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Free entry - booking recommended

Tuesday to Saturday: 10am – 5pm

On Tuesday 28 July, the Hunterian Museum will be open from 9 to 11am for a quiet morning designed for families with children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities. Admission will be limited to ticket holders only.

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Long, narrow museum gallery, photographed from one end. Both walls are lined with glass cases filled with specimens in glass jars. The gallery in dimly lit with light highlighting the specimens. Three individuals are spaced through the gallery, looking at specimens and examining a touch screen display.
Hunterian Museum Galleries

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The Long Gallery – John Hunter’s Collection

The majority of John Hunter's collection - his life's work - is displayed in this gallery. Made from human, animal and plant tissue, they show how he understood the natural world.
View through a doorway in a museum gallery. Both sides of the doorway and the gallery cases beyond are filled with specimens in glass jars. An individual stands framed by the doorway, their back to the photographer.

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