Riverside Museum

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museum tourist attraction transport museum

Riverside Museum is Glasgow’s award-winning transport and travel museum, renowned for its striking Zaha Hadid–designed building and extensive collection of historic vehicles and exhibits.

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Glasgow Museum of Transport at Kelvin Hall 1
Riverside Museum Glasgow 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf museum ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
transport museum ⓘ
admissionFee free ⓘ
architect Zaha Hadid ⓘ
architecturalStyle deconstructivism ⓘ
award European Museum of the Year Award 2013 ⓘ
surface form: European Museum of the Year 2013
awarded European Museum of the Year Award 2013 ⓘ
city Glasgow ⓘ
client Glasgow City Council ⓘ
collectionType transport ⓘ
travel ⓘ
coordinates 55.865°N 4.305°W ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
designAward European Museum Academy Micheletti Award (shortlisted/recognised) ⓘ
RIBA National Award ⓘ
surface form: RIBA Award
floorArea approximately 7,500 square metres ⓘ
formerName Museum of Transport ⓘ
hasCollection bicycles ⓘ
buses ⓘ
historic cars ⓘ
locomotives ⓘ
motorcycles ⓘ
ships models ⓘ
trams ⓘ
hasExhibit Tall Ship Glenlee (adjacent, associated attraction) ⓘ
historic fire engines ⓘ
locomotive 123 ⓘ
recreated Glasgow street ⓘ
subway carriages ⓘ
vintage trams ⓘ
locatedIn Glasgow ⓘ
Glasgow Harbour ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
locatedOn north bank of the River Clyde ⓘ
managedBy Glasgow Museums ⓘ
name Riverside Museum self-link ⓘ
notableFeature glass end walls overlooking River Clyde ⓘ
zigzag roofline ⓘ
numberOfExhibits over 3,000 objects ⓘ
openedBy Elizabeth II ⓘ
surface form: Queen Elizabeth II
openingDate 2011-06-21 ⓘ
operator Glasgow Life ⓘ
ownedBy Glasgow City Council ⓘ
publicTransitAccess Partick railway station ⓘ
bus services on Dumbarton Road ⓘ
subway at Partick ⓘ
replaced Riverside Museum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Glasgow Museum of Transport at Kelvin Hall
theme history of transport in Glasgow and beyond ⓘ
website https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/museums/venues/riverside-museum ⓘ

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central Scotland → hasCulturalAttraction → Riverside Museum ⓘ
subject surface form: Central Scotland
Glasgow City → hasCulturalInstitution → Riverside Museum ⓘ
Glasgow → hasMuseum → Riverside Museum ⓘ
Riverside Museum → name → Riverside Museum self-link ⓘ
Zaha Hadid Architects → notableWork → Riverside Museum ⓘ
this entity surface form: Riverside Museum Glasgow
Riverside Museum → replaced → Riverside Museum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Glasgow Museum of Transport at Kelvin Hall