The Burrell Collection has won @kidsinmuseums Family Friendly Museum Award for Best Large Museum 2025! 🌟🏆
This award celebrates museums, galleries and heritage attractions that go the extra mile to provide an excellent family friendly experience. Launched in 2004, the award recognises venues that are the most welcoming, fun, and accessible for families.
We'd like to share a massive thank you to the family judges who visited the museum this year as part of the judging process and to @kidsinmuseums for the shortlist 🙌
Congratulations to all winners and shortlisted museums, including @glasgowgoma Glasgow Museums' Intercultural Youth Group (ICY), shortlisted for Best Museum Youth Project: Social Justice ⭐
[Image: Award plaque for Kids in Museums reads 'The Burrell Collection WINNER Best Large Museum Family Friendly Museum Award 2025'. The award is wooden with a white and blue coloured decal showing Kids in Museums logo - an illustration by Quentin Blake of people surrounding a woolly mammoth.]
Here's to our amazing staff that helped #TheBurrellCollection win #MuseumoftheYear 2023 🥳
Visit our website to find out more about the 10th-anniversary edition of the world's largest museum prize | Link in bio
Reminder 📢 Tramway Beyond Walls is bringing contemporary circus to Pollok Park this weekend!
JOURNEY by Cirqulation, Scotland’s travelling contemporary circus ensemble, is a stunning, emotionally resonant ride through stories of change, challenge, and connection.
Join us for a vibrant outdoor showcase of thrilling, theatrical circus acts 🎪
📍Outside The Burrell Collection in Pollok Park | This Sunday 17 May from 3pm to 4pm. Free and open to all.
@glasgowtramway@cirqulationcabaret
Want to learn more about our objects? Come to our weekly Burrell Bite - a free, short object talk by a volunteer or staff member. This week we will discuss Harrington Hall panel. Meet at the reception desk at 12:30pm on Wednesday
Themed tours at the Burrell this May🗯️
Join our expert Volunteer Guides as they take you on a journey through the collection with free themed weekly tours. No booking required, join us by the tour meeting point screen near reception.
Discover tour times and more 🔗 Link in bio
This Saturday 9 May | The museum becomes the runway with Return to the Garden
Gain an exclusive first look at designs inspired by the collection from designer Flora McFarlane, explore the museum after dark, and chat with the curators and conservators who research and care for the collection.
Remaining tickets available 🔗 Link in bio
@glasgowtramway Beyond Walls is bringing contemporary circus to Pollok Park this May
JOURNEY by Cirqulation, Scotland’s travelling contemporary circus ensemble, is a stunning, emotionally resonant ride through stories of change, challenge, and connection.
Join us for a vibrant showcase of thrilling, theatrical circus acts performed by some of the country’s most exciting artists.
Sunday 17 May at The Burrell Collection in Pollok Park, from 3pm to 4pm. It is free, and open to all.
@cirqulationcabaret
One month left! 📢 Glasgow Museums art competition for young people aged 3 – 18 is still open for entries. Visit the Burrell Collection to draw your favourite object on display, or take inspiration from the building itself.
Schools or individual entrants wishing to take part have until Friday 29th May to submit their artworks.
For more information and entry requirements visit our website 🔗 Link in bio
Want to learn more about our objects? Come to our weekly Burrell Bite - a free, short object talk by a volunteer or staff member. This week we will discuss silver salts. Meet at the reception desk at 12:30pm on Wednesday
Due to a technical fault, the main doors to the Burrell Collection are currently closed. You can still access the building through the Heritage wing and and the lower ground doors by the restaurant.
sunny day + iced drink = match(a) made in heaven 🌞💚
this is your sign to pick up one of @benugouk 's new iced drinks from their spring summer menu... the perfect accompaniment to your visit to Pollok Park!
🎨☀️ Planning a visit this weekend?
Please note that due to unforeseen circumstances our facilitated Discover! family activity will not take place this weekend, but that there are plenty of trails to choose from!
Visit our website to browse 🔗👉 You can find our trails under 'Events and Activities'
📸 Paul Watt Photography
![The Burrell Collection has won @kidsinmuseums Family Friendly Museum Award for Best Large Museum 2025! This award celebrates museums, galleries and heritage attractions that go the extra mile to provide an excellent family friendly experience. Launched in 2004, the award recognises venues that are the most welcoming, fun, and accessible for families.We'd like to share a massive thank you to the family judges who visited the museum this year as part of the judging process and to @kidsinmuseums for the shortlist Congratulations to all winners and shortlisted museums, including @glasgowgoma Glasgow Museums' Intercultural Youth Group (ICY), shortlisted for Best Museum Youth Project: Social Justice ⭐[Image: Award plaque for Kids in Museums reads 'The Burrell Collection WINNER Best Large Museum Family Friendly Museum Award 2025'. The award is wooden with a white and blue coloured decal showing Kids in Museums logo - an illustration by Quentin Blake of people surrounding a woolly mammoth.]](https://sp1.picnob.com/p/pt_6764196452513867641066_0_df8a41eb529fc24fdb6dbb8769efed91.jpg?o=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&h=fd126fec39b812a6258e062bc67975cd)
