AMATUER photographers who have always dreamt of seeing their work displayed in a world-renowned museum may get that chance.

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum’s Life Gallery is being redesigned to enable intriguing new specimens from the Natural History collections to be displayed.

Dramatic wildlife and landscape images will help convey the intricacies of animal life across the world.

Kelvingrove Museum is asking amateur photographers to share any spectacular shots they have for use in the redevelopment of the Life Gallery and the corresponding website.

Photographs can be uploaded to a dedicated Flickr account, with the assurance that any pictures used will be fully credited.

They could be used for backdrops to certain displays or as part of the text panels explaining specific stories.

Natural Sciences Research Manager, Richard Sutcliffe, said: “We are particularly keen on images of snow scenes and Arctic animals such as the polar bear, Arctic fox and snowy owls to bring our Arctic Circle section to life.

"Or, if you’ve ever been to Australia, we’d love to see your pictures of the rain forest, coral at the Great Barrier Reef and wildlife images of animals from down under like the platypus, kangaroo and emu. "Closer to home, if you’ve been lucky enough to snap the terrapin in Kelvingrove Park pond we’d love to see it.”

The first phase was well-received by visitors when it was unveiled in April 2016.

The final phase of this development for one of Scotland’s most popular attractions will require the gallery to close to the public from 5pm on Sunday, October 9 until late 2016.

On completion of this final phase of work people visiting Kelvingrove Museum will be able to travel on a Pole to Pole adventure as they wander through the redisplayed Life Gallery.

New family-focused displays will allow visitors to journey through the story of flightless birds from Australasia; the incredible pilgrimage of leatherback turtles across the Pacific, the stunning scenery of the Arctic and how wildlife cleverly camouflages itself in that barren wilderness, together with exhibits on El Dorado, the Andes and the important issue of safeguarding our natural habitats to ensure all of this is protected for the future.

Among the new specimens Glasgow Museums hope to feature are a numbat, a cassowary, green and hawksbill turtles, a muskox, polar bear, ibex and others, which had been in the museum’s stores and have been specially prepared for display.

Chairman of Glasgow Life, Councillor Archie Graham, said: “We took the first step in the first significant development of the Life Gallery since the museum reopened in 2006 last year and the results have been very warmly received.

"We are now keen to complete the redisplay and the Pole to Pole experience for visitors to Kelvingrove.

“This gallery always ranks highly on the must-see list of many of the million-plus people who visit the museum every year, so it is important we get the refresh right.

"We worked hard to finish the first phase of work in time for Easter and have welcomed thousands of people throughout the summer.

"The animals will now be taking a short holiday and be off display to enable the final exhibits to be installed.

"We thank people for their patience and look forward to unveiling our refreshed Life Gallery and some new intriguing animals at the end of the year.”

The flickr account is www.flickr.com/groups/lifeatkelvingrove/.