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The Mackintosh Tearooms (Tours Sold Out - Join Waitlist)
Dates & Times
Sat 19 Sept
Free ticketed discursive building tours: 10:30 & 11:30
Free drop-in exhibition entry and self-led building tour: 12:00-16:00
Sun 20 Sept
Free ticketed discursive building tours: 10:30 & 11:30
Free drop-in exhibition entry and self-led building tour: 12:00-16:00
About this Event
Free Discursive Building Tours
Free discursive building tours at 10:30 & 11:30.
Access all areas of our historic tearooms.
Share your memories of past visits and your hopes for the future of the property with a member of our learning team.
Free Exhibition Entry and Self-Led Building Tour
Free drop-in exhibition entry and self-led building tour between 12:00 & 16:00.
Try out our new self-led building tour to learn about the history of tearooms in Glasgow, and feedback on your initial impressions.
Image Credit: Rachel Keenan
About this Venue
The Mackintosh Tearooms (Mackintosh at the Willow)
Dating to 1903, the category A-listed Mackintosh Tearooms are the last remaining original tearooms among a number designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Margaret Macdonald for Glasgow entrepreneur Kate Cranston.
These tearooms were a popular setting for socialising in the early 20th century, especially for women seeking a safe space in which to enjoy refreshments and conversation.
The Mackintosh Tearooms came into the care of the National Trust for Scotland in January 2024.
Alongside Hill House in Helensburgh, the tearooms form part of the focus for Mackintosh Illuminated, a major conservation, engagement, and fundraising project centred around two of Glasgow’s publicly accessible Charles Rennie Mackintosh sites.
The project also seeks to deepen public understanding of his wife, Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh, and their immense artistic contribution, creative partnership and influence that helped shape the Glasgow style.
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