Scottish Football Museum

The Scottish Football Museum is Scotland’s national museum of association football, located in Hampden Park in Glasgow. The museum was established in 1994 being first located in a small section of Glasgow’s Museum of Transport.

Type: Museum
Description: museum in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Address: Glasgow, G42 9BA

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hampden Park and Lesser Hampden.

Hampden Park

Stadium

Photo: Blackcat, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hampden Park, currently known as Barclays Hampden for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland. It is the national stadium of football in Scotland and home of the Scotland national football team.

Lesser Hampden

Stadium

Photo: Jim Smillie, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lesser Hampden is a football stadium in Mount Florida, Glasgow, Scotland, owned by Queen's Park F.C. and located immediately beside the western end of the national stadium, Hampden Park. Since 2023 its sponsored name has been The City Stadium. Lesser Hampden is situated 800 feet west of Scottish Football Museum.

Cathkin Park

Park

Photo: Celticfcuk, Public domain.

Cathkin Park is a municipal park in Glasgow, Scotland. The park is maintained by the city's parks department, and it is a public place where football is still played. Cathkin Park is situated 1,800 feet north of Scottish Football Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mount Florida and King’s Park.

Mount Florida

Suburb

Photo: Mothering, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Mount Florida is an area in the south-east of the city of Glasgow, Scotland.

King’s Park

Suburb

Photo: Richard Keltie, CC BY-SA 2.0.

King's Park is a district in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It is situated south of the River Clyde and borders the Glasgow areas of Croftfoot, Cathcart, Simshill, Mount Florida and Toryglen and the neighbourhood of Bankhead in the adjoining town of Rutherglen.

Battlefield

Suburb

Photo: GeorgeRob, CC BY 3.0.

Battlefield is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated south of the River Clyde. The area takes its name from the Battle of Langside of 1568 in which Mary, Queen of Scots' army was defeated by forces acting in the name of her infant son, James VI.

Scottish Football Museum

Categories: independent museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.82493° or 55° 49′ 30″ north

Longitude

-4.25178° or 4° 15′ 6″ west

Open location code

9C7QRPFX+X7

OpenStreetMap ID

node 721552340

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q4306509

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Russian—“Scottish Football Museum” goes by many names.

Armenian: “Շոտլանդական ֆուտբոլի թանգարան”
Chinese: “蘇格蘭足球博物館”
French: “Scottish Football Museum”
German: “Schottisches Fußballmuseum”
Japanese: “スコットランドサッカー博物館”
Russian: “Музей шотландского футбола”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include The Church of the Pentecost and Mount Florida Community Garden.

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