Top rated Museums in Glasgow

Experience the best that Glasgow has to offer with our curated list of top-rated places. Sorted by average review scores from venues boasting over 30 reviews, these establishments promise exceptional quality and experiences to elevate your visit in the city. This list contains 19 places from Museum category.

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Bridgeton Bus Garage
Museum
👍👍 I’ve been to the GVVT a few times and I am never disappointed. I was shown around the collection by the amazing Ed Bonner. Who’s knowledge of the collection is vast and never ending!
4.90 (100 reviews)
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Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
Art gallery
Impressive sights of diverse Scottish & international art with natural history displays.
4.70 (19.3K reviews)
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Riverside Museum
Museum
Hyper-modern museum with collections of historic vehicles and state-of-the-art interactive displays.
4.70 (16.6K reviews)
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The Burrell Collection
Art museum
Custom-built all-inclusive collection comprising ceramics, tapestries, glass and decorative arts.
4.70 (1.7K reviews)
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Glasgow Police Museum
Museum
👍👍 Wow, what a little hidden gem in Glasgow! A small, but well stocked museum giving you the history of policing in Glasgow. Run by extremely friendly volunteers whom served within the police force, they love to tell you little tidbits of history. My fiancé absolutely loved it here. Highly recommend a...
4.70 (531 reviews)
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Hunterian Museum
Museum
👍 Not a huge museum but well laid out and presented. Access is good for wheelchairs via a lift, and there are accessible toilets on a lower floor. It has a small, but good Roman section and some fascinating collection, from Egyptian mummy's to insects and dinosaurs. There is an upstairs gallery whic...
4.70 (518 reviews)
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Pollok House Gardens
Garden
👍 Great place when visiting Pollock Country Park. Can find a lot of bird playing around here
4.70 (77 reviews)
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Govan Old Church
Historical landmark
Free entry to Victorian church with a collection of 31 significant early medieval carved stones.
4.70 (37 reviews)
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The Tenement House
Museum
4-room flat that provide an insight into the everyday lifestyles of the early 20th-century.
4.60 (798 reviews)
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Scottish Football Museum
Museum
Museum promoting the unique football heritage of Scotland from the 19th century to the present day.
4.60 (343 reviews)
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Glasgow Central tours
Museum
😠 Never been so bored. A two hour tour that should have been 10 minutes. Saw an underground car park and some corridors. The highlight was a disused platform. The guide spent 20 mins talking about herself and 1.5 hrs about random and non relevant Glasgow trivia. Avoid. I doubt it would even appeal...
4.60 (58 reviews)
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Kelvin Hall Open Collections
Museum
National Library digital & moving image archives, plus varied museum exhibits in a 1926 building.
4.50 (518 reviews)
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Hunterian Zoology Museum
Museum of zoology
Notable building hosting collections of coins, dinosaur fossils and Roman and Viking artifacts.
4.50 (227 reviews)
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Glasgow Museums Resource Centre
Museum
👍👍 Off the beaten track. They offer free guided tours of the massive collection of 1.2 million items in storage. All the items are stored in meshed casing or on racks. If there are only a few people on the tour it will be tailored to the group interests. We saw fossils, taxidermy, Indian truck panels,...
4.50 (135 reviews)
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Royal Highland Fusiliers Regimental Museum
Museum
👍👍 A fascinating and emotive museum which seems be forgotten about being at "wrong" end of Sauchiehall Street.Very well presented and a very efficient staff.Very disappointed I could not stay longer but will be back for a long visit in next few months. The building does have a WATER GENERATED LIFT desi...
4.50 (85 reviews)
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Maryhill Burgh Halls
Museum
Restored Victorian building, community & events space with an on-site museum & cafe
$ $$$
4.50 (40 reviews)
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People's Palace
History museum
Exhibits describing Glasgow's industrial past & the local vernacular, plus an on-site cafe.
4.40 (3.4K reviews)
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St. Mungo Museum Of Religious Life & Art
Museum
Stately, castle-like building with eclectic religious art and artifacts spanning centuries.
4.40 (464 reviews)
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The National Piping Centre
Music college
Venue with rehearsal rooms and an auditorium to promote the study and history of Highland Bagpipes.
4.40 (460 reviews)
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