Barbie has touched down in Scotland for a major exhibition of the world’s most famous doll.
Thousands of fans are expected to visit Kelvingrove Art Gallery after the opening day sold out in hours yesterday.
Barbie: The Exhibition explores the evolution of the timeless toy from 1959 to the present day and comes after a blockbuster 2024 movie starring Margot Robbie and Glaswegian Sharon Rooney sparked renewed global interest.
View 3 ImagesThe exhibition will trace the evolution of Barbie(Image: Mattel)
A rare, hand-painted first edition is on show alongside the first black, Hispanic and Asian versions.
The Design Museum show was previously on display in London and also includes the first Barbie in a wheelchair as well as sections devoted to Ken.
View 3 ImagesThe Barbie exhibition opens at Kelvingrove tomorrow(Image: Mattel)
Senior curator Danielle Thom said: “It’s now 67 years since the doll was first introduced in 1959 and the story we’re telling here is fundamentally a design story. But Barbie has had an outsized cultural impact and cultural presence and so inevitably Barbie has had an impact on design as well as being shaped by it.
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“When we put the exhibition together, what we wanted to do was tell the story of Barbie and the Barbie brand through a design lens.
“How has the evolution of Barbie in its world kept pace with our own changing society and aesthetics?”
●The show runs until 18 October.