Book your Visit

Booking an Educational Visit 

All sessions MUST be booked in advance.

Please call the Museum Education Officer, on 0141 222 2513 for more information or to book your visit. We recommend you make your booking as early as possible to avoid disappointment, especially if you intend to visit during our peak period of May/June.

What to Wear 

Pupils and accompanying adults should be suitably dressed with warm, waterproof clothing and sensible footwear. Storage for coats, bags and packed lunches is available to pre-book in the Lower Gallery. The Tall Ship cannot take responsibility for personal possessions. 

What to Bring

Groups are encouraged to bring along a camera to take photographs of their visit. During a Self-Led visit, please bring enough pencils for pupils to complete optional Discovery Trail sheets. 

Lunch Facilities

Packed-lunch facilities are available to pre-book. Picnic benches are available on the quayside throughout spring and summer. We regret that dining space in the café is limited and not available to groups and schools.  

Toilets

Toilets, including disabled toilet, are located in the Visitor Centre and onboard the ship.  

Gift Shop

There is a Gift Shop and Café located in the Visitor Centre selling a wide range of souvenirs, hot drinks and pocket money priced items for children. Please ensure that pupils are supervised in this area at all times. The shop is small and can become overcrowded easily. If possible, please bring the children to visit in small groups of around 8-10 pupils.  

Access

There is disabled parking, a coach drop off point and level access out onto the quayside.  Two gangways allow wheelchair access onto the main deck of the Glenlee.  There are two lifts on board, with crew on hand to assist.  Disabled toilets are situated in the visitor centre and on board the Glenlee.  The gift shop and cafe are not wheelchair accessible, but refreshments can be taken to the Lower Gallery.  

Safety

A Risk Assessment is sent out with booking confirmation and is available on request. All groups should have adequate supervision, on ratio of at least 1 adult for every 8 children aged 5 to 16 years and 1 adult for every 5 children under 5 years.  

Arrival and Departure

Please ask your driver to drop the group at the entrance steps and park in the car park.

Please ask one member of staff to report to Reception with numbers and payment. The remainder of the group should wait by the Disabled Entrance where they will be met by a member of the education team.

Arrange for the bus driver to pick your group up outside the building after their visit at a set time.