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The University of Glasgow was founded in 1451 and is the
second oldest in Scotland (after St. Andrews) and fourth oldest
in the UK. The University has been on this site since 1870
when it moved from the city centre. Originally the University
was only for boys. The girls college was on Queen Margaret
Drive.
It houses the Hunterian Museum which is the oldest public
museum in Scotland. The Hunterian Art Gallery, opened in 1980,
holds collections of the old masters bequeathed by William
Hunter, Scottish and contemporary art, and extensive displays
of the work of Whistler. The Mackintosh House is a reconstruction
of the Glasgow home of the architect and artist Charles Rennie
Mackintosh.
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