Sir John W. Simplson and E.J. Milner Allen designed the Kelvingrove gallery as part of the 1901 Glasgow International Exhibition. The grand entrance faces Kelvingrove Park, and the building includes a concert Centre Hall with seats for 3,000 people. The building is Spanish Baroque and clad in local Locharbriggs red sandstone. The architects described it as “an astylar composition on severely Classic lines, but with free Renaissance treatment in detail.”
The gallery was visited by almost 6 million people during the exhibition, and now is one of the most popular museum in the United Kingdom, with over a million visitors per year. The main towers recall the Spanish cathedral Santiago de Compostela. Sculpture and painting fills the galleries, as well as depictions of music.
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