Glasgow Riverside Museum

Brilliant museum and free entry as a big bonus. As we entered we were welcomed by a gentleman offering a free tour which we gratefully accepted. Having been joined by another couple we started the tour by going into the old Glasgow street scene which is fascinating and could occupy a visitor for half a day! The cafe and the public bar were very interesting and our guide was so good at bringing them to life. For example, in the bar there was a channel cut in the floor where the men would routinely spit! The position of women in the bar was also explained as was the development of "the snug". Even more interesting was the visit to the "subway". Our guide had first hand knowledge of how the underground had developed and the strange mechanism of propulsion. Fascinating. The rest of the museum was equally interesting e.g. steam trains, motorcars, motorcycles, trams and buses and much much more. We needed a sit down and refreshments after the tour so the cafe was very welcome. I wish that I'd made a note of our guide's name because he was so friendly and gave us all the interesting information we needed without overload. We'll be back to the Riverside Museum on our next visit to Glasgow without a doubt.

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Very nice and well maintained public museum with very interesting historical facts about Glasgow, the once at a time huge industry and transportation (cars, subway, trains, ships) in general. The entry was free! (Well done, UK). The museum itself is not that big. You can make a full tour in roughly 2 hours. Great environment to learn something new, both for old and young brains.

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Highly recommend this FREE museum. One of the unexpected highlights of our trip to Glasgow for the Commonwealth Games. There is so much to see and even do. It's a museum about different types of transport through the ages with cars through all the generations on shelves, like a miniature collection. But these are full sized cars!!! There are at least 5 full sized steam powered locomotives too, with steps/lifts up to the plate. There's a street with old pubs/cafés/record shops to go in and a mock up of the first underground trains in Glasgow. There's bicycles through the ages and motorbikes. Some of the most fascinating objects are within the nautical collections of ships, tugs, yachts, liners and naval battle craft on both floors. Truly captivating mainly because the life-sized versions were built on the Clyde. There's a car park to the front and the Tall Ship moored right behind (which closes at 4:30pm). There's a restaurant on the ground floor (which closes at 4pm) and a café on the first floor, which closes nearer to 5pm. It's a bit of a walk from Partick train station and not the best signposting. Buses don't turn in to the Riverside Museum so public transport is a challenge. It's a 20 minute walk to the SEC Armadillo and Hydro. I highly recommend the Riverside Museum and defy anyone not to find something of great interest.

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Modern museum for old cars, trams, locomotives, and much more. Entrance is free, and donations are welcomed. It's certainly worth a donation of whatever you can afford. We spent a good couple of hours exploring the artifacts and could have done with more time. We didn't have time to see the old sailing ship outside. There is so much to see. The museum is well laid out with good information boards that bring out the local details. There's a small cafe on the first floor (don't miss the displays on the first floor, we nearly missed them all together 😯). And there's a larger cafe on the ground floor. We were impressed and enjoyed our visit 😎👍👍👍👍

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