Glasgow's new museum is now open to the public. There's been a great deal of excitement about both the building and the collection which it houses.  Now it's your opportunity to go and see this symbol of Glasgow's regeneration for yourself.

The Riverside Museum is open to the public daily, with free admission. Full information about getting to museum is available on the Riverside Museum pages of the Glasgow Life website.

• There are more than 3,000 objects on display (double the number that were on display at
  the former Museum of Transport), with greatly improved access to all displays. Visitors can
  board two subway cars, three trams, four locomotives, one railway carriage, and one bus.
• Riverside Museum’s architect is Zaha Hadid CBE, winner of the Stirling Prize. Zaha Hadid is
  the only female recipient of the Pritzker Architectural Prize, architecture’s “Nobel Prize”. She
  was awarded the Riverside contract in 2004.
• The Tall Ship Glenlee is one of only five Clyde-built sailing vessels afloat in the world
  today and the only one in the UK. She has undergone a £1.5 million refit and redisplay in
  preparation for the move to Riverside.The Tall Ship Glenlee charges £5 for adults, plus one child goes free (additional child’s ticket is £3). A concession ticket is £4.50.
• The site (donated by Glasgow Harbour) is 22,400 square metres. The museum’s footprint
  is 7,800sqm (equivalent to about seven Olympic-sized swimming pools) with 6,600sqm of
  public space.
• The first-year expected attendance for Riverside Museum is 625,000 visitors (to 31 March
  2012). The old Museum of Transport at Kelvin Hall attracted about 500,000 visitors each
  year.

See our Riverside Museum image gallery for the story of the construction of this amazing building.