Black History Month
The Tontine heads speak!
- Tickets
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Free
- Dates and times
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11th Oct 2024
2:00PM - 3:00PM
- Venue
Curator for Scottish History, Tony Lewis,
will review the significance of the Tontine head sculptures in the St Nicholas
Garden at Provand’s Lordship in terms of their place in Georgian Glasgow’s
administration and government and coded message to celebrate its links with
imperial colonies in the Americas and an economy dependent on enslaved
plantation workforces.
Accessibility guides
Accessible toilets
Assistance dogs
Guide and assistance dogs are welcome.
Hearing loop
Exhibits are not be audio described. There is no hearing assistance system.
If you use British Sign Language, you can watch a British Sign Language introduction to Provand's Lordship.
Baby feeding
Parking
Pay and display parking and free disabled parking is available in the car park on Castle Street.
Photography and video recording
Please follow this link to read guidelines on photography, filming and sketching in all Glasgow Life Museums.
Location Map
Use Traveline Scotland to plan your trip
By train
The nearest local train station is High Street.
By bus
First Bus services 19, 19A, 38, 57 and 57A all stop near the house.
On foot
The house is located in the city centre, a short walk from Buchanan Street and Argyle Street. It is opposite St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art and Glasgow Cathedral.
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