Mezzamuseum
(Interior of Kelvingrove Museum: Glasgow, UK)
Looking back over the past couple of weeks of posts here, it brings to light how much the snow and ice has affected Scotland – and the UK in general. Today I have opted for an interior shot before it all began (a time I can barely recall now). This is taken from the mezzanine level of Glasgow’s most visited and arguably most famous museum; the Kelvingrove. It feels like a pocket of London, wedged in central Glasgow parkland; its scale and general quality match that of some of London’s finest public museums. Before it was renovated a few years ago, I imagine it was dustier, but had more entertaining artifacts; I can remember being up on the mezzanine as a child and asking my parents if the enormous spider crab hanging on the wall was real or not. I was horrified to discover that something that size and with such a ferocious appearance had really once been plucked from the ocean.
In this photograph, you can see the immense wooden organ- every weekend at one o’clock an organist sits playing at it to the general delight of all. I’m glad that these small but extraordinary moments still exist in cities and that they can still be enjoyed by everyone.
– Today Rosie is having morning meetings in Glasgow, UK –
