Glasgow Museum of Transport

The Glasgow Museum of Transport in Glasgow, Scotland was established in 1964 and initially located at a former tram depot in Pollokshields. In 1987 the museum was relocated to the city's Kelvin Hall, then moved to its current location in the Riverside Museum building at Glasgow Harbour in 2011.^[1]

History

The Museum of Transport was first established in 1964. Created in the wake of the closure of Glasgow's tramway system in 1962, it was initially located at the former Coplawhill tram depot on Albert Drive in Pollokshields, before moving to the Kelvin Hall. The old building was subsequently converted into the Tramway arts centre.

The museum was then situated inside the Kelvin Hall opposite the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in the West End of Glasgow. The Kelvin Hall was built in 1927, originally as an exhibition centre, but was converted in 1987 to house the Museum of Transport and the Kelvin Hall International Sports Arena.

The Kelvin Hall site itself closed in April 2010, with the Museum moving to its third home at the new Riverside Museum in 2011.

Museum of Transport (1987 - 2010)

Model of the RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 in the Clyde Room (Kelvin Hall)

Accurate full-scale recreation of a pre-1977 Glasgow Subway station, featuring salvaged items from the former Merkland Street subway station (Kelvin Hall)

The Museum of Transport in the Kelvin Hall was one of the most popular museums of transport in the United Kingdom, attracting half a million visitors a year, and housed many exhibits of national and international importance.

Road vehicles

The museum housed the oldest surviving pedal cycle and the world's leading collection of Scottish-built cars and trucks, including pioneering examples from Scottish manufacturers Argyll, Arrol-Johnston and Albion. More modern Scottish-built cars, namely the Rootes Group's Hillman Imp, Chrysler Avenger and Chrysler Sunbeam were represented too along with many other motorcars in a large showroom-type display sponsored by Arnold Clark.

All forms of transport were featured, from horse-drawn vehicles to fire engines, from motorcycles to caravans, even toy cars and prams.

Ship models

In the Clyde Room was a display of some 250 ship models, representing the contribution of the River Clyde and its shipbuilders and engineers to maritime trade and the Royal Navy, including the Comet of 1812, the Hood, the Howe, the Queen Mary, and the Queen Elizabeth and the QE2.

Railway and municipal transport exhibits

Locomotive manufacture was also an important Glasgow industry and the museum celebrated the city's railway heritage, including locomotives such as:

The Caledonian Railway - Caley No. 123 single driver
Highland Railway - No. 103, the Jones Goods
Great North of Scotland Railway - Gordon Highlander No. 49
Glasgow and South Western Railway - 5 Class 0-6-0T no. 9
Andrew Barclay 0-6-0 Fireless locomotive, South of Scotland Electricity Board, No. 1
First ScotRail - Class 380 EMU (full-scale model)

Model of the old St Enoch Station at the Transport Museum (Kelvin Hall)

Other main exhibits displayed the evolution of Glasgow's public transport system and included seven Glasgow Corporation Tramways tramcars from different eras, Glasgow Corporation Trolleybuses, and the reconstruction of "Kelvin Street", which aimed to recapture the atmosphere of 1930s Glasgow, including full-scale replicas of a pre-1977 Glasgow Subway station and the Regal Cinema, which played Scottish transport documentaries such as Seawards the Great Ships.

The new Glasgow Museum of Transport (Riverside Museum)

New Museum of Transport

Main article: Riverside Museum

The museum at Kelvin Hall closed on 18 April 2010, with most of its collections moved to the new purpose-built Riverside Museum in Glasgow Harbour on the Clyde, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects and engineers Buro Happold.^[2] The new museum opened on Tuesday 21 June 2011.

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Art galleries and museums in Glasgow

Art Galleries	Gallery of Modern Art Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery Burrell Collection McLellan Galleries Pollok House

Museums	Glasgow Museum of Transport Glasgow Science Centre St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art People's Palace Provand's Lordship Scotland Street School Museum Scottish Football Museum The Lighthouse Riverside Museum

See also: Glasgow art & culture

The City of Glasgow

History	Timeline of Glasgow history

Politics	City Chambers Lord Provost Red Clydeside Battle of George Square Scottish Parliament electoral region Glasgow's miles better

Geography	Climate Demographics Subdivisions Glasgow city centre Greater Glasgow Urban Area River Clyde

Culture	Architecture Art Festivals Glasgow Fair Glasgow patter Media Music venues Parks Famous Glaswegians

Transport	Glasgow Central station Queen Street station Glasgow Airport Prestwick Airport Subway Clyde Tunnel Kingston Bridge Trams (until 1962) Trolleybuses (until 1967)

Education	Schools Colleges University of Strathclyde Glasgow Caledonian University University of Glasgow Glasgow Medical School Glasgow School of Art Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama

Religion	Archbishop of Glasgow (Roman Catholic) Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway (Episcopalian) Churches Glasgow Cathedral Glasgow Central Mosque Presbytery of Glasgow (Church of Scotland) Saint Mungo Sectarianism

Sport	Celtic F.C. Rangers F.C. Partick Thistle F.C. Clyde F.C. Queen's Park F.C. Glasgow Warriors West of Scotland Cricket Club Hampden Park Hamilton Crescent Scottish Football Museum 2014 Commonwealth Games Old Firm Glasgow Rocks

Attractions	Ashton Lane Buchanan Street Burrell Collection Celtic Park Clyde Auditorium Concert Hall Gallery of Modern Art Glasgow Green Holmwood House Ibrox Stadium Museum of Transport Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum Pollok House Glasgow Science Centre Willow Tearooms Glasgow International Hilton Hotel List of tallest buildings and structures in Glasgow

Health	Gartnavel General Hospital Glasgow effect Glasgow Royal Infirmary Stobhill Hospital Western Infirmary

Category

Museums and Art Galleries of Scotland

National Museums of Scotland	National Museum of Scotland National Museum of Costume National Museum of Flight National Museum of Rural Life National Museums Collection Centre National War Museum

Other museums	Aberdeen Maritime Museum Alloa Tower Angus Folk Museum Biggar Museum Trust British Golf Museum Broughty Castle Museum David Livingstone Centre Dick Institute Discovery Point Dumfries Museum Dundee Museum of Transport Fife Folk Museum Glasgow Museum of Transport Gordon Highlanders Museum Grampian Transport Museum Highland Folk Museum Highland Museum of Childhood Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery Inveraray Jail Inverness Museum and Art Gallery John Knox House Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum King's Museum Kirkcaldy Museum and Art Gallery Marischal Museum McManus Galleries Mills Observatory Museum of Ayrshire Country Life and Costume Museum of Childhood Museum of Edinburgh Museum of Scottish Lighthouses New Lanark Newhaven Heritage Museum North Lanarkshire Heritage Centre People's Palace People's Story Museum Perth Museum and Art Gallery Provand's Lordship Provost Skene's House Scotland Street School Museum Scotland’s Jute Museum @ Verdant Works Scottish Fisheries Museum Scottish Football Museum Scottish Maritime Museum Scottish Railway Museum Signal Tower Museum St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art Stewartry Museum Stirling Smith Museum and Art Gallery Summerlee, Museum of Scottish Industrial Life Surgeons' Hall The Tolbooth St Andrews Museum

National Galleries of Scotland	Dean Gallery Duff House Paxton House Royal Scottish Academy Building Scottish National Gallery Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Scottish National Portrait Gallery

Other galleries	Aberdeen Art Gallery Burrell Collection Dundee Contemporary Arts Fruitmarket Gallery Gallery of Modern Art McLellan Galleries Pier Arts Centre Queen's Gallery Talbot Rice Gallery Tramway

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