The Riverside Museum at Pointhouse Quay, on the River Clyde in Partick, Glasgow, was designed by Zaha Hadid Architects with engineers Buro Happold. The architect was picked in an October 2004 competition. The first turf was cut on November 13, 2007, with BAM Construct as contractor. It was completed on June 20, 2011, and opened the next day. The article states no client or style. Glasgow City Council and the National Lottery Heritage Fund committed £69 million of the £74 million cost.
It holds about 3,000 objects, including a Clyde Room with some 250 ship models and a reconstructed 1930s street, Kelvin Street. Seven Glasgow tramcars are displayed. The tall ship Glenlee has a berth alongside.
It won the 2013 European Museum of the Year Award and drew 1,212,151 visitors in 2025. The article gives no hours.
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