Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum

In a magnificent stone building, this grand Victorian cathedral of culture has been revamped into a fascinating and unusual museum, with a bewildering variety of exhibits, but not so tightly packed as to overwhelm. Here you’ll find fine art alongside stuffed animals, and Micronesian shark-tooth swords alongside a Spitfire plane, but it’s not mix ’n’ match: rooms are carefully and thoughtfully themed, and the collection is a manageable size. There’s an excellent room of Scottish art, a room of fine French Impressionist works, and quality Renaissance paintings from Italy and Flanders. Salvador Dalí’s superb Christ of St John of the Cross is also here. Best of all, everything – including every painting – has an easy-reading paragraph of interpretation next to it: what a great idea. You can learn a lot about art and more here, and it’s excellent for the children, with plenty for them to do and displays aimed at a variety of ages. Bus 17, among many others, runs here from Renfield St.