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Hillhead offers two different ways to slow down with children: shared reading and making at the Byres Road library, and fossils, paintings and carefully reconstructed rooms on the University of Glasgow’s Gilmorehill campus. The Hunterian’s public museum and art gallery have family trails and free entry, while the Mackintosh House has a separate adult charge and significant stairs. Choose a library programme for your child’s age, or build a self-paced museum visit around what catches their curiosity. Book a dated tour or family art session separately rather than assuming the everyday opening hours include an organised activity.

Choose songs and making at Hillhead Library, or fossils and family art trails on the University of Glasgow’s Gilmorehill campus. The public Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery are free; the Mackintosh House has separate adult tickets and significant stairs.

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Hillhead offers two different ways to slow down with children: shared reading and making at the Byres Road library, and fossils, paintings and carefully reconstructed rooms on the University of Glasgow’s Gilmorehill campus. The Hunterian’s public museum and art gallery have family trails and free entry, while the Mackintosh House has a separate adult charge and significant stairs. Choose a library programme for your child’s age, or build a self-paced museum visit around what catches their curiosity. Book a dated tour or family art session separately rather than assuming the everyday opening hours include an organised activity.

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Little Look Club

Gla.ac.uk

Hillhead

All primary-aged children with an accompanying adult

Explore artworks through imaginative conversation with other primary-age children and their adults.

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The Mackintosh House

Hillhead

Explore the reassembled rooms designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh.

Under 18s free; adult admission charged · Adult £12; concession £8; under 18 free

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  • Hillhead Library

    Hillhead Library, Byres Road, Glasgow, G12 8AP

  • Hunterian Art Gallery

    Hunterian Art Gallery, 82 Hillhead Street, Glasgow, G12 8QQ

  • Hunterian Museum

    Hunterian Museum, Gilbert Scott Building, University Avenue, Glasgow

  • Hunterian Zoology Museum

    Hunterian Zoology Museum, Graham Kerr Building, Gilmorehill campus, Glasgow

  • The Mackintosh House

    Hunterian Art Gallery, 82 Hillhead Street, Glasgow, G12 8QQ

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