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Holmwood is Reopening!
Following its closure during the pandemic, the National Trust for Scotland has confirmed that Holmwood will be reopening to visitors on 26th June. Redecoration works have been able to continue whilst the…
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Museum of Slavery Proposal Wins Egyptian Halls Public Vote
In 2019 the Alexander Thomson Society launched a competition entitled Reimagining Egyptian Halls, in order to encourage designers from across the world to think creatively about what a future use for Greek…
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Holmwood to close till 2022
The Society have been made aware that the National Trust for Scotland intends to close Holmwood until 2022, in response to this disappointing news the Society issued the following statement: The Alexander…
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Mark Baines (1952-2020)
The Society received the terrible new that our friend and Chair, Mark Baines, sadly passed away on Tuesday 7th April. Mark made a vital contribution to the cultural life of Glasgow through…
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Reimagining Egyptian Halls
An Ideas Competition for the adaptive reuse of Thomson’s Egyptian Halls In 2019, The Alexander Thomson Society invited designers from around the world to develop ideas for the adaptive re-use of Alexander…
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THE MOST ENDANGERED BUILDINGS IN EUROPE
Glasgow’s Egyptian Halls recognised among the most at risk cultural sites in Europe Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson’s A-listed masterpiece, the Egyptian Halls, has been shortlisted by the pan-European heritage organisation, Europa Nostra, for…
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