Out and about in the city and looking for a bit of a steer? Why not check out our interactive Gallus Glasgow trails and find out more about the fate of the buildings that are depicted on Sulman’s map?
The Gallus Glasgow project by Glasgow City Heritage Trust tells to story of the city’s Victorian heritage through the eyes of Thomas Sulman, illustrator of the incredible Bird’s Eye View of Glasgow, 1864.
These tours explore the buildings shown on the map, that have survived or been lost, and what they can tell us about Victorian Glasgow. If you download the GuidiGo app to your phone or device you can follow the trail as you walk!
LOST BUILDINGS
Itinerary: 10 stops
Duration: 2hrs
Stops include a village razed to make way for Central Station, the Lock Hospital for Unfortunate Women and Scotland’s only ‘well managed prison’…
SURVIVING BUILDINGS
Itinerary: 10 stops
Duration: 2hrs
Stops include Glasgow’s own Crystal Palace, Scotland’s first shopping mall and the world’s oldest surviving music hall, hidden above a suspended ceiling trapped in time…
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Online Talk: 19th Century Retail and the Rise of the Department Store
Wednesday 8th December 2021 | 7.30pm GMT | via Zoom
Focusing on architecture, window displays, and internal design, this talk will examine how Glasgow department stores, like their Parisian counterparts, became spaces not just of spectacle, but also of manipulation and disorientation.
The Map
“I feel like a bird soaring over the city when I gaze upon Sulman’s map, every nook and cranny with every detail so exact.
I can see where I came from and where I’m at.”