Editing Glasgow (section)

===Recreation===
{{See also|Glasgow Festivals}}
Glasgow is home to major theatres including the [[Theatre Royal, Glasgow|Theatre Royal]], the [[King's Theatre, Glasgow|King's Theatre]], [[Pavilion Theatre (Glasgow)|Pavilion Theatre]] and the [[Citizens Theatre]] and home to many museums and art galleries, the largest and most famous being the [[Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum]], the [[Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery]], [[Burrell Collection]], and the [[Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow|Gallery of Modern Art]] (GoMA). Most of the museums and galleries in Glasgow are publicly owned and free to enter.

The city has hosted many exhibitions over the years from the 1888 International Exhibition and 1901 International Exhibition to the Empire Exhibition 1938, including more recently The Glasgow Garden Festival in 1988, being the UK City of Architecture 1999, [[European Capital of Culture]] 1990, National City of Sport 1995–1999 and European Capital of Sport 2003. Glasgow has also hosted the [[Royal National Mòd|National Mòd]] no less than twelve times since 1895.<ref name=SMO>[http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/gaidhlig/mod/ List of Mod's places] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115062253/http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/gaidhlig/mod/ |date=15 January 2013}} for each year on [[Sabhal Mòr Ostaig]] website</ref>

In addition, unlike the older and larger [[Edinburgh Festival]] (where all Edinburgh's main festivals occur in the last three weeks of August), Glasgow's festivals fill the calendar. Festivals include the [[Glasgow International Comedy Festival]], [[Glasgow International|Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art]], [[Glasgow International Jazz Festival]], [[Celtic Connections]], [[Glasgow Fair]], [[Glasgow Film Festival]], [[West End Festival]], [[Merchant City Festival]], [[Glasgay! Festival|Glasgay]], and the [[World Pipe Band Championships]].