Behind The Scenes Tour of GMRC

The Glasgow Museums Resource Centre runs behind-the-scenes tours every Wednesday afternoon, from 19 November 2025 through to 23 December 2026. They start at 2:30pm and last about an hour, so it's a mid-week thing that doesn't take up your whole day.

The GMRC isn't a museum in the usual sense. It's the stores where the city's collections are kept, and these tours take you inside the building and into those stores. You'll see the space itself and some of the highlights from the 1.4 million treasures held there. Because they're weekly, different sessions show you different areas of the collections, so if you go more than once, you'll see something new each time.

It's a free tour, but you have to book your place in advance. You can do that by emailing museumbookings@glasgowlife.org.uk or calling 0141 276 9300. The centre is at 200 Woodhead Road South, in the Nitshill Industrial Estate, Glasgow G53 7NN.