Exhibition: The Mackintosh Tearooms

The Mackintosh Tearooms on Sauchiehall Street are hosting a new exhibition that runs from 25 June to 31 December 2026. It's a look back at Glasgow in the late 1890s and early 1900s, and it's held inside the very building the whole thing is about.

The Tearooms were run by the pioneering entrepreneur Miss Kate Cranston, and they're the last surviving original tearoom designed by Glasgow's own Charles Rennie Mackintosh. The exhibition tells the story of her collaboration with the architect and his wife, the artist Margaret Macdonald. Together they created one of the city's most iconic and influential interiors, shaping a new vision for modern living at the turn of the 20th century. It's a partnership that left a mark on the city's architecture, and the exhibition lets you see how it came together.

Inside, you step back into Glasgow as it was in the late 1890s and early 1900s, a period of great social change and creative innovation. The story is told through interactive, audio and visual displays, so you can spend as much or as little time as you like with the different parts. The building itself is an original A-listed site, and the exhibition is run in partnership with the National Trust for Scotland.

It's at The Mackintosh Tearooms, 215-217 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3EX. Opening hours change with the seasons: 10:00am to 5:30pm from March to September, and 10:00am to 4:30pm from October to February. Adult and concession tickets are available online, and National Trust for Scotland members get free access.