The Hunterian Museum

About this place

Museum within the University of Glasgow featuring natural history, science and archaeology exhibits.

Scotland's oldest public museum, founded from the collection of the 18th-century physician and anatomist William Hunter, sits within the University of Glasgow and covers natural history, science and archaeology through a genuinely eclectic range of exhibits, from dinosaur fossils to Roman artefacts found along the nearby Antonine Wall. Its university setting gives it a slightly more academic feel than some of Glasgow's other free museums, though the displays are generally accessible to a general audience including children. The surrounding university campus, with its Gothic architecture, is worth a wander in its own right. Entry is free, and the museum is fully indoors and accessible.

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