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People's Palace

People's Palace is a museum and glasshouse in Glasgow Green, Glasgow. It is protected as a category A listed building. Nearby, Glasgow Cathedral (1.3 km) heads a list of 106 within 15 km.

Photo: People's Palace, Emmi Hakka (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

In Glasgow

inside the locality

Visitors a year

290K

Wikidata

How well known

Top 5%

#371 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Aug

highs of 18–19°C

In brief

Museum in Glasgow

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#371 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (7 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Glasgow

People's Palace is inside Glasgow’s locality, with 54 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Category A listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Glasgow has 1,795 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Weather through the year

Afternoons in Glasgow reach 18–19°C from June to August.

Jan7° / 2°121 mm

Feb8° / 2°99 mm

Mar10° / 3°85 mm

Apr12° / 5°62 mm

May16° / 7°67 mm

Jun18° / 10°69 mm

Jul19° / 12°84 mm

Aug19° / 11°91 mm

Sep17° / 9°89 mm

Oct13° / 7°121 mm

Nov9° / 4°114 mm

Dec7° / 2°128 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Glasgow, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Glasgow. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Glasgow’s full climate →

About

People's Palace

Each year, some 290K people come. Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 7 languages.

Glasgow’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Listed: Category A listed building
Visitors: 290K visitors a year
Wikipedias: Covered in 7 languages
Town: in Glasgow
Official site: glasgowlife.org.uk/museums/venues/peoples-palace

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

Plan your visit

When it is open

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

People's Palace and what surrounds it

Orange marks People's Palace, and the numbered points match the list of places below.

Towns near it

Towns within reach of People's Palace

Glasgow tops the 8 for size, at 617,904 people. From nearest to farthest, these towns all list it.

1 · It’s in town

Glasgow

617,904 people · 101 places to visit

2 · 1.3 km southeast of it

Rutherglen

31,185 people · 51 places to visit

3 · 3.4 km southeast of it

Cambuslang

33,250 people · 35 places to visit

4 · 5.9 km south of it

Netherlee

4,493 people · 19 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where People's Palace is	People	Places to visit
Glasgow	It’s in town	617,904	101
Rutherglen	1.3 km southeast of it	31,185	51
Cambuslang	3.4 km southeast of it	33,250	35
Netherlee	5.9 km south of it	4,493	19
Bishopbriggs	6.3 km north of it	23,759	39
Giffnock	6.5 km southwest of it	11,963	25
Stamperland	6.7 km south of it	3,497	17
Thornliebank	7.1 km southwest of it	4,084	20

Make a day of it

More to see nearby

Among the 106 within 15 km are 3 cathedrals, 3 museums and an art gallery.

CathedralGlasgow Cathedral1.3 km away 2

Big drawMuseumKelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum3.9 km away · 1M visitors a year 3

MuseumGlasgow School of Art2.3 km away 4

Big drawArt galleryGallery of Modern Art1.4 km away · 596K visitors a year 5

CathedralSt Andrew's Cathedral1.1 km away 6

Big drawMuseumRiverside Museum4.6 km away · 1.1M visitors a year (2015)7CathedralCathedralSt Mary's Cathedral3.4 km away 8

GardenGlasgow Botanic Gardens4.6 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Questions people have about People's Palace

Where is People's Palace?

People's Palace is in Glasgow, Glasgow City, inside the town’s locality.

What is People's Palace?

Museum and glasshouse in Glasgow Green, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.

How many people visit People's Palace?

About 290K visitors a year.

When is the best time to visit People's Palace?

June to August are the warmest months in Glasgow, with afternoon highs of 18–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is People's Palace a listed building?

Yes: category A listed building.

What else is there to see near People's Palace?

Within 15 km: Glasgow Cathedral (1.3 km), Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum (3.9 km), Glasgow School of Art (2.3 km) and Gallery of Modern Art (1.4 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the NRS 2022 locality (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (8)

People's Palace: Emmi Hakka, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Glasgow Cathedral: Bewahrerderwerte, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Glasgow School of Art: Stinglehammer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Gallery of Modern Art: BrainiacBlink, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Andrew's Cathedral: Michal Klajban, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Riverside Museum: Cutkiller2018, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Glasgow Botanic Gardens: Finlay McWalter, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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