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Kelvin Hall Open Collections

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National Library digital & moving image archives, plus varied museum exhibits in a 1926 building. People often mention staff, Kelvin,


Address

1445 Argyle St, Glasgow G3 8AW, United Kingdom

Website

kelvinhall.org.uk

Contact

+44 141 276 1450

Rating on Google Maps

4.50 (518 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Wednesday: 6:30 am to 10 pm
  • Thursday: 6:30 am to 10 pm
  • Friday: 6:30 am to 10 pm
  • Saturday: 8 am to 5 pm
  • Sunday: 8 am to 8 pm
  • Monday: 6:30 am to 10 pm
  • Tuesday: 6:30 am to 10 pm

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: staff (7) Kelvin (6)
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  • 4/5 macedonboy 5 years ago on Google
    Not been here for some time and the place has be refurbished since the last time I visited many years ago. The building is of course magnificent. I came here not for the sports but the museum collections. Housed in the Kelvin Hall is a collection resulting from a partnership between the National Library of Scotland and other Glasgow museums. Kelvin Hall now provides a shared collections storage facility with public access called the Kevin Hall Open Collection. So now housed in this one building are the National Library's digital and moving image collections, collections from the Hunterian and other Glasgow Museums. Nice place to to spend an afternoon of eclectic museum collections
    8 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Martin L. 2 years ago on Google
    Great collection of different subject areas. Really interesting time at the museum. Thank you.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 James B. 5 years ago on Google
    Great place for a workout the staff are really friendly and eager to help you with your training programs, you can have a lovely relaxing shower after your workout, they provide shower gel free of charge. The staff check the changing rooms on a regular basis and ensure that they are kept clean thus ensuring a pleasant experience for everybody.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 james t. 5 years ago on Google
    Probably the only chance to see what was billed as the most complete 67 million year old t rex skeleton in the world, there was lots of interactive exhibits which my daughter enjoyed and there was lots of information about t rex 🦖, the entry fee was really steep, I paid £22 for me and my 6 year old daughter, £14 for an adult and £8 for a child, there was no free parking either
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Mandy M. 1 year ago on Google
    Great class BUT omg they really really need to employ some cleaner for cleaning the toilets they were filthy today
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Erwin O. 1 year ago on Google
    Only gripe is how they handle end of session. Started setting up metal sides for tennis/badminton on the court while play was still in progress. Very unsafe.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 AK M. 1 year ago on Google
    This place is amazing. Coming here since last 6 years. Joined the gym few months ago. Its a amazing place but i think they do lack some equipment's, i.e.- skipping ropes etc. Despite that, a very nice clean place.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Tariq K. 5 years ago on Google
    Very friendly staff nice and clean badminton courts, not to forget the toilets. I have not use the gym area but assuming it must be nice too. The only structural problem is that this summer the courts were too hot for game. I am guessing the ventilation system in the basketball and badminton courts needs some attention for only that reason 4 stars otherwise would have given 5.

  • 4/5 Johnny G. 6 years ago on Google
    Cool place

  • 3/5 Janis Marshall R. 5 years ago on Google
    Attended a birthday party in the gymnastic hall. The equipment the kids had access to was absolutely superb but much as the two staff were friendly and helpful when approached, they did not venture from the sideline where they were chatting. It would have been great to have them more hands on to enhance the experience for the kids who were very young and (barring one or two) had no experience of this type of equipment. The children were also desperate for a drink and so it would be helpful to provide paper cups on order that they can use a water fountain. Don't get me wrong, it is a brilliant idea for a party but there is room for improvement organisationally.

  • 5/5 Colin M. 4 years ago on Google
    The best kitted out gym I've ever seen, if you like variety you'll love it. Also has a great functional fitness set up for body-weight exercises although the ceiling is too low for muscle-ups.

  • 5/5 gord m. 4 years ago on Google
    i love this place, the National Library part is where I go. It's excellent and normally very quiet. It seems to me to be the West Ends best kept secret. I'm often in there on my own , apart from the 2 or 3 staff. I only go on Friday's so I can't speak for other days. The archive films which are accessible from numerous comfortable individual stations are brilliant. I've revisited my childhood numerous times. If you haven't been then GO, you won't be disappointed.

  • 5/5 David P. 6 years ago on Google
    Really great centre with a vast range of sports and activities to do. Fantastic gym with modern and varied equipment.

  • 5/5 Euan C. 5 years ago on Google
    Amazing facilities and nice spacious gym. Easily one of the nicest gyms I’ve ever been in. Staff are very helpful and friendly too 👍🏼

  • 5/5 Martin �. 2 years ago on Google
    Great gym very well kitted out especially for a council gym or any gym for that matter.

  • 5/5 Sandy L. 2 years ago on Google
    Absolutely brilliant day at my daughters party staff where so professional and bent over backwards to help....especially the guys at reception James and suzie made everything so easy. Thank you kelvin hall

  • 5/5 Nothando M. 1 year ago on Google
    Amazing on Sunday 12 to 2 there is glasgow fevers basketball it is amazing Take your kids

  • 5/5 Ossian L. 7 years ago on Google
    The Kelvin Halls Open Collection is an incredible combined open-access research and storage facility made possible through the partnership of Glasgow Museums, Glasgow University Hunterian Museum and the National Library of Scotland. Housed in the lovingly refurbished Kelvin Hall, visitors are able to view the items from the Glasgow Museums' Collection and the Hunterian Collection which are not on display in the respective museums. The facility is also home to the National Library of Scotland's Digital Collections which include the entire Moving Image Archive and access to all digitised resource materials such as newspapers and maps, etc. The Open Collections has good disabled access and a pretty decent cafe with views over the River Kelvin. A befitting inheritor to the much loved Transport Museum which used to be housed there (now re-branded as the Riverside Museum at its new home downstream the Kelvin where it meets the Clyde)! 5*****

  • 5/5 TREGAROT I. 6 years ago on Google
    Nice art, free, some variety. I like the fact it's in a gym place

  • 5/5 John O. 5 years ago on Google
    Beautiful artwork. Worth checking out.

  • 4/5 Leslie 4 years ago on Google
    Lovely modernisation

  • 3/5 robin d. 4 years ago on Google
    nice but too expensive Trex exhibition, rest of the collection needs a thourough rethinking and upgrade, as it is not clear what it has on offer. Friendly staff.

  • 5/5 Graham A. 4 years ago on Google
    T-Rex. Stunning.

  • 5/5 Marie D. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Great sports and cultural center. Visit of the exhibition on Trix, Europe's largest T-Rex, superbly preserved. Beyond the skeleton itself which fascinates, attractions all around, very fun and very interesting explanations. A great time with family. (Original) Super centre sportif et culturel. Visite de l'exposition sur Trix, le plus grand T-Rex d'Europe, superbement conservé. Au-delà du squelette lui-même qui fascine, des attractions tout autour, très ludiques et explications très intéressantes. Un excellent moment en famille.

  • 5/5 Julian S. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Very good (Original) Muy bueno


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Amenities


  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible lift
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible toilet
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible car park
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible entrance

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