Glasgow Museums Resource Centre (GMRC)

Book a tour to visit the extraordinary store for Glasgow Museums' vast collection. Come and see our Archaeology, Art & Painting, Arms & Armour, Natural History, Transport & Technology and World Cultures collections at Glasgow Museums Resource Centre (GMRC) - even when they're not on display at our venues.

It's a vast building with rooms full of fantastic objects, from animals to armour, fine art to fossils, and much, much more. The main collections stored here are Archaeology, Art and Painting, Arms and Armour, Natural History, Transport and Technology and World Cultures.

The 17 purpose-built and environmentally controlled storage ‘pods’ house around 1.4 million objects. In most museums a tiny proportion of objects are on display and museum stores are rarely accessible to the public. Glasgow is not the only city to have a store like this, but our store is exceptional. For one thing, it is the store for one of the finest museum collections in Europe. GMRC is different – you can explore this very special building and its’ collections through a wide range of tours, talks and activities for all ages, including school visits and events for families with children.

Daily Tours Available At 2.30pm Every Day Except Monday

​It is FREE to visit GMRC, but all visits must be booked in advance.

Highlights Tours: Themed tours taking a closer look at specific areas within the collections. 

Specialist Tours: An in-depth focus on specific objects, subjects or stories, often led by our curators  and other staff and volunteers who know the collections best.

Visually Impaired and British Sign Language tours: Available on request- please contact us to find out more. See our welcome videos in BSL and International Sign  here.

GMRC offers a range of specially designed activities and tours for families, with additional events throughout the school holidays.