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Kelvin Hall

Kelvin Hall stands on the banks of the River Kelvin opposite Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in the West End of Glasgow.

Kelvin Hall

About Kelvin Hall

1445 Argyle Street, Glasgow West End G3 8AW
01412761450
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This unique partnership between Glasgow City Council, Glasgow Life, the University of Glasgow and the National Library of Scotland sees this historic building into an exciting new centre of cultural excellence providing collections’ storage, teaching and research, alongside a state-of-the-art Glasgow Club health and fitness centre.

Safe, secure and publicly accessible museum storage is being created for the internationally-important Hunterian and Glasgow Museum’s collections. Around 1.5million objects, currently stored in various locations around the city, will be relocated to the new facility. This includes the only surviving complete suite of interiors by Charles Rennie Mackintosh for Mrs Cranston’s Ingram Street tearooms which will undergo conservation works in public view. The National Library of Scotland’ will also be partners in the project which will provide a new home for the Moving Image Archive as well as access to the Library's extensive digital collections.

Upcoming Events at Kelvin Hall

Andy’s Man Club at Kelvin Hall

Selected dates between 13th January 2025 - 22nd December 2025

Andy's Man Club meets every Monday at 7pm in the Activity Space at Kelvin Hall... come along for a brew, a biscuit and a chat.

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Kelvin Hall Building Tour

Selected dates between 18th January 2025 - 13th December 2025

Join the volunteer tour guides for a free 45 minute tour of Kelvin Hall and take a peek behind the scenes in Glasgow Museums' store!

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The Lotus Club: Documentary Series

Selected dates between 26th February 2025 - 26th November 2025

The Lotus Club regularly screens documentaries, curated by two Glasgow-based Japanese journalists, at the National Library of Scotland at Kelvin Hall.

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Geo-Natter

Selected dates between 7th May 2025 - 3rd December 2025

Interested in rock or fossils and want to find out more about Scotland's geo-heritage? Head along to Geo Natter at Kelvin Hall in Glasgow to celebrate all things geological and palaeontological!

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Twilight Tour: Made of Stone

17th September 2025

Meet with Curator Jane Flint at Kelvin Hall to look at some of the range of worked stone objects in Glasgow Life Museums' Prehistoric Archaeology Collection.

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Doors Open Days: Lost Glasgow: Lost buildings

17th September 2025

Join the National Library of Scotland at Kelvin Hall for a talk and screening looking at the lost buildings of Glasgow as part of Doors Open Day and Glasgow 850.

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Doors Open Day: Behind The Scenes Centenary Tours

18th September 2025

Celebrate the National Library of Scotland's centenary with a free 'behind the scenes' tour of Scotland’s moving image and sound archive at Kelvin Hall!

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Doors Open Days: Shoebox City

20th September 2025

Join National Library of Scotland at Kelvin Hall for an all-ages creative session as part of Glasgow's Doors Open Days Festival and get hands on with imagining and building the city of the future!

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Doors Open Days: Finding Glasgow - Kelvin Hall (re)collects

20th September 2025

Join us at Kelvin Hall to discover Glasgow 850 through a series of talks, tours, films and conversations for Doors Open Day!

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Family Workshop: Monster Mascots

14th October 2025 - 15th October 2025

Join the Glasgow Life Museums Learning Team at Kelvin Hall for their Monster Mascots workshop and Create a mascot for Glasgow 850 inspired by the creatures in the museums collection!

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Autism Friendly Family Workshop: Monster Mascots

17th October 2025

Join the Glasgow Life Museums Learning Team at Kelvin Hall for their Monster Mascots workshop and Create a mascot for Glasgow 850 inspired by the creatures in the museums collection!

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Film Screening and Q&A - Sunshine and Jean Donnachie Documentary

22nd October 2025

Don't miss a screening of two original short films directed by Manu Kurewa, followed by a short Q&A at Kelvin Hall on Wednesday 22nd October.

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Halloween Hats

25th October 2025

Make some hat-stonishing Halloween hats at this drop in workshop for all the family at the National Library of Scotland at Kelvin Hall on Saturday 25th October!

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Mackintosh on Film

29th October 2025

Join the National Library of Scotland at Kelvin Hall on Wednesday 29th October for an evening showcasing Charles Rennie Mackintosh in film!

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100 Years in a Day

26th November 2025

'100 years in a day' will present a compilation of films from the National Library of Scotland at Kelvin Hall's Moving Image Archive, spanning a day's activities from over the last century.

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