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Burrell Collection Glasgow

The Burrell Collection is one of Glasgow's main visitor attractions, a collection of over 9,000 pieces amassed by wealthy industrialist Sir William Burrell, a ship owner and art collector, before the collection was donated to the city of Glasgow in 1944. In 1963 the Burrell Collection was finally housed in a purpose built Museum building within Pollok Country Park in the south side of Glasgow.

This eclectic collection brings together everything from Chinese porcelain and medieval furniture to Islamic art and works by Renoir, Rodin and Cézanne. The Burrell Museum's structure includes carved-stone doorways, and some of the galleries are reconstructions of rooms from Hutton Castle, the former Burrell residence. The Burrell Collection is ten minutes walk away from another popular attraction, Pollock House.