We are open and delighted to welcome you back to Riverside Museum.

We have been working hard behind the scenes to ensure your visit is safe and enjoyable. There are some changes we want to tell you about.

Tickets are FREE, but it is essential to pre-book in advance.

Book tickets HERE

You now require a ticket to enter the museum. Tickets are FREE. You need to pre-book online, in advance, for your household for a specific date and time. This will provide a safe and enjoyable experience for you, by allowing us to manage numbers and maintain physical distancing.

You need to pre-book online, in advance, for your household for a specific date and time. This will provide a safe and enjoyable experience for you, by allowing us to manage numbers and maintain physical distancing. We are limiting the number of visitors coming into our museum during this time. We hope this will both reassure you and allow you to enjoy a s pecial experience with our collections.

Tickets will be released in two week blocks to give more opportunities to visit.

Keeping you safe

Our visitor charter sets out the safety measures we have introduced to create a safe space and it highlights how you can help protect yourself and others while visiting the museum.

Information for your visit

For information on opening hours, how to enter the museum, what's open, face coverings and more see our Museum FAQs.

On the day of your visit

On arrival please enter doors facing the car park.

Wear a face covering to stay safe and protect others. Guidance on face covering exemptions is available from the Scottish Government here .

Please do not visit the museum if you, or any members of our household, has any symptoms of Coronavirus

Your e-ticket will be checked on arrival so please have this ready.

Please arrive as a group with the ticket holder in attendance to ensure we comply with Test and Protect

Please maintain 2 metre physical distancing during your visit.

There are no cloakroom facilities, restaurant/caf é , take away and retail within the building, however we will have catering outlets directly outside the Riverside Museum .

We are unable to provide space for packed lunches at this time.

Some smaller spaces and hands on displays will be closed off during your visit to allow hygiene and physical distancing measures to be maintained.

Please observe signage in the venue and any one way routes that are in place.

For more information and ways to enhance your visit please visit Glasgow Museums where floor maps can be downloaded.

Please ensure children are supervised at all times to ensure physical distancing measures can be maintained.

Please wash your hands and use hand sanitiser during your visit.

We politely ask that you keep your visit to a maximum of 2 hours to ensure we can offer entry to as many visitors as possible

We're Good To Go

We have acquired VisitBritain’s Good to Go accreditation. This Industry Standard mark means Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum has followed government and industry Covid-19 guidelines, has completed a Risk Assessment and has a process in place to maintain cleanliness and physical distancing.

Riverside Museum is Glasgow's award-winning transport museum. With over 3,000 objects on display there's everything from skateboards to locomotives, paintings to prams and cars to a Stormtrooper.

Get hands on with our interactive displays. Walk through Glasgow streets and visit the shops, bar and subway. Climb aboard a train, tram or bus and get a real feel for old public transport. Discover Glasgow's rich shipbuilding history, explore the car and motorbike walls and help put out a fire with our interactive fire engine.

There are over 90 large touch screens panels full of images, memories and films that tell the fascinating stories behind the objects. There really is something for all ages to enjoy at the Riverside Museum.

Visit the Riverside Museum online shop.