Glasgow’s Burrell Collection has reopened this week following a £68.25m refurbishment – and we’ve been along for a look.
The museum, which opened in Pollok Park in 1983, has been closed since October 2016, but as of this week, visitors can view items and collections which have not been seen for decades.
The collection – which includes objects from Europe and Asia, as well as closer to home – was donated to Glasgow by art collector Sir William Burrell in 1944.
We visited the collection before it reopened, and met with David Scott, who is Glasgow Life’s digital media manager, about bringing the exhibition into the 21st century.
You can find out more and visit The Burrell Collection website at www.burrellcollection.com
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The artistic director of Pitlochry Festival Theatre talks with SF about her creative plans for the future, while Perthshire artist Claire Harkess shares how she crafts her beautiful paintings of flora and fauna.
Astrid Wilson goes on a trip down memory lane by revisiting Perthshire, the place she fled to from Estonia.
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Landscape and natural history photographer Duncan Fraser seeks to conserve Scotland’s wilderness, while in wildlife, Cal Flyn explains how we can all take action to protect our country’s bumbling pollinators.
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