Riverside Museum Glasgow

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I got a sneaky peak viewing of Glasgow's new Riverside Museum yesterday (It's the new transport Museum down on the site of the old Yorkhill Quay)

Got to say I was slightly disappointed once I got inside the impressive building.

It is almost like a reverse tardis and feels smaller on the inside than it looks from the outside.

They have have a lime green-ish colour throughout on the ceiling and walls that is a bit too much!

I'm hoping I missed out on some section, but there isn't as many trains or trams as there was in Kelvingrove (albeit crammed in).

It opens officially on 21st June.
 
It was on the Scottish news yesterday, I must say it did look rather disappointing from their piece.
 
I read more about it in The Times, the cars seem to be on plinths secured to the wall which looks like it will be hard to get a photo of them up close.
 
Many of the exhibits are stacked like the cars, even the fantastic ships that you used to be able to walk around apart from the Queen Mary, QE and QE2.

There are viewing platforms but again they are a good bit away, so to be honest all pretty much out of reach or decent sight!
 
Laudrup said:
I read more about it in The Times, the cars seem to be on plinths secured to the wall which looks like it will be hard to get a photo of them up close.
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If they're just going to be displaying the same selection of tired old Arnold Clark cast-offs that they had at the Kelvin Hall then that's not going to be much of an issue......
 
The problem with the inside of the building is that they've covered all the steel work with panels. If you remove them it looks a bit Geiger-esque which I thought looked fantastic.
 
Went up on Saturday, took the camera but it was so crowded getting pictures was practically impossible. Got to say it does feel smaller inside and the lime green walls and horrible lighting made my stomach churn. There was a few motorbikes and bicycles I would liked to have looked at closer, but they were too high up.
 
I went to Kelvingrove last year and thought the entire place looked very tired, while the car collection was the most random selection of trade-in's I'd ever seen. I hope this hasn't gone the over way though and put too much style over substance, the National Railway Museum in York is probably the model of how it should be done for me.
 
There was a programme about it on BBC2 last night, even the woman tasked with sticking the cars up on the shelves didn't sound as if she was convinced it was a good idea. I think a visit is in order........
 
I want to go there as well - it would be nice to see if the wee Moulton kids bike that my younger daughter donated to them is now on display .

Can't help thinking it might be as well to wait for a bit - ie till holidays are over when it may become peaceful and there'll be less of a 'crush'
 
It's certainly a striking looking building from the outside.

As mentioned, after the school holidays is probably the best time to go because it will be manic just now.

I'm looking forward to getting some night shots of it come the winter.
 
Just watching this BBC 2 show about it and was reminded by the woman saying 'a Glasgow audience can be hard to please', as we were walking down to the museum a car was driving out with the passenger shouting out the window to the throngs 'It's shi*e! It's shi*e! Don't bother!'

Think I'll go back on a weekday when the kids are back at school, and it looks like a nice building for some winter photography.
 
I can't help but think the city fathers have been more interested in having a fancy building to adorn their waterfront vision of the future than actually furnishing the city with a building suitable for displaying our unique selection of artefacts in their entirety. Where's the room for expansion? I along with most other Glaswegians are a simple lot. Just give us a big shed with room to walk round everything and see items close up. Simples! :shrug:
 
Popped along this afternoon for a quick look....

it's certainly an impressive looking building from the outside, but inside, oh dear :shake: Quite who thought that painting everything the same sickly green you get when taking photos under fluorescent lights was a good idea, I don't know.

There are some excellent displays (the street recreation is a great improvement on the Kelvin Hall one), however the Arnold Clark "Wall of Scrap Cars" features the same tired selection of "classics" (read: trade-ins they couldn't get rid of) that were rusting away quietly in their former home. Placing many of them at eye level has only had the effect of highlighting just how shabby and poorly restored the majority of the museum's exhibits are.
 
16yr old grandson comes up this Thursday - so I reckon I'll have to take him and see if we can see the Child's Moulton given by his mother and aunt .

The old Transport Museum said they were delighted to have it as though they had some adult ones they didn't have a child's version

I'll take my K-x with me and let my grandson borrow my Optio P70 .
 
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