Glasgow Museums Resource Centre - Glasgow Life Glasgow Museums Resource Centre (GMRC) Open today Closes at 5:00 pm Free Entry Make A Donation Online Events at this venue View all What's on at Glasgow Museums Resource Centre (GMRC) Behind the Scenes Tour Every week on Wednesday from 19th Nov 2025 until 23rd Dec 2026 Glasgow Museums Resource Centre Behind the Scenes Tour - Monday Every week on Monday from 16th Feb - 21st Dec 2026 until 21st Dec 2026 Glasgow Museums Resource Centre Specialist Tour | The Silk Road between Japan and Glasgow Tuesday 5th May 2026 2:30pm Glasgow Museums Resource Centre Specialist Tour | Aubrey Williams - centenary talk Friday 8th May 2026 2:30pm Glasgow Museums Resource Centre Specialist Tour | Arms and Armour at Glasgow Museums Resource Centre Tuesday 19th May 2026 2:30pm Glasgow Museums Resource Centre Specialist Tour | The Queer Divine Tuesday 16th Jun 2026 2:30pm Glasgow Museums Resource Centre What to see Book a free tour All visits made to Glasgow Museums Resource Centre must be through a pre-booked tour. Top ten things to see and do Explore the top items to see at GMRC Visual Storyboard Download our visual storyboard to help guide you around the resource centre. Photographing, filming & sketching in the resource centre Our guidelines The Collection Discover Glasgow Life museums entire collection Discover all Glasgow Life museums Why not plan a visit to another one of our museums? Overview Admission Free Entry Donations welcome You can donate at the venue or online. Make A Donation Online Glasgow Museums Resource Centre (GMRC) is the store for the museums' collections when they are not on display at our venues. It is a vast building with rooms full of fantastic objects, from animals to armour, fine art to fossils, and much, much more. The main collections stored here are Art and Paintings, Arms and Armour, Natural History, Technology and World Cultures. The 17 purpose-built and environmentally controlled storage ‘pods’ house around 1.4 million objects. In fact, only 2% of our collections are on display at any one time and the majority of the remaining objects are stored here. All visits to Glasgow Museums Resource Centre must be through a pre-booked tour. Find more information on tours under ' Book a free tour '. Plan your visit All visits must be through a pre-booked tour. Monday 10:00am - 5:00pm Tuesday 10:00am - 5:00pm Wednesday 10:00am - 5:00pm Thursday 10:00am - 5:00pm Friday 11:00am - 5:00pm Saturday Closed Sunday Closed Accessibility guides Read the accessibility guide for GMRC on AccessAble Glasgow Museums Resource Centre | AccessAble Accessible toilets Approximately 14m from the main entrance. Available during opening hours. No key required. Situated on the ground floor near reception and on tour routes around building. Assistance dogs Hearing loop Hearing loop available within venue. You can also visit our British Sign Language and International Sign Video Library here to watch a welcome video for every Glasgow Museum. Glasgow Museums Resource Centre BSL and International Sign video - Glasgow Life Wheelchair access There is wheelchair access to all public areas using the lifts. Baby changing Baby Changing is available on the ground floor near to reception. Baby feeding Cloakroom Free lockers available to visitors. Parking Free car parking is available on site, including 5 designated accessible bays. Photography and video recording Free wifi View Glasgow Museums Resource Centre (GMRC) on Google Maps Location Map View Glasgow Museums Resource Centre (GMRC) on Google Maps. Use Traveline Scotland to plan your trip By Train GMRC is a short walk from Nitshill train station, and can be reached by turning right onto Nitshill Road and walking under the bridge towards Wiltonburn Road on your right. Turn right again onto Woodhead Road. Trains run regularly between Nitshill and Glasgow Central train station. By Bus First Bus service 57 stops near the venue. Visit this web page to find out more about photography, filming and sketching guidelines at Glasgow Museums venues. GMRC has achieved a Silver Award from Visit Scotland's Green Tourism scheme. For more information and to download our Environmental & Social Responsibility Policy, click here. To download our Visitor Charter for 2025, click here. Telephone 0141 276 9300 Email glmuseumsadminbookingshub@glasgowlife.org.uk Follow Glasgow Museums Resource Centre (GMRC) Location 200 Woodhead Road, South Nitshill Industrial Estate, Glasgow, G53 7NN View on map Learning Find out more about learning opportunities at Glasgow Life Museums Plan an educational or community group visit Check out what resources our Learning team have to enhance your visit to Glasgow Museums Resource Centre Find out more Find out some of our behind the scenes restoration work Update your cookie preferences to view this content. Find out more from our Frames Conservator who has worked on The Dunlop Family Portrait which is now on display at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum