Museums & Galleries · Glasgow
Riverside Museum
📍 G3 8RS
Photo: Cutkiller2018 (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons
- Recreated Glasgow street scene with shops and subway station
- Interactive displays and hands-on activities for all ages
- Urban skate spot with built-in obstacles
- 3x3 basketball court, first purpose-built in Glasgow
- Display on Dr Gerry Hughes' extraordinary life
Riverside Museum is Glasgow's technology and transport museum, set at the junction of the Rivers Kelvin and Clyde. Inside you'll find a recreated cobbled street scene with shops, houses and a subway station, alongside interactive displays and hands-on activities exploring the city's shipbuilding, train manufacturing and engineering heritage. Outside, there's an urban skate spot and a 3x3 basketball court. It suits families and visitors of all ages, with free entry and no need to book. Wheelchair and pram access is available throughout via lifts, and guide dogs are welcome. Partick station is just 0.3 miles away, and with 80 bookable places to stay within 5 miles, it's an easy addition to a Glasgow visit.
Practical details
- Open
- Opens at 11:00am today
- Booking
- Free entry, no booking needed
- Parking
- About 100 spaces, fills quickly at weekends
- Dogs
- Guide and assistance dogs welcome
- Accessibility
- Wheelchair and pram access via lifts to all public areas
From the attraction's own website on 25 Oct 2026 — check before you travel.
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Make a proper break of it — these stays are all within 25 miles.
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🗓️ Make a break of it
Turn a visit to Riverside Museum into a proper getaway — ready-made plans, and the drive worked out with fuel, EV charging and the best stops.
🚆 Or come by train
- Partick 0.3 miles
- Exhibition Centre 0.9 miles
- Hyndland 1.1 miles
Straight-line distances · live departures on each station page