St. Mungo Museum Of Religious Life & Art — Attraction in Scotland

Where can I even start with the amazing experience I had here.

Me and my mother came up on a week day to Glasgow, and decided to pop into this museum to fill time. We were both very interested in it already! The environment was clean and welcoming, and staff greeted us on each floor and entry showing us the way round, offering to answer any questions and truly showing a lovely smile each time.

One staff member in particular, who was downstairs by the zen garden when we visited, showed me a map on places to visit when we came back up, had a chat with me answering questions and offered advice on different events and open places around the area.

Alongside these wonderful people, the museum itself is fascinating. It’s so open and varied from all its artefacts and information. There’s truly something for everyone, and a lovely energy to this place. Even its spectacular view of the cathedral and the necropolis which I’m sure is popular.

Definitely a visit for all, and a huge thank y out for the staff who made it...

A small collection of excellent artifacts (mainly from the Burrell Collection) illustrating religions & beliefs. Very brief display labels, not often providing all the information you'd want. With a small café downstairs. The let down for us was that we visited on the same morning as a group of special needs children & their carers, all fine, until we witnessed one child who had spent most of his visit screaming & yelling, climbing over a buddhist statue while the carers took photos, all watched by one of the Museum staff! (I can see how the Shiva statue was broken by a visitor knocking it over recently!) The exhibits are not just nik-naks acquired from foreign lands, they are sacred religious objects & should be treated as such. In much of Asia anyone climbing on a Buddha would be arrested for blasphemy! I thought the museum was about sharing & embracing all religious beliefs. A nice collection, but extremely disappointing in their care & respect for the artefacts &...

The St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art is a museum of religion in Glasgow, Scotland. It has been described as the only public museum in the world devoted solely to this subject, although other notable museums of this kind are the State Museum of the History of Religion in St. Petersburg and the Catharijneconvent in Utrecht. The museum is located in Cathedral Square, on the lands of Glasgow Cathedral off High Street. It was constructed in 1989 on the site of a medieval castle-complex, the former residence of the bishops of Glasgow, parts of which can be seen inside the Cathedral and at the People's Palace, Glasgow. The museum building emulates the Scottish Baronial architectural style used for the former bishop's castle.

The museum opened in 1993.

Nearby are the Provand's Lordship (Glasgow's oldest house), the Glasgow Royal Infirmary, and...