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The Scottish Football Museum is the Scottish Football League's National Museum of football, located in Hampden Park in Glasgow. It holds a collection of Scotland’s footballing history. Scotland, being one of the oldest football teams in history, has a display with over 2500 artifacts and memorabilia showcasing their progression through history making it one of the most impressive national collections for football. The galleries demonstrate the development of football in Scotland with 14 gallery’s showcasing history from the nineteenth century to the present day. Guests get to see many artifacts of footballing history including the oldest trophy in national history, The Scottish cup. Located in Scotland’s National stadium Hampden Park, the museum contains several exhibitions and multiple galleries of Scotland’s domestic and international history.

Kilmarnock Exhibition
The museum has an extensive collection of Kilmarnock Football Club memorabilia, dating back to as early August 26, 1899 with a picture of the opening of Rugby Park, Kilmarnock’s home ground, containing Kilmarnock and Celtic F.C. players who took part in the first match every played at the ground. Medals and trophies from that time are also on display as well as Kilmarnock F.C. football shirt from 1929, when it was worn by the grandfather of former SFA chief executive and Kilmarnock player, Gordon Smith. There is also another Kilmarnock shirt which was worn in the 1960s by legendary Kilmarnock player, Frank Beattie.

First Ladies of Football Exhibition
There is currently an exhibition on Ladies Football on display in the museum A portrait of Rose Reilly, one of Scotland's most honoured football players, takes centre stage at the Scottish Football Museum exhibition, timed to coincide with Glasgow hosting the women’s Olympic Games, celebrating the 130 year history of the women's game. The former World Player of the Year, who lead Italy to World Cup glory, attended the opening of the historic exhibition created by artist Stuart Gibbs. Former players of Stewarton & Thistle and Edinburgh Dynamos, a club dating back to 1946, also gathered at Hampden Park as MSP for Sport Shona Robinson formally pronounced the display open. Artist Stuart Gibbs found evidence that the women's game in Scotland dates back almost 130 years. In 1881 an international football match between 'lady players' at 'Hibernian Park, Easter Road' took place on Saturday 7 May 1881, against an England XI with the Scottish ladies winning 3-0 in front of a crowd of around 2000.

World of Football
On display in the museum is an exhibition honouring the entirety of football and its monumental growth. Saturday, 30 November 1872, for the first time in footballing history two national countries took to the field, Scotland and England. Both bordering nations are renowned for being the oldest international football teams in the world. A crowd of only 4,000 arrived that day to watch the historic event. 140 years on and football has become the most popular sport in the world where the 2010 World cup reached more than 3.2 billion people worldwide. This exhibition celebrates the unimaginable growth for the world of football from where we once were, where we are today, and how Scotland has its place in the start of football history.

The Frank Boyle Exhibition
From October 2009 until March 2011 the Scottish Football Museum played host Edinburgh Evening News’s award-winning political artist Frank Boyle whose accolades in Cartoonist of the Year at the Scottish Press Awards in 2003 and 2006. Many of his works were based on the oscillating prosperities of Heart of Midlothian F.C. and Hibernian F.C. but also included other clubs across the country as well as the national team and so these cartoons formed a basis for the exhibition presented at the museum.

The Clubs Gallery
The Clubs Gallery consists of a display of all 42 senior Scottish football league clubs currently registered with the Scottish Professional Football League. The exhibition includes each team’s home strip with a display in front of each containing a small history of each club that includes memorable landmarks throughout the club’s history such as the each team’s record crowds, record victories and noteworthy trophy successes from the past. The Scottish Football Museum presented its first exhibition in 1994 as the world’s first national football museum. The museum did not find a permanent location until May 2001 when the museum moved into Hampden Park. The aim of the project was present and conserve the history of Scottish football in its widest form. Having become an established tourist attraction The Scottish Football Museum has been rated in the top 3 percent visitor attractions in Scotland and has been awarded the 5 Star award from Visit Scotland. The museum has also been certified with the Museum Libraries Archives (MLA) as a ‘non-government funded national museum.’

Hampden Park
The museum is at Hampden Park, the Scottish national football stadium in the Mount Florida region of Glasgow, Scotland. The stadium currently serves as the national football stadium of the Scotland National Football Team and the home ground of semi-professional Scottish League Two club Queen’s Park. The stadium on its current location was opened on October 31, 1903 with an initial capacity of 100000, making it the largest stadium in the world at the time of opening. The capacity was then increased to 150000 between 1927 and 1937 allowing the stadium to host the record attendance of 149415 for a Scotland vs. England match, currently a British and European record attendance for an international football match. The capacity was then reduced in 1971 to 81000 due to safety concerns arising in the aftermath of the Ibrox Disaster which resulted in 66 fans being crushed to death. The stadium’s size has led to the stadium hosting the Scottish Cup Final, The Scottish League Cup Final, The UEFA Champions League Final, The Cup Winner’s Cup Final, The European Cup Final and The UEFA Cup Final. The historic events of Scottish football are held within the Scottish Football Museum which has been part of Hampden Park since May 2001 after moving to the national stadium due to the need for the museum to have a permanent home.



Stadium Tour
The Scottish football Museum offers an expansive and informative tour of Hampden Park where visitors get an experience similar to players on match day. Visitors are able to visit the underground roadway, team changing rooms and mangers dugouts. Visitors are able to walk down the tunnel to the unveiling of the Hampden crowd. Visitors get access to 2,500 exhibits in all of the 14 display gallery’s along with the chance to score a goal from the Hampden penalty spot. Visitors also get the chance to see the Scottish Hall of Fame and are able to climb the stairs to the cup presentation area in Hampden’s stands.

Hall of Fame
The Scottish Football Hall of Fame honours the really great players, managers and officials who have contributed to Scotland's football reputation with their skills, spirit and determination. Today, there are 83 football players in the Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame is characterised as a must-see for every person that loves football and whoever is involved in football. In order to be part of the list a player has to gain at least 50 caps for Scotland. Every year, supporters and figures from within football propose some worthy entrants before the final decision for the list of the players. The first 20 members of the Hall of Fame were revealed when the hall opened on 7 November 2004. In 2006 non-Scots were allowed to be entered into the hall of fame for the first time. The first to be introduced were Danish player Brian Laudrup and Henrik Larsson, from Sweden.By 2011 the Scottish Football Hall of Fame Annual Inductees Dinner had established itself as one of the most prestigious dinners in the Scottish Football Calendar.The Hall of Fame is now approaching its 10th anniversary on 10 November 2013. Hall of Fame Members (83): 2004 (20): •	Willie Woodburn •	Jim Baxter •	Sir Alex Ferguson •	Graeme Souness John Greig •	Jock Stein •	Bill Shankly •	Billy McNeill •	Jimmy McGrory •	Danny McGrain •	Bobby Murdoch •	Jimmy Johnstone •	Sir Matt Busby •	Billy Bremner •	Dave Mackay •	Kenny Dalglish •	Denis Law •	Gordon Smith •	Willie Miller •	Hughie Gallacher 2005 (11): •	Alan Morton •	Alex McLeish •	Bobby Lennox •	Alex James •	Charles Campbell •	George Young •	Jim McLean •	Joe Jordan •	John •	Lawrie Reilly •	Willie Waddell 2006 (11): •	Davie Cooper •	Henrik Larsson (first non-Scottish member) •	Brian Laudrup (first non-Scottish member) •	Willie Ormond •	Willie Henderson •	Tommy Gemmell •	Richard Gough •	John Robertson •	Tommy Walker •	Billy Steel •	Sandy Jardine 2007 (9): •	Willie Bauld •	Eric Caldow •	Jimmy Cowan •	Alan Hansen •	Ally McCoist •	Rose Reilly •	Walter Smith •	Gordon Strachan •	Eddie Turnbull 2008 (8): •	John Thomson •	Bill Struth •	Billy Liddell •	Jim Leighton •	Derek Johnstone •	Bobby Evans •	Archie Gemmill •	Ian St John 2009 (8): •	Willie Maley •	Davie Meiklejohn •	Steve Archibald •	Alan Gilzean •	Bertie Auld •	Paul Lambert •	Jimmy Delaney •	Maurice Johnston 2010 (6): •	Craig Brown •	Andy Goram •	Paul McStay •	David Narey •	Tom ‘Tiny’ Wharton OBE •	Bobby Johnstone 2011 (5): •	Paddy Crerand •	Ronnie Simpson •	 •	RS McColl •	Hugh McIlvanney 2012 (5): •	Frank McLintock •	Gordon McQueen •	Andrew Watson •	Pat Stanton •	Bob McPhail