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Help Support the Restoration
of the James Watt Organ
For gifts above £100, donors will receive the benefits
as listed above with the addition of:
• Acknowledgment in the Glasgow Life
Annual Review
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activities surrounding the exhibition
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How Glasgow Flourished 1714–1837
at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
18 April–18 August 2014
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© Culture and Sport Glasgow (Glasgow Museums) 2013
In April 2014, Kelvingrove will be showcasing the
exhibition How Glasgow Flourished. The exhibition will
represent the growth and development of Glasgow
in the early 1700s through a series of key objects and
paintings. It will illustrate what life was like for workers
and merchants alike and how life was improving for
at least some of its citizens.
‘As Glasgow anticipates welcoming the
Commonwealth Games and many new visitors to
the City in 2014, the exhibition will allow Glasgow
Museums to celebrate its history at this momentous
time. Our exhibition How Glasgow Flourished will
highlight the links Glasgow made and forged
over centuries of commerce and trade.’
Dr. Anthony Lewis
Curator of Scottish History, Glasgow Museums
Exhibition: How Glasgow Flourished 1714–1837
Funding Request – James Watt Organ
This free temporary exhibition will present the
collections of the Georgian period held by
Glasgow Museums. The objects which will be
displayed are of outstanding quality and this
represents the first opportunity for many of them to
go on public display.
Glasgow Museums is seeking support for the
conservation of a 1762 James Watt Organ. The
Organ became part of the collection of Glasgow
Museums in 1918.
This will be a multi-disciplinary exhibition of about 200
objects from the collection at Glasgow Museums. In
addition a number of rare books from the collection
will also feature with a small number of loans from
within Scotland and the rest of the United Kingdom.
The exhibition will examine a fascinating period
of 130 years in Glasgow’s history. Despite facing
a succession of far-reaching economic, political
and social crises Glasgow managed to thrive. The
exhibition will examine the reasons for this survival
and understand how it was able to be so resilient
and to overtake other comparable mercantile
centres in power and prosperity.
Left: Glasgow University by David Allan.
Inset: View of Glasgow (from south east), showing old and new
bridges and Broomielaw, c.1800–1825, artist unknown.
Below left: Trongate by John Knox.
Below right: John Glassford and His Family
by Archibald McLauchlan.
Cover: Music organ, attributed to James Watt, c.1760–1765.
The Organ itself, which has freemasonic provenance,
is important to the exhibition as it demonstrates the
role that James Watt played in the City of Glasgow.
It also highlights his inventions and products and
their place in the business community.
The organ was constructed by James Watt in 1762
from his workshop in the Saltmarket where he
employed at least three staff before moving to a
larger shop in Trongate, where he sold all sorts of
mathematical and musical instruments, including toys
and other goods.
Glasgow Museums has secured £3,000 from The
Leche Trust – a Charitable Foundation to support the
conservation of this important object. Our fundraising
campaign seeks to raise the remaining £3,500, which
would enable detailed conservation to be carried out
and bringing the object back to its former state.
Any contribution you are able to make would help
us achieve our fundraising target and enable us to
continue further researching this important object.
Once the exhibition closes to the public, donors will
be able to see the organ at the Glasgow Museums
Resource Centre.