The first floor is home to facilities such as:
- the multimedia Object Cinema
- the History Discovery Centre
- the Study Centre
First floor galleries cover the following subjects:
- Conflict and Consequence
- Cultural Survival
- Dutch, Italian and French Art
- La Faruk Madonna
- Every Picture Tells a Story
- Scottish Identity in Art
- Glasgow and the World
- Scotland’s First Peoples
- Sculpture Highlights and Picture Promenade