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The St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art is a museum of religion in Glasgow, Scotland. It has been described as the only public museum in the world devoted solely to this subject,[2][3] although other notable museums of this kind are the State Museum of the History of Religion in St. Petersburg[4] and the Catharijneconvent in Utrecht.[5]

St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art

St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art
Location	High Street, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Coordinates	55.860051°N 4.2389794°W / 55.860051; -4.2389794
Visitors	159,157 (2019)[1]
Website	www.glasgowlife.org.uk/museums/venues/st-mungo-museum-of-religious-life-and-art

Construction and history

The museum is located in Cathedral Square, on the lands of Glasgow Cathedral at Castle Street. It was constructed in 1989[6] on the site of a medieval castle-complex, the former residence of the bishops of Glasgow, parts of which can be seen inside the Cathedral and at the People's Palace, Glasgow. The museum building emulates the Scottish Baronial architectural style[7] used for the former bishop's castle.[8]

The museum opened in 1993.[9]

Nearby are the Provand's Lordship (Glasgow's oldest house), the Glasgow Royal Infirmary, and Glasgow Necropolis.

Collection

The museum houses exhibits relating to all the world's major religions, including a Zen garden and a sculpture showing Islamic calligraphy. It housed Salvador Dalí’s painting Christ of Saint John of the Cross from its opening in 1993 until the reopening of Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in 2006.[10]

Gallery

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  Stained glass
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  Sculpture of Shiva
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  The museum from Cathedral Square
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  The rear of the museum
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  The museum and Provand's Lordship
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  The Zen garden

References

External links

• Museum website
• Glasgow Cathedral Precinct—History and original drawings of the Cathedral area.

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