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This weekend is traditionally a busy one for Scotland's museums - but Glasgow's Transport Museum is battening down the hatches as visitors prepare to say farewell to the place.

Having been at the back end of the Kelvin Hall for the past 22 years, staff and artefacts are being shipped off to the new Riverside Museum, rapidly taking shape on the Clyde.

While that's still at least a year off, Culture and Sport Glasgow say the tricky nature of the move - with some items weighing several tonnes - mean they need to get started soon.

But there's clearly a lot of people who want to say goodbye to the old place.

Basic, draughty and old fashioned it may be, but it seems still very much loved.

In the two weeks after the announcement that the place would close on April 18th, visitors went up by ten per cent, and over the weekends by over a third.

Expect a similar influx as the final countdown begins, with two weeks worth of events leading up to the closure on April 18th.

Meanwhile, the public appeal for £5m enters a new phase - with Robbie Coltrane the latest celebrity to give his support in a series of spoof internet messages.

They've got £3.2 million so far, with the next phase of the appeal launching on April 18th as the old building officially closes.

As for me, I can't get too emotional about the current museum, which is more than ready for an overhaul.

Besides, I'm old enough to remember the previous transport museum - in the pre-makeover Tramway in Glasgow's Southside.