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Behind-the-scenes at Kelvingrove

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum (c) Glasgow City Council (Museums)

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum will open to the public on 11 July after a £27.9m refurbishment

Kelvingrove Main Hall (c) Glasgow City Council (Museums)

It is hoped the refurbishment work will lead to an extra 600,000 visitors walking through the Main Hall

Salvador Dali's Christ of St John of the Cross (c) Glasgow City Council (Museums)

Dali's painting Christ of St John of The Cross returns from the St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art

Sir Roger the Elephant (c) Glasgow City Council (Museums)

One of the most popular exhibits - Sir Roger the Elephant - returns

Kelvingrove Spitfire (c) Glasgow City Council (Museums)

The Kelvingrove Spitfire, originally built in September 1944, was part of the acclaimed 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron

Expression by Sophie Cave (c) Glasgow City Council (Museums)

Expression by Sophie Cave

(c) Glasgow City Council (Museums)

Giant Irish Deer in the Creatures of the Past exhibit in the west wing

The Conflict and Consequence Gallery (c) Glasgow City Council (Museums)

The Conflict and Consequence Gallery in the west wing explores how we keep inventing new ways of killing people

Ladies Luncheon Room  (c) Glasgow City Council (Museums)

Ladies Luncheon Room in Mackintosh and the Glasgow style in the east wing

Granite sarcophagus of Pabasa (c) Glasgow City Council (Museums)

Granite sarcophagus of Pabasa in the Ancient Egypt exhibition in the west wing




SEE ALSO:
Kelvingrove to open doors in July
03 Apr 06 |  Scotland
Queen invited to open Kelvingrove
13 Feb 06 |  Scotland
Kelvingrove closes to public
29 Jun 03 |  Scotland


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