Subfonds GSAA/ENT - Records of GSA Enterprises

GSA Enterprises Ltd was established in 1985 to generate income for the School, a Company Limited by Guarantee. Organised public guided tours of the Mackintosh Building began in 1985 and a Mackintosh shop was set up in the foyer of the Mackintosh building c1986. Following the Heritage Lottery Funded Mackintosh Conservation and Access Project the shop relocated to the former Animal Studio in the basement of the Mackintosh Building. A second shop, focusing on the work of recent graduates, opened in the Reid Building in 2014.

Immediately following the fire in the Mackintosh Building in Jun 2018 the company’s tours and shop operations, inaccessible behind the post-fire security cordon, had to be suspended. The staff of GSA Enterprises worked tirelessly to explore every possible avenue to keep trading, including pop-up opportunities and online. Despite all efforts, the business was deemed unsustainable and the decision was taken that GSA Enterprises would close. This took effect from Friday 8th March 2019.