Glasgow celebrates QE2’s 50th anniversary
The Glasgow School of Art will open an exhibition tomorrow.
Last updated 9th Feb 2018
The Glasgow School of Art will open its doors tomorrow to celebrate fifty years since the Queen Elizabeth 2 made her maiden voyage from Glasgow to New York.
The trans-Atlantic liner was launched in 1969 from John Brown’s shipyard in Clydebank and is described as the last great Clyde-built passenger liner.
The exhibition will focus on the ship’s design and glamorous interior, featuring photographs and memorabilia from the QE2’s illustrious career.
For forty years, the QE2 carried passengers in style before making her final voyage to Dubai in 2008, where she has remained since.
The exhibition hopes to give visitors an insight into the design of the ship which involved a number of very significant British architects, interior and graphic designers.
Bruce Peter, professor of Design History at Glasgow School of Art and curator of the exhibition, spoke to Clyde News ahead of its launch tomorrow.
The exhibition will be on show between 10th February and 4th March and is free to view.