GLASGOW’S world-renowned Burrell Collection will open to the public next year following an extensive £68 million refurbishment.

It’s been described as “the UK’s biggest museum project at the moment” and includes a redisplay of a collection of 9,000 works of art amassed over 75 years by Sir William Burrell (1861-1958).

This includes paintings from five centuries and artworks from five millennia, many of which have not been seen for decades, or have never been on permanent display.

Visitors can enjoy some of the finest Chinese ceramics in Europe, among the best examples of medieval stained glass and tapestries in the world and art by renowned artists including Degas, Cezanne and Manet.

Set against the backdrop of Glasgow’s largest green space, Pollok Country Park, the refurbished building, with new gallery spaces, displays and facilities will be an exemplar of sustainable low carbon design. It will open in March 2022.

The museum’s environmental performance has been enhanced by greatly improving the building’s exterior and by replacing power, heating and lighting systems with more efficient sustainable technologies.

It will offer greater insight than ever before through an inclusive approach to interpretation, including dynamic digital, tactile and hands-on displays to give visitors a better understanding of the outstanding works of artistic, historical and cultural significance and the people who made, used or owned them.

Sir William Burrell, the owner of a successful shipping company in Glasgow and his wife Constance, Lady Burrell, gifted The Collection to the City of Glasgow in 1944.

At the time it was described as “one of the greatest gifts ever made to any city in the world".

Nearly half of the funding for the £68.25 million project was committed by Glasgow City Council with significant contributions from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, The Scottish Government, the UK Government, and from many generous trusts and private donors.

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