Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum description and photos - Great Britain: Glasgow (Topic)

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum description and photos - UK: Glasgow. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The title in English is Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum.

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The Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is located in Glasgow, Scotland and is the most visited museum in Scotland and the UK outside of London.

The Spanish Baroque building was built in 1901 from the traditional Glasgow red sandstone. The opening of the gallery took place in preparation for the International Exhibition in Glasgow. The central place in the main hall is occupied by a magnificent organ. There is an urban legend that the building was built backwards, and the architect jumped from one of the towers when he saw that the facades were reversed. However, this is just a myth.

The core of Kelvingrove's art collection was a collection of paintings donated to the museum from the McLellan Gallery, named for the founder and patron of the arts Archibald McLellan. The museum displays paintings by famous European masters: Rembrandt, Rubens, Botticelli, Titian, Picasso, Dali. It also contains a large collection of works by Scottish painters.

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