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Hunterian Museum

at the Royal College of Surgeons England

Free entry - please book

Tuesday to Saturday: 10am – 5pm

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Discover the art and science of surgery from ancient times to the present day.

Including the extraordinary specimen collection of the 18th century surgeon anatomist John Hunter.

Free entry - please book

Tuesday to Saturday: 10am – 5pm

What's On

  • Oil painting of a man (John Hunter) in young-middle age: his hair is powdered but he isn't wearing a wig. He wears a collarless grey coat over a waistcoat in the same fabric, with a white stock at his neck. The coat is decorated with large grey buttons down the opening and around the edge of the cuff. The subject's right arm is crossed in front of him, and his right index finger points to a monkey skull held in his left hand. The scene is lit strongly from the upper left, leaving the left side of the subject in dark shadow, silhouetted against a light archway behind.

    John Hunter, the once and future surgeon

    Wendy Moore, author of The Knife Man, the most recent biography of John Hunter, will talk about the maverick 18th century surgeon’s life, work and relevance today. Includes pre-talk entry to the Hunterian Museum from 5.15pm

    *SOLD OUT*

    Event

    27th July 2023
    19:00–21:00

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  • The Hunterian Museum

    The Hunterian Museum, named after the 18th century surgeon and anatomist John Hunter (1728-1793), reopened at the Royal College of Surgeons of England’s headquarters at Lincoln’s Inn Fields in central London in May 2023.

    Exhibition

    From 16th May 2023

  • Transforming Lives

    A series of interviews recounting personal experiences of surgery, from both the patients’ and the surgeons’ perspectives

Collections

Circular gold frame containing a coiled, metallic structure arranged in a spiral

Discover the collections held at the Royal College of Surgeons of England

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John Hunter

Oil painting of a man (John Hunter) in young-middle age: his hair is powdered but he isn't wearing a wig. He wears a collarless grey coat over a waistcoat in the same fabric, with a white stock at his neck. The coat is decorated with large grey buttons down the opening and around the edge of the cuff. The subject's right arm is crossed in front of him, and his right index finger points to a monkey skull held in his left hand. The scene is lit strongly from the upper left, leaving the left side of the subject in dark shadow, silhouetted against a light archway behind.

Learn about John Hunter, the 18th century surgeon anatomist whose collection is at the heart of the Hunterian Museum

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