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Tuesday to Saturday: 10am – 5pm

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A drawing of a dissection room; there are two bodies laid out on tables, with bewigged men in 18th century dress gathered round each table. In the foreground a third body is laying in a box, with a man kneeling over them. On the left of the image two skeletons are hung from the wall. On the right of the image in the background there is a further skeleton. The room has a glass skylight. The drawings colours are muted browns and greys.

The Dissecting Room, by Thomas Rowlandson, late 1700s

School Visits

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Mary Shelley Frankenstein Workshop

This visit will start with a led Museum tour drawing links between the collection's display and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. It is followed by a session in the Library working with contemporary written sources.

About the workshop

Led tour of Hunterian Museum focusing on key themes in the following galleries:

  • Early Surgery
  • Long Gallery
  • Hunter at Earls Court
  • Leicester Square
  • 19th Century Surgery
  • Modern Surgery

Library sources session focusing on works/documents relating to key themes:

  • Erasmus Darwin Zoonomia
  • Galvani Notebooks
  • Newgate Calendar – attempted ‘raising’ of George Foster
  • John Abernathy
  • Humphrey Davy
  • Anatomical representations of women
  • Contemporary transplant sources on hand transplantation

Suitable for

This workshop supports GCSE and A level English Literature course.

It may also interest Theatre and Stage Production students.

Location

Hunterian Museum and Library at the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Running period

This workshop is on request from September 2024 to June 2025. Please email [email protected] to find a suitable date.

Learning outcome

  • Study a 19th-century novel.
  • Develop skills to analyse how the language, form, structure and context of texts can create meanings and effects.
  • Develop skills to maintain a critical style and informed personal response.
  • Develop comparison skills.

Duration

90 minutes 

45 minutes visit in the Hunterian Museum followed by a 45 minutes session in the Library.

Group size

This workshop has a maximum capacity of 20. The minimum group size is 6 people, including adults.

The ratio of adults to pupils depends on students’ age:

  • Age 14-16: 1 adult to 10 pupils
  • Age 16-18: 1 adult to 15 pupils

Cost and Cancellation Policy

This workshop is £200 for groups up to 15 students. £250 for groups up to 20 students.

If you are unable to attend your session, it is your responsibility to advise us with as much notice as possible, ideally four weeks or more*, please email [email protected] to change or cancel your booking.

Important booking information

You will need to have the following information before making your booking.

  • Preferred dates and time (suggest a minimum of three dates)
  • The number of pupils and adults in your group (maximum number of students is 20 and 2 adults)
  • The year group of the students
  • Any specific access requirements

How to book

Please email [email protected] with a minimum of three optional dates and preferred time.

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