of History Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Fife:
Heritage Tour: East End of St Andrews
Enjoy a fascinating Heritage Tour of the East End of St Andrews and explore the rich history of this beautiful area with knowledgeable and local guides!
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St Andrews Memories
Drop in to The R & A World Golf Museum and have a chat whilst looking at photographs, objects and film footage from our collections!
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Dysart Townhouse Museum - Sunday Opening
Dysart Townhouse Museum will be open every Sunday afternoon from June 30th until September 15th so come along and explore the history of Dysart and Kirkcaldy!
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Here's a selection of History Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Lanarkshire:
The Fourth 50th Anniversary Talk - ‘Lowland Highlanders’
Join photographer John Irvine for the fourth of five talks celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Museum of Lead Mining.
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The Third 50th Anniversary Talk - ‘Dead Lead:- Lead, The Funeral Furnishing Trade 1600-2000’
Join Julian Litten, FSA for the third of five talks celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Museum of Lead Mining.
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Glitz and Glamour The Golden Age of Cinema in Scotland
This colourful exhibition at North Lanarkshire Heritage Centre showcases artefacts from Scotland's largest cinema collection!
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Here's a selection of History Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Renfrewshire:
Talk on The Glen Cinema Disaster, by Brian Hannan
Join Paisley Heritage Group for a talk with questions and answers session from Brian Hannan, author of The Glen Cinema Disaster book, on the very sad topic of the Glen Cinema disaster.
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Remode Youth Through the Mill project launch
Join Remode Youth to celebrate the launch of Through the Mill, Stories of Resilience and Renewal, a programme of textiles heritage events and creative sustainability focused workshops.
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Free Talk: Renfrewshire Weavers
Join The Urban Historian as he explores the heritage of the Renfrewshire weavers, concentrating on Paisley and Kilbarchan, in this evening talk!
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Here's a selection of History Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Stirling:
Scotland’s National Hero
Who was William Wallace? Listen as a costumed actor gives you an insight into the life of Scotland’s National Hero.
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Stirling Jailhouse Horrors
This autumn let our Prison Surgeon, Dr Forrest, thrill you with the Horrible History of Stirling’s terrible Tolbooth – the worst Jail in Britain!
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Stirling Ghostwalk
Join Stirling Old Town's most grumblesome Ghoul, the Happy Hangman, Jock Rankin, on a creepy, comic guided ghostwalk!
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History of Prestwick Airport Walking Tour
Prestwick Airport, just 30 miles south west of Glasgow has had a colourful history since aviation activity was first recorded over 110 years ago in 1913, find out more on one of these walking tours!
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Highlight Talks
On selected days throughout the year the team at Robert Burns Birthplace Museum and volunteers hold a Highlight Talk exploring the life and works of Robert Burns!
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