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David Livingstone Birthplace - Home Page
Welcome to
David Livingstone Birthplace
Plan Your Visit
David Livingstone Birthplace
Set along the banks of the River Clyde and surrounded by stunning parkland, the Birthplace Museum invites you to follow Livingstone’s journey from Blantyre to Africa through our new interactive exhibition.
Children are encouraged to 'set sail' on our wonderful playground, inspired by Livingstone’s voyages, and explore the grounds using our trails.
Buy Tickets
Events
Tours
Opening Hours
The museum is open daily between 10:00 am - 4:30 pm (the last admission is 3:30 pm).
Tours will be running at 11:00 on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.
Prearranged large groups are welcome to visit any time - don't hesitate to contact
bookings@dltrust.uk
for further information.
The David Livingstone Birthplace Museum Values and ways of working reject racism in every form and we work to ensure it has no place in our community. We offer safe places for people to come together to understand what has happened in our collectives pasts and to rebuild.
Current events highlight the vital importance and urgency of continuing our work of striving to make our spaces welcoming and safe for all, places where different voices, experiences, and stories are shared and not denied and ignored.
Chair Yoga for Every Body
24 April 2026
Gentle Chair Yoga for All - Relax, Stretch and Feel Great! Experience the benefits of Chair Yoga – a supportive and accessible class designed for all ages, abilities, and experience levels. Whether you’re looking to improve flexibility, reduce stress, or move in a good way, this class is for you, as Chair Yoga is a simple and effective way to boost your well-being!
Events
Chair Yoga for Every Body
24 April 2026
Gentle Chair Yoga for All - Relax, Stretch and Feel Great! Experience the benefits of Chair Yoga – a supportive and accessible class designed for all ages, abilities, and experience levels. Whether you’re looking to improve flexibility, reduce stress, or move in a good way, this class is for you, as Chair Yoga is a simple and effective way to boost your well-being!
Events
Mini & Me Yoga Classes
24 April 2026
Time dedicated to you and baby, a nurturing and playful class which combines gentle stretching, movement and relaxation for parent/carer and baby.
Events
Wee Explorers
24 April 2026
Join us as we explore nature within our Explorers Garden, collecting natural resources, singing songs and sharing stories along the way. We will finish with some nature crafts and a small refreshment. Dress for the weather and meet outside the cafe.
Events
Yoga Session
24 April 2026
Mark the end of the week with Nicki for some mindful movement to help ease and stretch the body and relax the mind. Everyone, of any ability, is welcome to join this class that will combine Yoga, Qi Gong (similar to Tai Chi), Chair Yoga, meditation and pranayama, aka breathwork, sprinkled with fun and laughter. You'll leave refreshed and relaxed.
Events
Our Values
Our values are at the core of our Museum and activities
About Us
Blog
Learn more about David Livingstone Birthplace, a museum and park near Glasgow celebrating the life and legacy of Scotland's most famous explorer.
Visit
We offer a range of group options, including group tickets, tours, room hire and catering.
Visit
Events
We regularly run a series of events, for all age ranges, and we invite you to join us!
Events
Schools
We welcome school groups of all ages and abilities.
Schools
Exhibition
Follow Livingstone’s adventurous life through our interactive exhibition.
Exhibition
Collection
Visit the collection which is unique and internationally significant.
Collection
Who Was David Livingstone?
Introducing Livingstone’s story by examining conflicting traits and behaviours, and challenging preconceived notions.
Learn More
About Who Was David Livingstone
Support Us
As a registered charity we rely on your donations to help us maintain the museum, its unique collections and educational programmes.
Support Us
Our Projects
Livingstone’s Green Connections
This is part of our on-going Community Engagement Programme and is for adults in small groups. Do you want to make new friends and get involved in relaxing activities? Then join us!
Learn More
Livingstone’s Green Connections
Connecting Communities & Collections
Empower Women for Change (EWfC) and the David Livingstone Birthplace Museum (DLBM) have joined forces on a two‑year adventure (May 2024 - May 2026) funded by Museums Galleries Scotland, the programme gives Minority Ethnic women the time, space and support to see their stories reflected in Scotland’s heritage - and to help shape how those stories are told.
Learn More
Connecting Communities & Collections
Community-Led Collections Research
We are currently working with National Museums Scotland who has been awarded a grant by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) with Royal Museums Greenwich. The grant will enable organisations around the UK to work with community groups and explore experiences of empire, migration, and life in Britain through their collections.
Learn More
Community-Led Collections Research
Future Careers Project
This project was a partnership between David Livingstone Birthplace, Museum Galleries Scotland (MGS), Developing the Young Workforce, and David Livingstone Memorial Primary.
Learn More
Future Careers Project
150th Year Anniversary Project
Celebrate the Life and Legacy of Dr David Livingstone: Discover, Engage, and Connect with the Birthplace Project in Scotland!
Learn More
150th Year Anniversary Project
Community Engagement Programme
David Livingstone Centre is excited to introduce our Community Engagement Programme for adults in small groups.
Learn More
Community Engagement Programme
Also see our other
Projects
section.
We are very grateful to our key funders the National Lottery Heritage Fund, Historic Environment Scotland and the Scottish Government for their support in helping us deliver the Birthplace Project.
Note
: Please note that David Livingstone Birthplace (and the David Livingstone Trust) is no longer part of National Trust Scotland (NTS). NTS members will therefore no longer receive discounted/free entry to the Birthplace Museum.
Support Us
As a registered charity, we rely on your donations to help maintain the museum's unique collections and educational programmes. Your generosity will make a difference. Thank you.
Support Us
Contact Us
165 Station Road, Blantyre,
South Lanarkshire, G72 9BY.
Telephone: +44 141 3753105
E-Mail:
info@dltrust.uk
Get Involved
Sign-Up For Our Newsletter
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Welcome to
David Livingstone Birthplace
Plan Your Visit
David Livingstone Birthplace
Set along the banks of the River Clyde and surrounded by stunning parkland, the Birthplace Museum invites you to follow Livingstone’s journey from Blantyre to Africa through our new interactive exhibition.
Children are encouraged to 'set sail' on our wonderful playground, inspired by Livingstone’s voyages, and explore the grounds using our trails.
Buy Tickets
Events
Tours
Opening Hours
The museum is open daily between 10:00 am - 4:30 pm (the last admission is 3:30 pm).
Tours will be running at 11:00 on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.
Prearranged large groups are welcome to visit any time - don't hesitate to contact
bookings@dltrust.uk
for further information.
The David Livingstone Birthplace Museum Values and ways of working reject racism in every form and we work to ensure it has no place in our community. We offer safe places for people to come together to understand what has happened in our collectives pasts and to rebuild.
Current events highlight the vital importance and urgency of continuing our work of striving to make our spaces welcoming and safe for all, places where different voices, experiences, and stories are shared and not denied and ignored.
Chair Yoga for Every Body
24 April 2026
Gentle Chair Yoga for All - Relax, Stretch and Feel Great! Experience the benefits of Chair Yoga – a supportive and accessible class designed for all ages, abilities, and experience levels. Whether you’re looking to improve flexibility, reduce stress, or move in a good way, this class is for you, as Chair Yoga is a simple and effective way to boost your well-being!
Events
Chair Yoga for Every Body
24 April 2026
Gentle Chair Yoga for All - Relax, Stretch and Feel Great! Experience the benefits of Chair Yoga – a supportive and accessible class designed for all ages, abilities, and experience levels. Whether you’re looking to improve flexibility, reduce stress, or move in a good way, this class is for you, as Chair Yoga is a simple and effective way to boost your well-being!
Events
Mini & Me Yoga Classes
24 April 2026
Time dedicated to you and baby, a nurturing and playful class which combines gentle stretching, movement and relaxation for parent/carer and baby.
Events
Wee Explorers
24 April 2026
Join us as we explore nature within our Explorers Garden, collecting natural resources, singing songs and sharing stories along the way. We will finish with some nature crafts and a small refreshment. Dress for the weather and meet outside the cafe.
Events
Yoga Session
24 April 2026
Mark the end of the week with Nicki for some mindful movement to help ease and stretch the body and relax the mind. Everyone, of any ability, is welcome to join this class that will combine Yoga, Qi Gong (similar to Tai Chi), Chair Yoga, meditation and pranayama, aka breathwork, sprinkled with fun and laughter. You'll leave refreshed and relaxed.
Events
Our Values
Our values are at the core of our Museum and activities
About Us
Blog
Learn more about David Livingstone Birthplace, a museum and park near Glasgow celebrating the life and legacy of Scotland's most famous explorer.
Visit
We offer a range of group options, including group tickets, tours, room hire and catering.
Visit
Events
We regularly run a series of events, for all age ranges, and we invite you to join us!
Events
Schools
We welcome school groups of all ages and abilities.
Schools
Exhibition
Follow Livingstone’s adventurous life through our interactive exhibition.
Exhibition
Collection
Visit the collection which is unique and internationally significant.
Collection
Who Was David Livingstone?
Introducing Livingstone’s story by examining conflicting traits and behaviours, and challenging preconceived notions.
Learn More
About Who Was David Livingstone
Support Us
As a registered charity we rely on your donations to help us maintain the museum, its unique collections and educational programmes.
Support Us
Our Projects
Livingstone’s Green Connections
This is part of our on-going Community Engagement Programme and is for adults in small groups. Do you want to make new friends and get involved in relaxing activities? Then join us!
Learn More
Livingstone’s Green Connections
Connecting Communities & Collections
Empower Women for Change (EWfC) and the David Livingstone Birthplace Museum (DLBM) have joined forces on a two‑year adventure (May 2024 - May 2026) funded by Museums Galleries Scotland, the programme gives Minority Ethnic women the time, space and support to see their stories reflected in Scotland’s heritage - and to help shape how those stories are told.
Learn More
Connecting Communities & Collections
Community-Led Collections Research
We are currently working with National Museums Scotland who has been awarded a grant by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) with Royal Museums Greenwich. The grant will enable organisations around the UK to work with community groups and explore experiences of empire, migration, and life in Britain through their collections.
Learn More
Community-Led Collections Research
Future Careers Project
This project was a partnership between David Livingstone Birthplace, Museum Galleries Scotland (MGS), Developing the Young Workforce, and David Livingstone Memorial Primary.
Learn More
Future Careers Project
150th Year Anniversary Project
Celebrate the Life and Legacy of Dr David Livingstone: Discover, Engage, and Connect with the Birthplace Project in Scotland!
Learn More
150th Year Anniversary Project
Community Engagement Programme
David Livingstone Centre is excited to introduce our Community Engagement Programme for adults in small groups.
Learn More
Community Engagement Programme
Also see our other
Projects
section.
We are very grateful to our key funders the National Lottery Heritage Fund, Historic Environment Scotland and the Scottish Government for their support in helping us deliver the Birthplace Project.
Note
: Please note that David Livingstone Birthplace (and the David Livingstone Trust) is no longer part of National Trust Scotland (NTS). NTS members will therefore no longer receive discounted/free entry to the Birthplace Museum.
Support Us
As a registered charity, we rely on your donations to help maintain the museum's unique collections and educational programmes. Your generosity will make a difference. Thank you.
Support Us
Contact Us
165 Station Road, Blantyre,
South Lanarkshire, G72 9BY.
Telephone: +44 141 3753105
E-Mail:
info@dltrust.uk
Get Involved
Sign-Up For Our Newsletter
Sign-up for our newsletter
Subscribe