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History Events in Glasgow in March 2025

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Events in Glasgow

Curious About Glasgow - Quirky Heritage Walks for the Curious!

1st January 2024 - 31st December 2025

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

1st January 2024 - 31st December 2025

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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Glasgow Necropolis Walking Tours

Selected dates between 10th November 2024 - 28th December 2025

The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis run regular friendly and informal walking tours of the Glasgow Necropolis!

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From Pit To Pitch: A Story Of Coal Seams & Football Dreams

20th November 2024 - 31st December 2025

From Pit To Pitch: A Story Of Coal Seams & Football Dreams at the Scottish Football Museum explores the links between mining and football in Scotland.

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Carmunnock Heritage Trail

1st January 2025 - 31st December 2025

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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Glasgow 850

1st January 2025 - 31st December 2025
Various Locations Glasgow

2025 will be a big year for Glasgow as we celebrate the city's 850th birthday. It's a milestone and everyone who has or does call Glasgow home is invited to the party!

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Historic Tours of Glasgow University

Selected dates between 7th January 2025 - 18th December 2025

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

Selected dates between 8th January 2025 - 17th December 2025

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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Glasgow City Centre Walking Tour

11th January 2025 - 21st December 2025

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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Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust Guided Tours

Selected dates between 11th January 2025 - 13th April 2025

On selected dates Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust are opening Bridgeton Garage for pre-booked guided tours!

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Behind The Scenes Tour of GMRC

Selected dates between 15th January 2025 - 17th December 2025

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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Glasgow Museums Resource Centre Specialist Tours

Selected dates between 21st January 2025 - 4th November 2025

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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LGBT+ Tours at The Burrell Collection

Selected dates between 21st January 2025 - 25th April 2025

Join curators at The Burrell Collection on a journey through the galleries uncovering hidden LGBTQ+ histories from their collection!

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The Old Glasgow Club Talks

Selected dates between 13th February 2025 - 10th April 2025

The Old Glasgow Club hosts regular talks and occasional events for people interested in Glasgow, its environs, its history and its people!

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Kelvingrove Bites

Selected dates between 21st February 2025 - 11th April 2025

Enjoy a specially curated talk about the history and context of a new object(s) from Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, delivered by Curators, Gallery Assistants, Volunteer Guides and more!

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Fairfeld Talk Series: Fairfield - A Shipyard Success Story 1834 - 2024

7th March 2025

Due to popular demand, Ian Johnston returns to Fairfield Heritage Centre to give another talk about his book on the history of the Fairfield shipyard.

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GFF25 Community Takeover Day

8th March 2025
Glasgow City Centre

Glasgow Film Festival Community Takeover Day is a free cinema event, created with and for communities around Glasgow and will be a day of free film, activities and food!

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Jessie Stephen: Maryhill’s Suffragette

11th March 2025 - 13th June 2025

This exhibition at Maryhill Burgh Halls brings to light the remarkable story and achievements of Jessie Stephen (1892-1979), a working-class woman who became a powerful force of social change.

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Glasgow Antiques and Fine Arts Society presents: Quiet Sentiment and Mysterious Magnitude - The paintings of William McTaggart by Ailsa Turner

12th March 2025

Glasgow Antiques & Fine Arts Society presents Quiet Sentiment and Mysterious Magnitude - The paintings of William McTaggart by Ailsa Turner.

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Listening Session: The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady

12th March 2025

Join the National Library of Scotland at Kelvin Hall for a listening session, short presentation and an open discussion exploring the themes of Charles Mingus's 'The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady'.

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Exhibition: Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson 150

14th March 2025 - 26th April 2025

This exhibition, commemorating the 150th anniversary of his death, is organised by The Alexander Thomson Society in conjunction with Glasgow Libraries and the staff of the Mitchell Library.

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Themed Tours at The Burrell Collection

Selected dates between 14th March 2025 - 29th March 2025

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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Introduction to Ancestry.com

17th March 2025

Join one of the Mitchell librarians to explore Ancestry.com, and see how it can help you on your family history journey!

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Housing and Health in Glasgow: A Journey Through Film

19th March 2025

The impact of housing conditions on people's lives is explored in this specially curated screening and discussion at the National Library of Scotland at Kelvin Hall.

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Weekday Wonders: Kelvin Hall Handling Kit

25th March 2025

Learn more about Kelvin Hall's history through the objects in Glasgow's Museums' handling kit!

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Twilight Tour: Signed, sealed, delivered - Glasgow 850 in seals

26th March 2025

Join Glasgow Life Museum's Curator Tony Lewis to explore the store at Kelvin Hall to view and touch a collections of Victorian copies of medieval seals recording Scottish and Glaswegian history.

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Introducing Stained Glass - Book Launch & Talk

28th March 2025

Join The Burrell Collection for the launch of their latest publication Introducing Stained Glass with a FREE public talk from author Edward Johnson, Curator of Medieval and Renaissance Art.

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Special Event: The 2025 Scottish Food Heritage Symposium - Tea

28th March 2025

The Scottish Food Heritage Symposium returns on 28th March, A day for researchers, enthusiasts, and anyone with a passion for tea to explore the history, culture, and proliferation of tea in Scotland.

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Footsore and Penitent - Pilgrimage in Medieval Scotland

29th March 2025

Join the Friends of Glasgow Cathedral for their upcoming lecture, Footsore and Penitent - Pilgrimage in Medieval Scotland, at St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art on Saturday 29th March.

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Tailor Made City with Alis Le May

29th March 2025

Glasgow City Heritage Trust invites you to join Alis Le May for a walking tour to discover the former premises of Glasgow's most beloved tailors and dressmakers.

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One Square Mile Of Murder!

30th March 2025
Glasgow City Centre

Join Spirit Of Glasgow's costumed guide as he escorts you around this infamous area... where the most brutal and bloodiest of murders took place in Victorian Glasgow!

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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: Slavery and the Local Area

Heritage Talk: Slavery and the Local Area

18th March 2025

Join local historian and author Stuart Nisbet for a heritage talk on Slavery and the Local Area at Eastwood House on Tuesday 18th March.

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Heritage Talk: The Life and Death of Agnes Montgomerie of Eaglesham

Heritage Talk: The Life and Death of Agnes Montgomerie of Eaglesham

5th March 2025

Join Tracy Harrison Butler at Eastwood House as she shares the story of Agnes Montgomerie of Eaglesham, who fell victim to poisoning at the hands of Peter Walker in 1857.

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History Events in Edinburgh and the Lothians

Here's a selection of History Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Edinburgh:

Royal Portraits: A Century of Photography

Royal Portraits: A Century of Photography

28th February 2025 - 7th September 2025

This exhibition at The Palace of Holyroodhouse, charts the evolution of royal portrait photography from the 1920s to the present day!

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Cold War Scotland

Cold War Scotland

13th July 2024 - 4th January 2026

Exploring Scotland’s critical position on the frontline of the Cold War, a new exhibition will tell the stories of the Scots at the centre of this global conflict.

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Fennell Lecture 2025

Fennell Lecture 2025

20th March 2025

The 2025 Fennell Lecture will be given by Professor Eve Troutt Powell, University of Pennsylvania on Thursday 20th March.

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History Events in Fife

Here's a selection of History Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Fife:

Show and Tell: How Before and After Coal was made

Show and Tell: How Before and After Coal was made

5th March 2025

Artist Nicky Bird and the National Galleries' outreach co-ordinator, Robin Baillie, discuss the role of the public Show and Tell workshops in capturing the stories of Fife's mining communities.

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Finding the Fairy Queen’s Voice:  A Talk by Ellie Hyland

Finding the Fairy Queen’s Voice: A Talk by Ellie Hyland

23rd March 2025

For decades an enigmatic figurehead has been displayed in the Fisheries Museum known as ‘The Fairy Queen’. But where did it come from, and what does it symbolise?

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St Andrews Memories

St Andrews Memories

Selected dates between 4th February 2025 - 2nd December 2025

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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History Events in Lanarkshire

Here's a selection of History Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Lanarkshire:

Local History Fair

Local History Fair

22nd March 2025

The Local History Fair, at Summerlee Museum on Saturday 22nd March, will appeal to everyone with an interest in family history and local heritage!

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Hamilton Mausoleum Tour

Hamilton Mausoleum Tour

Selected dates between 8th February 2025 - 22nd November 2025

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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Tracing Your Irish Ancestors

Tracing Your Irish Ancestors

3rd March 2025

Don't miss this opportunity to gain the most valuable and updated information required to uncover your Irish past with renowned genealogist Chris Paton!

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History Events in Renfrewshire and Inverclyde

Here's a selection of History Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Renfrewshire:

Paisley Heritage Talk & Presentation - Craigends Estate, Houston

Paisley Heritage Talk & Presentation - Craigends Estate, Houston

6th March 2025

Join Robert Law in Paisley Heritage's event space The Hive at UWS Paisley for this fascinating talk and presentation all about Craigends Estate in Houston.

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Talk & Presentation: Paisley Punk Scene 1976-1982

Talk & Presentation: Paisley Punk Scene 1976-1982

13th March 2025

Join Elspeth Cherry and Neil McMcLean at Paisley Heritage for their fascinating talk and presentation all about the Paisley Punk scene from 1976-1982.

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Lochwinnoch Mini March Festival: Michael Hopcroft History Talk and Old Simon Church

Lochwinnoch Mini March Festival: Michael Hopcroft History Talk and Old Simon Church

15th March 2025

Michael Hopcroft will give a talk on the links of Lochwinnoch to the Caribbean and how it influenced the making of the village as part of Lochwinnoch Mini March Festival!

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History Events in Stirling

Here's a selection of History Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Stirling:

Stirling Ghostwalk

Stirling Ghostwalk

3rd January 2025 - 27th December 2025

Take a tour of the strange tales and stranger characters of Stirling's Old Town on the Stirling Ghostwalk... comedy, drama, fact and fable - fun for boys & ghouls of all ages!

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Talks at The Smith: Illuminating the Dark Ages: Old Kilmadock Pictish Cross Slab

Talks at The Smith: Illuminating the Dark Ages: Old Kilmadock Pictish Cross Slab

26th March 2025

Dr Murray Cook gives this talk on the medieval cross slab discovered near Doune in 2020.

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AGT150 ‘Greek’ Thomson Exhibition  - with Cottier Colour Section

AGT150 ‘Greek’ Thomson Exhibition - with Cottier Colour Section

22nd March 2025 - 12th April 2025

Balfron Heritage Group are delighted to present this exhibition displaying the life and work of Balfron-born Victorian architect Alexander 'Greek' Thomson an accompanying exhibit of Cottier Colours.

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Events in Other Areas

Highlight Talks

Highlight Talks

Selected dates between 11th September 2024 - 18th June 2025

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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Dean Castle Women’s History Tour

Dean Castle Women’s History Tour

9th March 2025

The month of March commemorates women's history and Dean Castle is ready to celebrate its own 'herstory' with this guided tour.

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The Alexander Fleming Story

The Alexander Fleming Story

19th March 2025

Join Beith Cultural & Heritage Society for a talk on Alexander Fleming from Stuart Wilson at Beith Townhouse on Wednesday 19th March.

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Headline PR
RSPB
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Popular Events

Pollok Fold Events
The staff at Pollok Fold have some exciting events running throughout the year, come along and learn all about their award-winning highland cattle!
Fun Time Carnivals: Glasgow Green
Fun Time Carnivals are bringing their funfair to Glasgow Green between Friday 4th and Monday 21st April, just in time for the Easter Holidays!
Summer Nights at the Bandstand
The Summer Nights at the Bandstand festival returns to Kelvingrove Park for a tenth year with 13 nights of live music from elbow, Billy Ocean, Hue And Cry, Teenage Fanclub and many more!
Galactic Carnival
Space-themed fairground Galactic Carnival will return, by popular demand, to Silverburn Shopping Centre between Friday 28th March and Monday 21st April!
The Shimmy Shack
Preacher Powell and Kaiser George bring The Shimmy Shack, an evening of the best Rhythm and Blues, Rock 'n' Roll, Soul and other delights, to the Red Door Club on Saturday 19th April!

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Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum King's Theatre Glasgow King Tut's Wah Wah Hut O2 Academy Glasgow SEC Armadillo Theatre Royal Glasgow The Pavilion Theatre Glasgow The Glasgow Barrowland Ballroom The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall The OVO Hydro