History Events in Glasgow in November 2024
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Events in Glasgow
Curious About Glasgow - Quirky Heritage Walks for the Curious!
Have fun discovering Glasgow on this award-winning, quirky, self-guided, heritage walk with a treasure hunt theme from Curious About!
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Glasgow Central Station Tours
Glasgow Central Tours offer you the chance to explore behind the scenes of Glasgow's most iconic and busiest landmarks, Central Station!
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Historic Tours of Glasgow University
Join a historic walking tour of the University of Glasgow the fourth oldest university in the English-speaking world!
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Burrell Bites
Enjoy a specially curated talk about the history and context of a new object(s) from the Burrell Collection each week, delivered by Curators, Gallery Assistants, Volunteer Guides and more!
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Themed Tours at The Burrell Collection
Join the Burrell Collection's expert Volunteer Guides as they take you on a journey through the collection with free themed weekly tours.
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Glasgow City Centre Walking Tour
This is a 1.5 hour tour that will take you around all the main sites of the city, giving you an excellent opportunity to find out about Glasgow's rich history and culture!
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Behind The Scenes Tour of GMRC
Glasgow Museums Resource Centre is home to over a million treasures, come and see for yourself on one of their regular Behind the Scenes Tours!
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Carmunnock Heritage Trail
Take a unique, free, self-guided, multi-media tour around Glasgow's last village - Carmunnock by following the Carmunnock Heritage Trail!
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Gothic Glasgow
Join Gothic Glasgow's sinister host Vincent (The Man in the Hat), for a unique evening walking tour uncovering Glasgow's ghostly, strange, supernatural, creepy history!
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Glasgow Museums Resource Centre Specialist Tours
Throughout the year Glasgow Museums Resource Centre holds Specialist Tours where you can join the curators for an in depth look at the collections!
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King’s Theatre Glasgow Building And Heritage Tour
This exceptional insight into the King's Theatre Glasgow is your chance to get to know the building like you never have before and grab some historical facts along the way!
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Theatre Royal Glasgow Building And Heritage Tour
This exceptional insight into the Theatre Royal Glasgow is your chance to get to know the building like you never have before and grab some historical facts along the way!
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Glasgow Necropolis Walking Tours
The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis run regular friendly and informal walking tours of the Glasgow Necropolis!
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Tour and Talk: 60 Years of the King’s Panto!
Don't miss this special Talk & Tour event to celebrate 60 sparkling years of The King's panto... an unmissable experience for true theatre and history lovers alike!
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The Ironwork of James Sellars, Architect
Enjoy a free illustrated evening lecture by author, historian and educator Gordon R Urquhart on The Ironwork of James Sellars, Architect at The Mitchell Library.
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Glasgow Antiques and Fine Arts Society presents: Gaudi: Turning Nature into Stone
Glasgow Antiques & Fine Arts Society presents Gaudi: Turning Nature into Stone a talk by professional artist and interior designer Brian Healey.
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Burrell Bites: Han Dynasty Dog
It's a dog's life! Join Burrell Collection curator Dr Yupin Chung as she explores the popular image of dogs in pottery sculpture of China's Han Dynasty.
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Wicked Weapons and Knights in Armour
Join the Burrell Collection for a day of lively activities to celebrate the publication of Introducing European Arms and Armour by curator Dr Ralph Moffat!
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Wylie & Lochhead and the Glasgow Style
Don't miss an illustrated evening lecture on Wylie & Lochhead and the Glasgow Style by Alison Brown, Curator of European Decorative Art and Design 1800-present, Glasgow Life Museums.
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History Events in East Renfrewshire
Here's a selection of History Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On East Renfrewshire:
Heritage Talk: Eastwood House Fashions from 1835 - 1914
Join Tracy Harrison Butler for a journey through the highlights of the history of dress as would have been worn by occupants of Eastwood House, and other grand mansions of the time.
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Here's a selection of History Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Edinburgh:
Voting Women
Join female activists, campaigners, and experts for a discussion on contemporary Scottish politics and the role of women within it at the National Library of Scotland on 5th November!
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Celebrating Robert Louis Stevenson
Calling all Robert Louis Stevenson fans! Luxury floating hotel Fingal in Leith is celebrating the life and work of Scottish poet Robert Louis Stevenson with a special event on Saturday 16th November.
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Ramsay & Edinburgh Fashion
A collection of Allan Ramsay’s portraits of women from NTS properties are brought together at the Georgian House for the first time.
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Here's a selection of History Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Fife:
St Andrews Memories
Drop in to The R & A World Golf Museum and have a chat whilst looking at photographs, objects and film footage from our collections!
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The Battle and Surgical Aspects of the Waterloo Campaign
Join Michael Crumplin, a retired consultant surgeon, as he dissects the surgical aspects of the Waterloo campaign and, in his usual style, raises awareness of the human cost of war.
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Carving out Connections: Scotland’s Rock Art
Pre-historic Rock Art is one of Scotland's greatest mysteries, this exhibition drawn from Historic Environment Scotland's archives, looks to trace its connections through time and place.
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Here's a selection of History Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Lanarkshire:
Totally Chaotic History Museum Trail
Discover intriguing objects, give yourself a Roman name and design your own Roman outfit when the Totally Chaotic History Museum Trail comes to Summerlee!
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Hamilton Mausoleum Tour
Take a tour of one of the finest private tombs in the country and the town's most striking historic landmark, Hamilton Mausoleum.
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Here's a selection of History Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Renfrewshire:
Paisley Heritage Group Talk: Trams & Buses of Paisley
Join Robert Law as he gives a talk on the fascinating subject of Paisley's trams and buses as part of Paisley Heritage Group's series of talk events.
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Paisley Heritage Group Talk:The Three Witch Trials of Paisley
Join Gayle Pollock from The Renfrewshire Witch Hunt 1697 charity as she gives a talk and presentation on the three witch trials of Paisley.
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Paisley & District U3A Talks: Paisley u3a Spotlights Theatre Royal’s Heritage
Paisley & District u3a members will soon be peeking into the past of the Theatre Royal, Glasgow at their latest talk featuring author Graeme Smith.
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Here's a selection of History Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Stirling:
Winter Talk: How we nearly lost the cipher war against the Germans
The nephew of Alan Turing, the father of Enigma, will speak about British communications security – or rather the lack of it – in WW2.
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Captive Queen: The Decrypted History of Mary, Queen of Scots
Join us at Bridge of Allan Library on Thursday 14th November as we chat to Dr Jade Scott about her new brilliant biography of Mary, Queen of Scots!
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Winter Talk: Reflections on the War in Afghanistan
Brigadier Adam Griffiths will reflect on the Afghanistan Campaign and the part that 5 Scots played over three operational tours in this talk on Saturday 2nd November.
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Highlight Talks
On selected days throughout the year the team at Robert Burns Birthplace Museum and volunteers hold a Highlight Talk exploring the life and works of Robert Burns!
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