The public could be given a chance to comment on plans to allow the world-famous Burrell collection to leave Scotland.
Glasgow City Council is currently sponsoring a private bill through the Scottish Parliament, which will allow it to alter the terms of the deed of gift to the city by Sir Willliam Burrell, the shipping magnate.
Tens of thousands of visitors see his collections of art, antiques, tapestries, armour and sculpture a year, but the building containing the Burrell Collection is in need of a major revamp, believed to cost £40 million. The revamp will lead to the closure of the museum building between 2016 and 2020.
The city council, the Burrell trustees and Glasgow Life, who run the city's museums and galleries, believe it is time to pursue the bill so the art treasures can travel abroad in a series of high profile exhibitions.
A new committee has been established at Holyrood to scrutinise the Bill, with Joan McAlpine MSP as its convenor.
The members of the committee are determined to be unbiased in their deliberations of the Burrell Collection (Lending and Borrowing) Bill and are eager to hear the concerns or thoughts of the public.
It is understood a public meeting is likely to be held in the museum in Pollok Park on September 5 so that views or objections can be heard.
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