1st – 17th May 2026
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2026 Events coming soon – plus new Blythswood Festival Awards 2026 – watch this space & Facebook
The Mitchell Library, Charing Cross A fully illustrated talk about the making of Glasgow’s first New Town built on the historic Lands of Blythswood. Up and over Blythswood Hill, creating all the streets west of a very new Buchanan Street. Laid out in splendid style.Its prime developer was weaver William Harley building its streets, first […]
The Mitchell Library, Charing Cross Dive into the dark tales and twisted mysteries behind Glasgow’s infamous Square Mile of Murder of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Join our Special Collections librarians in the Mitchell Library to explore our resources relating to four notorious cases, and draw your own conclusions: Madeleine SmithThe privileged daughter whose […]
Royal Highland Fusiliers Museum 518 Sauchiehall Street, Charing Cross In the only regimental museum in the West of Scotland, see over 300 years of regimental life and active duty of today’s Regiment around the globe, combining Glasgow’s famous Highland Light Infantry and the Royal Scots Fusiliers of Ayrshire and Glasgow, and their volunteer origins. Follow […]
Kimpton Blythswood Square Hotel Engineering historian, Dr Nina Baker, will bring us stories from the foundation of Scotland’s premier club for motorists, to its work in two world wars and beyond. The beautiful building occupying the eastern side of Blythswood Square, now the Kimpton Blythswood Square Hotel, was the scene for many remarkable episodes in […]
The Mitchell Library, Charing Cross Set sail on a global voyage. Glasgow had ‘the Freedom of the River from Broomilaw to the Clochstane’ to the oceans and international trading with every continent. Even though it was only 15 inches deep in the town at low tide. Glasgow became the greatest seaport in Scotland, with 12 […]
Kimpton Blythswood Square Hotel There was a time when there were no driving schools to teach anyone to drive, no garages to get a car repaired and no associations devoted to motorists’ interests, whether male or female. Engineering historian, Dr Nina Baker, will talk about women’s very active involvement in the early days of motoring […]
Learn how to start on your family history journey.Starting out on your family history journey can be daunting, but we can help.Join librarians from The Mitchell Library for a free introductory session on library resources for family history. Find out about electoral registers, monumental inscriptions, census, Ancestry, Find my Past, Post Office directories, the Glasgow […]