brilliant for kids. Has everything from stuffed elephants to a life size Elvis Presley!
I don't know anyone who hasn't gone there and not fell under it's spell. Lots of interactive exhibits and things to push and pull.

http://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/museums/our-museums/kelvingrove/Pages/home...

AC/DC exhibition on there at the moment. Wonder at Angus's trousers!

i'd love to suggest a wee statue in woodlands Road. It's a true reflection of the city, but shall we say is best left to the cognoscenti.

Kelvingrove's great as well.

A great place to start. And nearby you also have the Transport Museum, Hunterian Museum and Botanic Gardens. And for your tea, the legendary Ubiquitous Chip is here too.

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You like curry? Glasgow has some of the best Indian food in the UK. Personal favourite is Mother India on Westminster Terrace, Sauchiehall Street ( a few minutes' walk from Kelvingrove Art Gallery). Try the spiced haddock. Oh!

funky new museum down on the river that houses the city's transport collection (cars, steam trains, trams, skateboards, prams, more cars, huge)
http://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/museums/our-museums/riverside-museum/Pages...

big barque berthed directly outside
http://www.thetallship.com/

glasgow science museum directly across the river (with IMAX cinema for rainy days)
http://www.gsc.org.uk/

and Kelvingrove Museum & Art Gallery rather fab too ... if visiting here, there's a branch of Mother India (Indian tapas cafe) just across the street
http://www.motherindiaglasgow.co.uk/index.php?action=cms.argylest

since this is a music site, the other eats venue i'd mention is a cafe-bar in a former butcher shop in Partick, Velvet Elvis - music themed, although i'd check RE kids in the evening (might be a bit 'bar' like)
http://www.velvet-elvis.com/

OR, the Shandon Belles on an obscure part of Argyle St
http://twofatladiesrestaurant.com/shandonbelles

Have you considered a pie & a bovril at an old firm game?

Kelvingrove and all the other places are great. But if you want to know a bit about Glasgow you have to go to The Peoples Palace - a social history of Glasgow, on Glasgow Green.

And if you are adventurous, the Barras is just next door. (This is a flee market with lots of fake/bootleg stuff these days but it is still a great Glasgow experience). Watch your valuables and don't act like a tourist and you should be just fine.

Trongate
Moving sculptures made from junk with lights and music.
Well worthwhile.

Beautiful cemetery, loads of grand Victorian tombs etc, and possibly the best views over the whole city.

And the curry houses can't be over-estimated - there are a few on Sauchiehall Street going out of the city centre and towards Charing Cross, and a couple just the other side of Charing Cross.

Also, while you're at Charing Cross and as it will be dark after about 5, make sure you catch a look at the Mitchell Library all lit up.

Although I would give my right bhaji for a proper Glasgow curry, the chicken 'n' chips tastes of the father-in-law rule it out.

I am, however, extremely grateful for all your other suggestions, which will be discussed at length among the five of us during the long drive north.

My wife and I will already have decided the itinerary beforehand but, hey, you've got to fill the time somehow.

Thank you all.