If you want to learn more about the cultural, religious, and ethnic background of people from Glasgow, there are many pay-what-you-want walking tours that can help. These guided tours will also include stops at notable places of worship and museums.
Not many venues can say that they put on over 500 performances every year, but the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland is one of them!
Glasgow City Centre
Glasgow’s city centre is a hive of activity, with all the department stores, fashion emporiums and familiar high street names you’d expect from any major city. A day of retail therapy will be thoroughly satisfying, with a trip around Argyle Street, George Square and Sauchiehall Street sure to please even the most demanding of shoppers.
The architecture of the city is also quite spectacular, with some beautiful Victorian buildings, including the stunning Glasgow School of Art, designed by the renowned Charles Rennie Mackintosh. There are also many other amazing buildings from the same era to explore, including Glasgow Cathedral and the fascinating Necropolis, which is modelled on the Pere-Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.
There are also plenty of affordable hotels in Merchant City Glasgow that allows you to stay in the heart of the City Centre.
The People’s Palace
The People’s Palace is a museum of social history set in Glasgow Green. It focuses on the city’s history from 1750 to present day. It showcases the history of the citizens of Glasgow through a wealth of historic artifacts and paintings, prints and photographs.
The museum is divided into two wings. One focuses on work in the city and how Glaswegians passed their free time, while the other explores housing in the city. From a middle class parlour to a one-room tenement, visitors can learn about how Glaswegians lived in the past.
Glasgow Cathedral
Faith is central to Glasgow’s story, from its Protestant beginnings to the interfaith city it has become today. So, it’s only fitting that the city has one of the world’s only public museums dedicated to religion.
The cathedral was founded on the site of a monastery by St Kentigern in the 6th century and was probably built as a small wooden church. The stone church was consecrated during the reign of King David in 1136 and it is believed that St Kentigern’s tomb is in the crypt or lower church.
The cathedral is a must-see for all visitors to the city and it has one of the finest post-war collections of stained glass windows in Britain.
Royal Conservatoire
Previously known as the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, the RCS is one of the world’s top schools for performing arts. It offers world-class training across a diverse range of performance styles and production techniques.
It’s unique in being able to partner with all of the national artistic companies, giving students unprecedented side-by-side learning opportunities that help them grow into the artists they want to be. That’s why so many of its teachers are active practitioners in their professional fields, ensuring that the curriculum has a strong vocational relevance.
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