Learning Resources

Virtual Visits

Short gallery-based films relating to our most popular workshops. 

'Life and Death in Ancient Egypt' at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

Downloadable Trails

Print off your own trails before you visit.

Trails for use in our museum venues:

Discovering Materials at GoMA – suitable for primary 

Kelvingrove Gallery Trail – a generic trail around galleries, suitable for first & second level 

Riverside Learning Trail – discover key exhibits around the museum 

Riverside Toucans and Lollipops – learn about Road Safety, first level 

GoMA Gallery Animal Hunt – relates to Domestic Bliss exhibition, suitable for early level

Scotland Street School Activity booklet – relates to school museum and Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s designs 

Outdoor Trails:

Kelvingrove Park Nature Trail 

Family trail created by RSPB Scotland

Local Explorers

Explore buildings and greenspaces in your local area. Suitable for EAL learners.

Slavery themed walking tour of Glasgow – teachers’ notes

Slavery themed walking tour of Glasgow – pupils’ sheet

Slavery themed walking tour = pre visit information
Video to accompany slavery walking tour

Secondary School Resources

Using our collections as the starting point for discussions, creative activities, critical thinking and knowledge exchange. 

• Secondary Art Drawing School - Continuous Line
• Secondary Art Drawing School - Abstract Line
• Secondary Art Drawing School - drawing on coloured paper

• National 5 Critical Studies in Expressive Art. EDWARD BAIRD
• National 5 Critical Studies in Expressive Art. NORAH NEILSON GRAY
• National 5 Critical Studies in Expressive Art. LOUIS MARCOUSSIS
• National 5 Critical Studies in Design. COSTUME
• Higher Critical Studies in Expressive Art. STANLEY SPENCER

• Secondary Art Critical Studies. LOOKING AT STILL LIFE

• Instructions and Patterns for Seventeenth-century Costume Embroidery
• Instructions and Patterns for Seventeenth-century Costume Embroidery

 SOCIAL SUBJECTS

• Hidden Legacies - Transatlantic Slave trade

Activities for Class Use (primary)

Colourful Heritage Teaching Packs - Informative and inspirational packs exploring Glasgow's South Asian and Muslim migrant history. Covers 5 topics: WW1, WW2, politics, cultural identity and entrepreneurship. 

Drawing School

Drawing School - Mixing primary colours

Drawing School - Scrap Paper Boats

Drawing School - Perspective and Buildings

Ancient Egypt activity ideas

Ancient Egyptian Architecture

Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs

Ancient Egyptian Measurements

Ancient Egyptian Mud Bricks

Ancient Egyptian Paint

Ancient Egyptian Pets

Hieroglyphs Hunt

Pyramid Pictures

Translating Hieroglyphs

Translating Hieroglyphs - Part 2

Tutankhamuns Pants

Enhancing Your Practice – Teachers’ Notes

Teachers’ Notes to accompany some of our most popular CPD sessions. 

Developing Language Through Museum Collections – examples from Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

Engaging with Modern and Contemporary Art – early and first level learners using examples from GoMA

Making Connections - Global Citizenship: using museum collections to connect historical and contemporary global issues

Exploring our Collections on-line

Follow these links to discover more about our fantastic collections.

Collections Navigator – School topics : themed groups containing objects from our collections 

Art UK - artworks from every public collection in the UK, including Glasgow Museums