NEW GLASGOW SOCIETY
is a civic society promoting, protecting and raising interest in the City of Glasgow, through campaigning, discussion, projects, talks and exhibitions
Our aims:
To promote, encourage and stimulate public interest in, and care for, the beauty, history and character of the city of Glasgow and its surroundings;
To encourage high standards of architecture and town planning in the Glasgow region in co-operation with other interested organisations where appropriate;
To encourage the preservation, development and improvement of features of general public amenity or historic interest;
To pursue these ends by means of meetings, exhibitions, lectures, publications, conferences, publicity and the promotion of schemes of a charitable nature.
Projects
Imagine Glasgow 2023
Building Stories 2023: A Storytelling Project About Glasgow's Derelict Buildings
Men, Myth and Monsters Tour with This Is My Glasgow
The Glasgow's 1988 Festival: How Did The Garden Grow?
Building Stories: A Storytelling Project About Glasgow's Derelict Buildings
NGS-GIA A Hustings for Glasgow Built Environment
Imagine Glasgow 2021 [COP26 Edition]
Unfolding Argyle Street with NGS & Glasgow Gander
The Secret Soviet Map of Glasgow Revealed
Exhibit With Us
The Society runs a well-located gallery space with a prominent shopfront in Finnieston. Available for hire for exhibitions and events at corporate and community rates. A two-day period is the minimum duration for which NGS normally hire the venues, though exceptions can occasionally be made due to special circumstances.