Our Past Exhibitions
Exhibitions are at the core of our heritage programme. Our aim is to shed light on some of the interesting parts of history that made Maryhill and greater Glasgow. Below is an archive of the stories we have told so far.
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the george ward collection
Exploring 1970s Maryhill through the eyes of a local man
A Maryhill man born and bred, the late George Ward used his trusty cameras to document and immortalise the buildings and characters which were integral to Maryhill and Glasgow, many of which have since disappeared.
A stone, a spark, a shard of glass
A contemporary art exhibition by the G20 Artist Collective. The pieces were inspired by Maryhill Burgh Halls’ collection, the history of the area and the canal.
Garden festival 1988: How did the garden grow?
The touring exhibition of one of Glasgow’s most memorable events. Organised by the New Glasgow Society and After The Garden Festival.
strike! sTORIES OF BRYANT & MAY
An exhibition about the people of the Maryhill Bryant & May match factory, once Britain’s leading manufacturers of matches, making the iconic Swan Vestas and Scottish Bluebell brands.
MARYHILL IS WONDERFUL
In a collection of black and white portraits, Campbell Ramage highlighted the beauty of the area which was found in the people who live and work in Maryhill.
50 Pots
These 50 pots tell the story of the throwers, bottom knockers, transferware engravers, firemen, mould makers and decorators who worked the Scottish industrial potteries. They are artefacts that have outlived the buildings in which they were produced, and the people that produced them.
Ghost Signs of Glasgow
What is a ghost sign? It’s the fading remains of old signs on buildings: flaking paint, weather-worn words. The Ghost Signs exhibition revealed forgotten areas of Glasgow’s architectural, social and cultural history through ghost sign photography.
Glasgow Orchestral Society: Celebrating 150 years
Bringing together beautifully designed concert programmes, tickets, correspondence, invoices, the exhibition described the history of the Society, its network, its forgotten stories, and its deep connections with the late Victorian Glasgow.
Loving Earth Project
A series of textiles commenting on climate change during COP26.
A glasgow photojourney: 1978
Jos Treen’s photographs capture the resilience and humour of Glaswegians in 1978 – a time when Glasgow had a huge poverty problem and the city was filled with appalling housing. The Glasgow skyline has changed a lot since then and in many cases we are now left only with the memories of low factories, tall chimneys, higher flats, the skeletons of vanished streets and demolished tenements.
Morton Gillespie: The way we were
A photographic journey back in time. These photographs document the wholesale demolition of Glasgow’s slum tenements to be replaced by multi-storey boxes in the sky and peripheral housing schemes remote from the city centre..