Various organisations operate from the Maryhill Burgh Halls including an architecture company, an accountancy firm, a local housing association, a children’s nursery, and the constituency office of the Member of the Scottish Parliament for the area.

When the halls initially opened, it contained twenty stained glass windows depicting individuals carrying out various trades and occupations that could be found practiced within the local area.

The design involved a symmetrical main frontage of five bays facing the corner of Gairbraid Avenue and Maryhill Road.

The central bay featured, on the ground floor, a portico formed by two pairs of Corinthian order columns supporting an entablature and, on the first floor, a casement window flanked by two pairs of pilasters and supporting an entablature, a cornice and a panel containing a clock surmounted by a segmental pediment.

The Burgh of Maryhill being subsumed by the City of Glasgow in 1891 resulted in the civic function of the complex being lost, however it continued to be utilized for social use.

[5] In 2004 the Maryhill Burgh Halls Trust was set up in order to bring the complex back into use for the local community.

This funding allowed the Trust to carry out various preliminary tasks pertaining the restoration of Maryhill Burgh Halls including the necessary design and planning application work.

[7] The main restoration and development work on the parts of the complex under the stewardship of the Maryhill Burgh Hall Trust also started in November 2009.

[7] A separate project was undertaken by Glasgow City Council to convert the former baths into a modern leisure centre for the community of Maryhill.

[7][8] The leisure centre was opened in April 2010[3][4] and makes available a 25m swimming pool, sauna, gym, sports hall, dance studio, and other facilities for community use.

[10] When Maryhill Burgh Halls first opened they contained twenty specially commissioned stained glass windows.

[16][17] The stained glass windows that were on display in the Maryhill Burgh Halls when it first opened were produced by the Glasgow studio Adam and Small.

He had the author Robert Louis Stevenson as a school classmate and started as an apprentice of James Ballantine of Edinburgh.

This makes the panels unique, for at the time religion was the main theme depicted by stained glass artists.

[12] The author Ian R. Mitchell describes the stained glass panels as of "world-historic" importance for being "one of the largest and most realistic collection of portraits of labour produced in two centuries.

"[11] The titles of the glass panels in alphabetical order are: The Blacksmiths, The Boatbuilder, The Bricklayers, The Calico Printers, The Canal Boatman, The Chemical Workers, The Dye Press Worker, The Engineers, The Glassblower, The Iron Moulders, The Joiners, The Linen Bleachers, The Papermaker, The Railway Men, The Sawyer, The Soldiers, The Teacher, The Wheelwrights, and The Zinc Spelters.

[14] In order to contribute to the lasting legacy of the Maryhill Burgh Halls restoration project, ten new stained glass windows were commissioned.

The ten stained glass windows were produced by the Scottish artists Alec Galloway and Margo Winning.

[17] The final themes chosen were: culture, diversity, education, heavy trades, regeneration, social heritage, space age, sport and leisure, workers, and youth.

The museum is a place to share the Halls’ local history collection and offers opportunities for community displays.

One of these was an Ansco 'Buster Brown' No.2 Box Camera which had a very old spool of medium format, 120 film inside waiting to be developed.

A selection of the photographs were posted on his social media feeds previous to Jos’ exhibition in Maryhill Burgh Halls.

[23] Between 18 September 2021 and 15 November 2021 the museum hosted an exhibition consisting of a selection of textile panels produced by members of the public for The Loving Earth Project.

The exhibition was timed to coincide with the weeks leading up to and including the COP26 climate conference that took place in Glasgow between 31 October 2021 and 13 November 2021.

[24] A selection of drawings by the visually impaired Glasgow based artist Jo Sunshine have been on display in the museum since Autumn 2021.

[25] From the 29 November 2021 to the 25 March 2022, the museum hosted an exhibition consisting of artefacts pertaining to the history of the Glasgow Orchestral Society.

[26] Between the 6 April 2022 and the 1 July 2022, the museum hosted an exhibition consisting of pictures and accompanying stories of ghost signs found on buildings in Glasgow.

The subject matter of 50 Pots is the 200 year history of the Scottish pottery manufacturing industry including its workers, places, and products.

[29] From 30 May 2023 until 12 September 2023 the museum hosted an exhibition about the match manufacturer Bryant and May that produced famous brands such as Scottish Bluebell and Swan Vestas.

Stones, sparks, matches, glass, illuminous floating waterways, concrete, madder dye, liminal spaces, stairs and rails were just some of the things the artists looked at and saw anew while creating work specifically to be shown in the exhibition.