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We give out almost £1million in funding each year to help people in Glasgow protect, repair and promote the city's historic buildings and places.
⚒️ Looking after a tenement brings unique challenges, but our upcoming online event, in partnership with Under One Roof, will explore practical solutions and expert guidance to help make tenement management simpler, smoother and less stressful!

📆 Tues. 18 Nov. | 12-1pm

📍 Via Zoom

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November 14, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🆘 Own a flat in a tenement?


👉 Wondering how to handle repairs, deal with damp, or work with your neighbours on maintenance?

Join GCHT and Under One Roof for a free, practical session designed for anyone caring for a historic tenement.

📆 Tues. 18 Nov. | 12- 1pm

To Book:
Taking Care of Your Tenement: Online Event – Glasgow City Heritage Trust
Join GCHT and Under One Roof for an online session all about tenement maintenance
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November 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🚨 Don’t forget- our Taking Care of Your Tenement drop-in session is tomorrow night, Thurs. 6th November!

🏘️ Come by between 6 and 8pm to chat with the GCHT and Under One Roof Scotland teams.

📍 The Deep End, 21 Nithsdale Street, Glasgow G41 2PZ

🔗 Find out more:
Taking Care of Your Tenement: Drop-In Session – Glasgow City Heritage Trust
Join GCHT and Under One Roof for a drop-in session aimed at anyone who wants to learn more about maintaining and repairing historic tenements!
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November 5, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Join GCHT and Under One Roof for a free and informative event aimed at owner-occupiers, landlords or anyone who wants to learn more about maintaining and managing their historic tenement flats.

📆 Tuesday 18th November | 12-1:00pm

📍 Via Zoom

🎟️ Free! Booking essential:
Taking Care of Your Tenement: Online Event – Glasgow City Heritage Trust
Join GCHT and Under One Roof for an online session all about tenement maintenance
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November 3, 2025 at 12:01 PM
💸 It’s payday and Friday- the perfect time to treat yourself!

Spend an afternoon getting creative and learning the art of traditional sign writing with the brilliant Bungo Sign Co.

🎨 Saturday 15 November | 1pm – 5pm
📍 Many Studios
💷 £75

Spaces limited, book now 👉 buff.ly/MVia2Ow buff.ly/MVia2Ow
October 31, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🧱 In our latest blog, Training Grant recipient Michael Goodger reflects on his learning experience and the importance of gaining hands-on training with traditional skills ⚒️

Read Michael’s blog and find out more about our Training Grants 👉 buff.ly/tq9OnZb
October 30, 2025 at 8:30 AM
🆘 Got questions about taking care of your tenement? We've got answers!

Join GCHT and Under One Roof at our next drop-in session where you can ask our experts for advice.

📆 Thursday, 6th November 6 - 8pm

📍 The Deep End, 21 Nithsdale Street, G41 2PZ

More info:
Taking Care of Your Tenement: Drop-In Session – Glasgow City Heritage Trust
Join GCHT and Under One Roof for a drop-in session aimed at anyone who wants to learn more about maintaining and repairing historic tenements!
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October 29, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Many of Mexico City’s Art Deco & Art Nouveau buildings are at risk: abandoned, quake-damaged or redeveloped.

[un]Faithful Reinstatement explores how adaptive reuse is saving them and asks: could Glasgow do the same?

Book a free spot for the exhibition opening panel discussion 👉 buff.ly/0EXcLWd
October 28, 2025 at 12:04 PM
✨ During #HeritageCareersWeek we’re proud to support training that helps build a sustainable heritage workforce in Scotland!

Our Training Grants can help you develop your professional skills and are open to anyone 18+. To find out more and apply:
GCHT’s Training Grants – Glasgow City Heritage Trust
GCHT's Training Grant programme is open for applications
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October 27, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Try your hand at traditional signwriting with the talented team from Southside's Bungo Sign Co & Rachel from brush maker A.S Handover.

Enjoy an afternoon of creativity, craft and a bit of paint under your fingernails!

📆 Sat 15 Nov | 1pm - 5pm
📍 Many Studios
🎟️ £75

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Workshop: Sign Writing with Bungo Sign Co. – Glasgow City Heritage Trust
Join us for a hands-on sign writing workshop with Bungo Sign Co.
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October 20, 2025 at 11:02 AM
📣 Taking Care of Your Tenement: Drop-In Session

⚒️ Join GCHT and Under One Roof for a drop-in session aimed at anyone who wants to learn more about maintaining and repairing historic tenements! 

📆 Thursday, 6th Nov. | 6pm - 8pm

📍The Deep End, 21 Nithsdale Street, G41 2PZ

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Taking Care of Your Tenement: Drop-In Session – Glasgow City Heritage Trust
Join GCHT and Under One Roof for a drop-in session aimed at anyone who wants to learn more about maintaining and repairing historic tenements!
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October 17, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Step back in time to the 19th-century! Join our hands-on camera obscure workshop & learn how it led to modern photography, then build your own box camera obscura and explore the city through its unique view.

📆 Sat 8 Nov | 10:30-15:00
📍 GCHT, 54 Bell Street
🎟️ £35

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Workshop: Create Your Own Camera Obscura – Glasgow City Heritage Trust
Be inspired and make your own take-away camera obscura!
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October 16, 2025 at 11:02 AM
✨ Friday feeling! Some great news to share...

We’re delighted to announce that, as of 1st October, we are an accredited Living Wage Scotland Employer.

A huge thank you to the Living Wage Foundation for welcoming us into the fold- we’re proud to join the movement!

#LivingWage #LivingWageEmployer
October 3, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Our latest newsletter The Insider just dropped! 📬
Fun heritage picks, behind-the-scenes at GCHT & more.
Sign up now and we’ll send it your way too: buff.ly/DR6A7eo
October 2, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Did you know the world's oldest surviving music hall is right here in Glasgow? It showcased everything from entertainers to animals!

Curious for more? Join Judith Bowers, founder of the Friends of Britannia Panopticon Music Hall Trust, on a talk & tour of the building on 9 Oct!

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Britannia Panopticon Building Tour & Talk – Glasgow City Heritage Trust
A visit to the World’s oldest surviving music hall where Stan Laurel made his stage debut in 1906.
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September 25, 2025 at 11:02 AM
📣 Lens on Legacy: A Tour of Glasgow's Building's At Risk

🥾 Join GCHT Director Niall Murphy on a walking tour through the city centre, uncovering the forgotten tales and urgent challenges facing some of Glasgow’s most iconic but at-risk landmarks.

📆 Thurs. 2 Oct. | 5:30pm

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September 23, 2025 at 7:30 AM
📸 One of the places you can visit for this year's Glasgow Doors Open Days is Queens Park Camera Club, who will also be hosting our Lens on Legacy exhibition!

⏰ The Club will be open from 10am-4pm, Saturday & Sunday.

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🗝️ Glasgow Dors Open Days: buff.ly/0MIG0F0
September 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Discover Glasgow’s oldest surviving music hall on this tour & talk of Britannia Panopticon, exploring hidden stories, forgotten corners & 186 years of history.

📆 Thurs 9 Oct | 6:30 - 7:30pm
📍 Britannia Panopticon, 113-117 Trongate
🎟️ Booking essential, £10

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Britannia Panopticon Building Tour & Talk – Glasgow City Heritage Trust
A visit to the World’s oldest surviving music hall where Stan Laurel made his stage debut in 1906.
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September 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
📣 Lens On Legacy: A Tour Of Glasgow's Buildings At Risk

🥾 Join GCHT’s Director Niall Murphy for a walk around Glasgow City Centre, looking at some of the city’s most iconic, but at-risk, buildings.

☔ Please dress for the weather!

📆 Thursday 2nd October | 5:30pm

🎟️ £18 | buff.ly/T6a0P44
September 16, 2025 at 1:40 PM
We may not have taken home a win at this year's Inspiring City Awards, but we were thrilled to see our pals The Empire Café honoured with the Heritage Champion Award for the 'Who Owns the Clyde?' podcast.

📖 Read more about the event: buff.ly/VFaWhGS

#InspiringCityAwards2025 #Glasgow850
September 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM
🤞 Fingers crossed for the Inspiring City Awards, which take place later today!

We're a finalist in the Heritage Champion category, alongside:

- Glasgow Building Preservation Trust
- Wasps Studios
- Stratum Masonry
- Empire Cafe/ Who owns the Clyde

☘️ Best of luck everyone!
September 8, 2025 at 9:01 AM
✨ New look, same mission.
GCHT has rebranded – bold, people-focused, rooted in Glasgow’s past and future.
Explore: glasgowheritage.org.uk
September 3, 2025 at 7:30 AM
🚨 Friday 5th Sept. is the last day of our #LensOnLegacy exhibition!

📸 The exhibition continues the city’s long & rich tradition of urban photography, shining a spotlight on at-risk buildings across Glasgow.

📆 We're open Wed. to Fri. from 10am-4pm in our office at 54 Bell St.

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September 2, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Lansdowne Church in Glasgow’s West End – now Websters – is full of history, memory and craft: stained glass by Alf Webster, a WWI plaster frieze by Evelyn Beale, and generations of memory.

New funding from us and @HeritageFundUK is ensuring these treasures are preserved.

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Memory Encapsulated in a Building: Lansdowne Church, Alf Webster, and Memorialisation
Memory can be a complex and complicated thing. As time progresses, memories can fade, alter, or transform into entirely false versions of events. Furthermore, how each individual remembers an event…
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September 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🏛️ Building Spotlight!

👀 As part of our #LensOnLegacy exhibition, we’re highlighting some of the buildings featured in the exhibition - this week we’re taking a closer look at the iconic Met Tower.
August 29, 2025 at 7:30 AM