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Scotland Street School Museum
Scotland Street School Museum
225 Scotland Street
Glasgow
G5 8QB
Strathclyde
Scotland
Collection details
Archives
Costume and Textiles
Natural Sciences
Social History
Facilities
Parking: yes
Food: yes
Shop: yes
Baby changing facilities: yes
Study area: yes
Contact details
General information (Tel)
:
0141 287 0500
General information (Fax)
:
0141 287 0515
E-mail
:
museums@cls.glasgow.gov.uk
Website
:
www.glasgowmuseums.com/venue/index.cfm?venueid=12
See the classrooms at Scotland Street School Museum online.
:
www.glasgowmuseums.com/venue/showExhibition.cfm?venueid=12&itemid=55
Open
Monday-Thursday & Saturday 10am-5pm, Friday & Sunday 11am-5pm
Admission charges
Free. Charges may apply to some temporary exhibitions, please visit website for further details.
Description
Scotland Street School Museum presents the history of education in Scotland as a genuine school experience. The museum, designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh between 1903 and 1906, is also an essential destination for Mackintosh enthusiasts and all those interested in the history of design. At the museum you can learn the story of Scotland Street Public School and the developments in education in Scotland through a combination of displays, audio-visuals and reconstructed and restored classrooms.
Collections description
The three classroom reconstructions show the changing face of the schoolroom from the Victorian era through the Second World War to the classroom of the fifties and sixties. The barrel vaulted cookery room, cloakrooms, and ceramic-tiled drill hall are restored to Mackintosh's original 1906 designs. You can learn about Mackintosh's stormy working relationship with the School Board and explore in more depth his design and detailing. You can listen to and read former pupils' recollections of their schooldays. Decade by decade, their memories cover topics such as classroom discipline, evacuation and the Second World War, school attire, special activities, playground games and the changing face of the local area.
Alongside our temporary exhibition and activities programme, you can follow the interpretation and activity trail around the school or find your family's old school photograph on our education collection's database.
You can try out your design skills in the Mackintosh room on touch-screen computer and hands-on interactive displays and experience the classes of yesteryear in our 'Back to School' role playing programme. An audio-visual room has an introductory video about the school as well as showing educational and historical archive films.
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Trails
Arts And Crafts Trail: Glasgow and the Scottish Legacy
Children and Families
Baby changing facilities
General Education
Education facilities available
Facilities
Facilities for private functions and events
Meeting room available
Restaurant
Shop
Study facilities
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