Colour photograph, 1998
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This aerial photograph shows the west end of Glasgow, illustrating Kelvingrove Museum in its present-day setting alongside the University of Glasgow, Kelvin Hall and Kelvingrove Park.
Lithograph on paper, 1892
John W Simpson (1858-1933) and E J Milner Allen (c.1859-1912)
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The success of the International Exhibition held in Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow during 1888 led to a competition to design a new permanent museum building. This image is a copy of the winning entry designed by Sir John W Simpson and E J Milner Allen, which was published in The Building News in 1892.
The building’s foundation stone was laid in 1897 and a second international exhibition celebrated the inauguration of the new building in 1901, the largest event of its kind in Britain at that time.
The museum's collections came mainly from the McLellan Galleries and from the old Kelvingrove House Museum in Kelvingrove Park, which had been demolished to make way for the new exhibition buildings.
Lithograph on paper, 1892
John Honeyman (1831-1914) and John Keppie (1862-1945)
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Amongst the many other competition entries, there was one by the architectural firm of Honeyman and Keppie. It illustrates their scheme for the building, including ground floor and first floor plans.