All the carved stones come from the churchyard and include the Govan Sarcophagus, four upstanding crosses with figurative and interlace decoration, five Anglo-Scandinavian hogbacks, and a wide range of recumbent burial monuments, all seemingly dating to the 9th – 11th centuries AD.

It is possible that a predecessor of the 12th-century royal estate at Partick[9][10] and the now-destroyed Doomster Hill (which is thought to have functioned as a Viking-style 'thing' site or moot/meeting place, having been adapted from a possible Bronze-Age burial mound[11][12][13]) played a part in this power shift.

The size of the graveyard and the sheer amount of early medieval sculpture suggest that the church was supported by royal patronage.

Govan Old Parish Church is an ornate, Category A listed building[14] of significant architectural merit, designed by Robert Rowand Anderson[15] and influenced by features at Pluscarden Abbey near Elgin.

[19] The exciting discovery prompted scholars to illustrate and record the Govan Sarcophagus and other early medieval monuments in the churchyard.

Admission to the museum is free, although there is the option for visitors to make donations, and a small gift shop inside including books and local handicrafts which raises money for the upkeep of the property and its collections.

[32] The Trust aims to develop the church into a self-sustaining community-run cultural, museum and business complex, but requires further financial support to bring to fruition.

[33] The former minister of the Govan and Linthouse Parish Church was Rev Dr Moyna McGlynn, who passed away in August 2016.

The Channel 4 archeology programme Time Team dug in the graveyard of the Govan Old Parish Church in the fourth episode of series 4, recorded in summer 1996 and broadcast early 1997.

In March 2019, ′Stones and Bones′ community archaeologists with a schoolboy named Mark McGettigan revealed long-lost medieval stone carvings.