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Rembrandt van Rijn
This self-portrait, signed and dated VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
1632, has pride of place among the
paintings hanging in the 16th- and Practical Information
17th-century room. 2060 Pollokshaws Rd, Glasgow.
Tel (0141) 287 2550. Open 10am–
5pm Mon–Thu, Sat & 11am–5pm
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Mezzanine floor ∑ glasgowlife.org.uk/museums
Transport
3 Pollokshaws West. @ 34, 45
or 57 from Glasgow.
Gallery Guide
Except for a mezzanine-floor
display of paintings, the
exhibitions are on the ground
floor. Right of the entrance hall,
rooms are devoted to tapestries,
stained glass and sculpture,
while ancient civilizations,
Oriental art and the period
galleries are ahead.

Key to Floorplan
Ancient civilizations
Oriental art
Medieval art
Matthijs Maris Period galleries
This popular Dutch
painter’s ethereal style Hutton Castle rooms
appealed to late Paintings and drawings
19th -century tastes. Temporary exhibition area
The Sisters (1875) is one
of over 50 Maris works
acquired by Burrell.

. Tapestries
Ground floor Peasants Hunting
Rabbits with Ferrets is a
lively Flemish tapestry
that was woven from
wool and silk in the
Lecture theatre mid-15th century. It is
one of several vast
works on show here.

. Stained Glass
A man warming himself before a fire is
one of many secular themes illustrated in
the stained-glass display. This 15th-century
Main entrance piece once decorated a church in Suffolk.

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