Glasgow’s Burrell Collection to reopen after six-year, £68m refurbishment

Digitally innovative galleries will put emphasis on community, and look at collection's links to slave trade

One of the best-known personal art collections ever amassed will reopen to the public in Glasgow next month after a six-year refurbishment costing 68m.

The Burrell Collection, which consists of more than 9,000 objects spanning six millennia, uses digital innovation to connect 21st-century viewers to ancient artefacts.