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The Burrell Collection in Glasgow is a wonderful and varied
collection.
Sir William Burrell (1861-1958) was a shipping magnate, and
a collector. He collected art and museum pieces and catalogued
the whole thing in school exercise books. He bequeathed the
collection to the city of Glasgow in 1944 with the provision
that they erect a building for it outside of the grime and
soot of the city. It took Glasgow 30 years to decide where
to put the building and it was built in Pollock Park outside
the city in 1983.
Over 8,000 object-de-art are gathered together, dating from
the Neolithic period to the early 20th century. It's amazing
what this collector accumulated in his lifetime.
There's everything from ancient Roman and Egyptian and Chinese
artifacts to Georgian porcelain. There's needlepoint and embroidery
from Tudor to Victorian age. There are tapestries, lots of
stained glass, suits of armour, paintings (a lot of Degas,
Manet, a Cezanne & plenty others), sculptures (couple
by Rodin in the courtyard area), artifacts from ancient Egypt,
Asia, Greece and mock ups of 3 of the rooms in Burrells castle.
The collection is really amazing and the whole collection
isn't on view at any given time because there is so much of
it. It's well worth a drive out or catch one of the Discover
Glasgow tour busses that go out that way.
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