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The Guardian’s happiest places to live in Britain revealed

What makes for a great place to live? Access to nature, a sense of community and culture on your doorstep can all help. So which towns make the cut?

The Guardian - UK

'Disappointed': Confused visitor leaves baffling review of Scottish museum

A CONFUSED visitor to a Glasgow museum has left a baffling TripAdvisor review of their experience...

The National (Scotland)

Five of the biggest summer exhibitions around the UK – what you should see this week

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Discovering Degas: new exhibition in Glasgow reveals boldness and foresight of early British collectors

In 1891, an exhibition titled A Small Collection of Works by Degas and Others opened in London, before travelling up to Glasgow. It was organised by the Scottish art dealer Alexander Reid, who had recently returned from Paris.

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Glasgow’s Burrell Collection named 2023 museum of the year

Institution that reopened in 2022 after renovation hailed as extraordinary and world class as it takes £120,000 prize

The Guardian - UK

Burrell Collection welcomes 500,000 visitors in nine months since reopening

The museum was officially reopened by the King last year.

The Independent UK

Glasgow's Burrell Collection gets licence to sell alcohol in restaurant and gift shop

The venue was officially reopened by King Charles on Thursday, and has now been granted a provisional premises licence by the city council.

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How to spend a day in Glasgow’s southside, the city’s foodie hotspot

It’s no secret that Glasgow has cutting-edge art, great bars and lashings of local character ‒ but this is the neighbourhood where food lovers should stay, says Gillian Furmage

The Independent UK

Glasgow's relaunched Burrell Collection may be unique and much-loved, but how does it fit into the cultural landscape today?

After closing for extensive renovations in 2016, the Burrell museum, home to one of the greatest personal art collections ever bequeathed to the public, reopened in March 2022. Now, as its first major exhibition opens, it’s hard to avoid the fact that in those six years the political and cultural…

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Glasgow Burrell Collection to host first exhibition since reopening after major refurb

The Burrells' Legacy: A Great Gift to Glasgow, which opens on Saturday, charts the collecting and legacy of Sir William Burrell and his wife Constance, Lady Burrell.

Glasgow Live

History of 'wonderful' Burrell Collection to be explored in new exhibit

THE story of how the “wonderful” Burrell Collection came to be will be explored in the first exhibition at the museum since it reopened…

The National (Scotland)

First exhibition at newly refurbished Burrell explores story behind collection

The new display, the Burrells’ Legacy: A Great Gift to Glasgow, opens on Saturday August 27.

The Independent UK

Glasgow Lives: Laura, 31, Cambuslang, The Burrell Collection, Project Curator

Tonight we hear from Laura about her memories of visiting Glasgow's museums as a child and what her role as Project Curator at the newly reopened Burrell Collection involves.

Glasgow Live

We visited Glasgow's Burrell Collection for its reopening and were blown away

The Burrell is back with a bang and will no doubt elevate Glasgow's status as a cultural mecca, providing a welcome shot in the arm to the city following the difficulties posed by the pandemic.

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Glasgow's 'priceless' Burrell Collection reopens today after £68m makeover

The collection's home has been transformed into a modern, more environmentally friendly museum which will be able to show more of the items Sir William Burrell devoted decades of his life to amassing.

The Independent UK

Glasgow’s priceless Burrell Collection to reopen after £68m makeover

The collection’s home in Pollok Country Park has been transformed into a modern, more environmentally friendly museum.

The Guardian - UK

Burrell Collection reopening: a great Glasgow one-off becomes just a little less extraordinary

After a five-year, £68m renovation, this prized 1970s building is now more spacious, visitor-friendly – but at what cost to its original design?

The Guardian - UK

Glasgow’s Burrell Collection to reopen after six-year, £68m refurbishment

Digitally innovative galleries will put emphasis on community, and look at collection’s links to slave trade

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Glasgow Live

Glasgow Burrell Collection to reopen this March after major refurbishment

The donation of the Collection to Glasgow was described at the time as: “One of the greatest gifts ever made to any city in the world" and a reopening date has today been announced.

The Independent UK

Burrell Collection to reopen on March 29 after £68m refurbishment

The collection was amassed by shipping magnate Sir William Burrell and was donated to the city of Glasgow in 1944.

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