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Art History Festival ‘The Burrells’ Legacy: A Great Gift to Glasgow – Exhibition Tour’

Wednesday 21 September, 2022

Join Burrell Project Curator, Laura Bauld, on a guided tour of the new Burrell special exhibition _The Burrells’ Legacy: A Great Gift to Glasgow_. The tour will explore the legacy of Sir William Burrell and his wife, Constance Burrell, as collectors and their motivations in establishing an internationally renowned museum. The tour will explore key collection areas collected by the Burrells including 19th-century French art, Chinese ceramics, Islamic textiles, medieval art object, and ancient civilisation artefacts from Egypt, Rome and Greece.

Image: Mosaic fragment of a cockerel, 1st century BC, Italy, The Burrell Collection. © CSG CIC Glasgow Museums Collection

Dates & Times

The Burrell Collection
Pollock Country Park 2060 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow, G43 1AT
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Wed 21 Sep 14:00- 15:00

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