St Mungo Museum of Religious Life & Art

Small museum that you should visit in tandem with St. Mungo.
This small religious museum is located just opposite of the imposing, intimidating St. Mungo (Glasgow) Cathedral, and it’s worth a visit if you’re in the area. There is more to read than actually to see at this unassuming museum, but if you want to know more about the different religions of the world, you might actually learn something here. Exhibits are modest indeed though.
My recommendation would be to go the museum first, then the cathedral, then the city of the dead.

Free museums are great. They make you feel like whatever you spend later in the day is a bargain. St Mungo Museum is no exception. It wasn’t top of my list for visitor attractions when my father turned up for a week’s visit, but given we’re both paid up members of the National Secular Society I thought this might provide a thought provoking break from eating and drinking our way around his childhood haunts.
Inside this compact, yet bright and airy building, are references to the world’s more popular belief systems with some reflections from local folk on how faith guides them through life. Artistic exhibits from around the world give it a global context and help build a sense of togetherness rather than difference. Sadly the telly suggests there’s a long way to go before life imitates art.

This was one of our favorite museums in Glasgow! What a great presentation of the major world religions in an inclusive and interesting way. The displays are very well put-​together. We enjoyed the personal stories you can read or listen to along the way. There are some excellent interactive displays for kids, as well as some fine art pieces. Don’t miss the Glasgow Cathedral right outside, and the Necropolis behind that.

Here is the conundrum. Visitors coming to Glasgow and you need to entertain them for the day., oh, and you have little to no money.
Well, put your hands together and thank your creator that they are coming to the best place on the planet for Free Stuff!
Glasgow has great museums (most of them free) and this little gem is parked next to two other other wonderful Glasgow sights/​sites — St Mungo’s cathedral and the Provand’s Lordship. Take them here and then you have others to wander around as well.
Near to the center and filled with a lots to see and think about. It is probably better than the Cathedral and The Oldest house in Glasgow for kids since they do have an activity centre. But it is also perfect for older visitors who will probably find something in the variety of displays to talk about.
And if you are friendless, then you probably will find more here than anybody else. Get your butt down here sooner rather than later.

Props to St Mungo Museum for showcasing a multitude of religions!
After discovering the beauty of Glasgow Cathedral, we were looking for some refreshments (and a place to freshen up). The guides at the Cathedral kindly pointed us to St Mungo Museum
Was amazed that there is not only a children’s learning area where they can touch & color but the facts are interesting for kids & grownup kids alike.
We learned that Saint Mungo was the founder & patron saint of Glasgow
We learned about his miracles
We also learned about religions including — Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and Sikhism
There’s a cool Zen garden outside where café people can sit & enjoy the sun… we sure did.
We met the cutest guide who was 93 yrs old & she told us stories about how she used to come to Glasgow Cathedral as a little girl & how times have changed
The building looks gothic or medieval on the outside but is very modern on the inside and has a lift for those who find stairs difficult (like my Dad)
And you get all of this for FREE

Didn’t really know about this place until I took the Sightseeing Bus a while ago.
The focus of this museum is religion in all its forms and there’s alot to take in here, which will stimulate some good discussion points.
The building itself is stunning, with an equally impressive Zen garden which was designed to celebrate the harmony between all people and nature, regardless of religion.
Some of the temporary exhibitions in here have caused a bit of a stir, which is unfortunate, but people are super sensitive to everything thesedays.
I for one think it’s awesome that a place like this exists.

What a brilliant museum.
I was pleasantly surprised by how fascinating this place was when a friend and I decided to check it out one rainy afternoon. The building, which stands on the site of the medieval Bishop’s Castle was opened in April 1993 and although it looks medieval from the outside, the modern interior has been refurbished to a very high standard.
The floors are divided into The Gallery of Religious Art, The Gallery of Religious Life, The Scottish Gallery and a temporary exhibition space. Each level is intriguing and you’ll be surprised about how much there is to learn about religion.
Keep an eye on what events are coming up in the exhibition space, last year I saw an excellent photography display.

One of the coolest museums I’ve ever visited. Its designers and curators should be commended for the tasteful, positive, and equal way the exhibits are displayed. You will learn much about life and art from the worlds of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and Sikhism and will walk out with a new appreciation for how people of very different beliefs and points of view are more similar than they are different.

It is a delightful irony that a city notorious for sectarian strife houses the only public museum anywhere dedicated to examining the world’s major religions. And even more delightfully, it does so in a completely nonjudgemental, entirely celebratory way. Housed in a Scottish Baronial-​style building on the site of a medieval Bishop’s Palace, this unique museum is an airy, engaging space that examines the world’s six major religions and the influence of religion in Scotland, all of which is interspersed with awe-​inspiring images of deities.
I love it here, if that isn’t abundantly clear. This museum is educational, fun, relaxing, and good for people of all ages.

Quite a small location that would have been better focussed on Religious history of Glasgow rather than trying to do it all by pulling in religions that have nothing to do with the city or even country historically. I believe it’s here that some idiot slashed Dali’s Crucifixion when it was on displaynow safely back at the Glasgow Art Gallery which I would recommend highly. If you’re near this museum and have limited time you’d probably be better off visiting the cathedral and the Provand’s Lordship — both of which are right there.

A lovely little mueseum the first of its kind in Scotland. Has a general respect of the different cultures and religions of the world. It is located in the perfect place as it is next door to the Glasgow Cathedral and Nacropolis. A religious area of Glasgow there are lots of little churches nearby.