Provand's Lordship

The Tontine heads speak!

The Tontine heads speak!
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Tickets
Free
Dates and times
Friday 11th Oct 2024
2:00PM

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.

This event is free to attend, but ticketed. Please secure your tickets via our Eventbrite link.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-tontine-heads-speak-tickets-953498017237?aff=odcleoeventsincollection

Accessibility guides

Floor plan

Autism-friendly storyboard

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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