{{Short description|Group of museums in Glasgow, Scotland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} [[File:Wfm kelvingrove museum front.jpg|thumb|right|The Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum]] '''Glasgow Museums''' is a group of museums and galleries owned by the [[Glasgow City Council|City of Glasgow]], [[Scotland]].<ref name="artuk">{{cite web|title=Glasgow Museums|url=https://artuk.org/visit/collection/glasgow-museums-568|publisher=ArtUK|accessdate=7 March 2018|archive-date=8 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308165109/https://artuk.org/visit/collection/glasgow-museums-568|url-status=dead}}</ref> They hold about 1.6 million objects including over 60,000 art works, over 200,000 items in the human history collections, over 21,000 items relating to transport and technology, and over 585,000 natural history specimens.<ref name="collections">{{cite web|title=Collections|url=https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/museums/collections|website=Museums|publisher=Glasgow Life|accessdate=17 April 2022}}</ref> They are managed by [[Glasgow Life]] (formally Glasgow Sport and Culture), an '[[arm's length principle|arm's length]]' external organisation contracted by [[Glasgow City Council]] to provide cultural, sporting and learning activities in the city.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Glasgow Life |url=https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/about-us |website=Glasgow Life |access-date=17 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="oscr">{{cite web |title=Culture and Sport Glasgow, SC037844 |url=https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=37844 |website=www.oscr.org.uk |publisher=Scottish Charity Regulator |access-date=17 April 2022}}</ref> The buildings and contents are wholly owned by [[Glasgow City Council]], the staff are employees of Glasgow City Council, and the charity is controlled by Glasgow City Council.
The museums and galleries are:<ref name="museums">{{cite web|title=Our Museums|url=https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/museums#venues|publisher=Glasgow Life|accessdate=17 April 2022}}</ref> *[[Burrell Collection]] *[[Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow|Gallery of Modern Art]] (GoMA) *Glasgow Museums Resource Centre<ref name="gmrc">{{cite web|title=Glasgow Museums Resource Centre|url=https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/museums/venues/glasgow-museums-resource-centre-gmrc|website=Museums|publisher=Glasgow Life|accessdate=17 April 2022}}</ref> * Kelvin Hall (Museum store)<ref name="kelvin">{{cite web|title=Kelvin Hall|url=https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/museums/venues/kelvin-hall|website=Museums|publisher=Glasgow Life|access-date=17 April 2022}}</ref> *[[Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum]] *[[The Open Museum]] *[[People's Palace, Glasgow|People's Palace]] *[[Provand's Lordship]] *[[Riverside Museum]] *[[Scotland Street School Museum]] *[[St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art]]
== Repatriations == Glasgow Museums has started [[Repatriation (cultural property)|repatriating]] stolen objects from their collections to their original cultures.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2022-08-19 |title=Glasgow Museums to return seven stolen artefacts to India |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-62604145 |access-date=2022-08-20}}</ref>
* India ** 6 items stolen from shines and temples in the 19th century<ref name=":0" /> ** [[Talwar|tulwar]] and [[scabbard]] stolen from the collection of [[Nizam of Hyderabad]] and sold to [[Archibald Hunter]] in 1905<ref name=":0" /> * Nigeria ** 19 [[Benin Bronzes]] taken during the [[Benin Expedition of 1897]]<ref name=":0" /> * Indigenous American tribes ** A [[ghost shirt]] from the [[Lakota people|Lakota nation]] was the first object from Glasgow Museums to be repatriated in 1998<ref name=":0" /> ** 25 items from Lakota and [[Sioux|Oceti Sakowin]] tribes, sold and donated to Glasgow Museums by George Crager, who worked for the [[Buffalo Bill]] Wild West Show. These will be returned to the [[Cheyenne River Indian Reservation|Cheyenne River Sioux]] and [[Oglala|Oglala Sioux]] tribes.<ref name=":0" />
==See also== *[[List of museums in Scotland]], including other museums in Glasgow not part of Glasgow Museums
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[[Category:Museums in Glasgow]]