Where is The Open Museum?

The Open Museum is in central Scotland, United Kingdom (postcode G53 7LS).

How do I get to The Open Museum?

The nearest railway station is Nitshill, about 0.3 km away. Drivers can use postcode G53 7LS.

How do I get to The Open Museum?

The nearest railway station is Nitshill, about 0.3 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode G53 7LS.

Museums · Central Scotland

The Open Museum

In or near Neilston.

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The Open Museum — community museum in Glasgow, Scotland, UK.

Plan your visit

Typical visit: 1.5 h–3 h
Best time of year: Year-round
Nearest railway station: Nitshill · 0.3 km

Family-friendly
Wheelchair accessible

Getting there & planning your visit

The Open Museum is located in Glasgow City, with the postcode G53 7LS. The nearest railway station is Nitshill, which is 0.3 km away. Entry is free, and the museum is wheelchair accessible.

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The Open Museum is a museum in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1989. Wikidata describes it as: "community museum in Glasgow, Scotland, UK". Coordinates: 55.8115°, -4.3658°.

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From the Wikipedia article

The Open Museum is a community museum in Glasgow, Scotland. The Open Museum is run out of the Glasgow Museums Resource Centre. It brings museum collections beyond the limits of the museum walls and out into the Glasgow community. The Open Museum is one of ten museums under the broader title the Glasgow Museums and many consider the Open Museum to be the “outreach arm.” Founded in 1989, the Glasgow Open Museum's goal is to let the public explore their archive without necessarily having to come to the museum. The people of Glasgow are allowed to use the objects for their own research and exhibitions.

Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.

Background

History

Since 1989, the museum has worked with schools, senior centres, businesses, and prisons in addition to encouraging the public to engage with staff on community projects that explore contemporary issues that impact Glasgow. The Glasgow Open Museum's goal is to create a more fluid relationship with the public and to bring the Museum to those that cannot make their way inside the museum. In America a trend of artist inspired exhibits helped museums bring their pieces from the archives onto display, but never have American museums let the local public interact with the objects in the archives the way the Open Museum does.

Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Coordinates: 55.8115, -4.3658
District: Glasgow City
Postcode: G53 7LS
Parliamentary constituency: Glasgow South West
Established: 1989
Nearest railway station: Nitshill — 0.3 km
Official site: glasgowcan.org

Sources

wikidata: Q79806690 (CC0)
wikipedia: The Open Museum (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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