Free entry - booking recommended

Tuesday to Saturday: 10am – 5pm

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Large floor-to-ceiling museum display case with pale pink outer walls and a grey back panel. The case in divided into three, with objects mounted off the backboard and on the floor of the case. In the centre there is a large oil painting of a seated man in 18th century dress (John Hunter). The painting is surrounded by bone specimens and anatomical specimens in glass jars. Objects displayed on the right include anatomical models, surgical instruments and an oil painting. Objects displayed on the right include two large articulated birds, an oil painting and various natural history specimens in glass jars.

Entrance of the Hunterian Museum

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Explore the Hunterian Museum Themes

You may wish to explore the Museum by focusing on the following themes:

Hunterian Museum Themes

Art, anatomy and surgery
Medical and museum ethics
Evidence based medicine
Comparative Anatomy
Humans place within nature
John Hunter’s Life and Work
Patients’ lived-experience
War and surgery
Colonial Legacy
Representation of women, people from global south previously marginalised
Development of Technology