Introduction

This morning undertook a 7 mile round trip hike to visit the revamped Burrell Collection in Glasgow Southside. (To hike was a personal choice, the site is easily accessed by public transport, bicycle or car.)

More information on the Burrell Collection

In total there are some 8,000 objects which were assembled by a former shipping magnate names Sir William Burrell.

This unique collection was donated to the City of Glasgow by Sir William and Lady Burrell in 1944. The collection comprises paintings, sculpture, tapestries, ceramics, stained glass, furniture, silver, metalwork and objects d’art from many time periods.

The collection is housed in a dedicated building located in Pollok Park. This is open to the public and comprises extensive acreage, walkways, a river and 18th century mansion. Latter is known as Pollok House and is also open to visitors.

The collection can be categorised as follows:

Ancient Civilisations: Art and objects from Iraq, Iran, Egypt, Greece, and Italy.

Oriental Art: Chinese ceramics, Chinese bronzes, Chinese furniture, Chinese jade and, Japanese prints.

Central Asian Embroideries.

Near Eastern Ceramics

Near Eastern Carpets

Medieval Europe: sculpture and church art, tapestries, stained glass, lace and domestic arts.

Decorative Arts: silver.

Arms and Armour

European Ceramics

Treen.

Glass

Needlework

Furniture

Paintings: early paintings, Dutch and British paintings, the Hague School, French paintings.

Prints and Drawings

Sculpture

Images of exhibits

Below is provided images of a selection of items from the Collection.

More information for the visitor

Information on Glasgow and other Scottish cities can be found in the Visitors’ Guide to Scotland. This publication is available via hard copy and Kindle. The ISBN is 978-1-9161332-0-4.