Under the current Earl of Glasgow with his wife Isabela, Kelburn Castle has turned into a public tourist attraction, enabling visitors worldwide to enjoy its surrounding glens, gardens, guided tours, and private parties. The family opened it in 1977 for public viewing, a plan that was decided due to the maintenance costs they endured. In 2007 architects advised that the concrete facing needed to be replaced to prevent any damage to Kelburn’s walls, prompting an invite for the world’s best graffiti artists to paint over its surface. The family decided it would provide a popular attraction since the facing was temporary, incorporating a creative back drop during the repair. The project was featured on the BBC’s “The Culture Show” in 2007 as well as its financial troubles televised in the documentary, “Crisis At The Castle”.

Kelburn Castle provides many activities and attractions boasting it to be a children’s paradise. It offers a play barn, adventure path, stockade forts, along with natural habitats to include the surrounding Kelburn Glen where waterfalls, garden trails, and a petting zoo are part of the experience. The Castle is open to guided tours, rent space for special events, and the most popular point of interest, one thousand year old yew and weeping Larch trees said to be Scotland’s national treasures.