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Kelvingrove Museum of Empire

  • Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum Argyle Street Glasgow, Scotland, G3 8AG United Kingdom (map)

From its foundation, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum has been shaped by empire and slavery. This tour led by Nelson Cummins, Curator of Legacies of Slavery and Empire will explore this history in the present day Kelvingrove through a tour of some of the current galleries and displays in the museum.

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Sir John Lavery, State Visit of Her Majesty, Queen Victoria to the Glasgow International Exhibition, 1888, 1890. © Glasgow Museums.

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