Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery
- Telephone 0141 330 4221
- Opening times Tue–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun 11am–4pm.
- Website www.hunterian.gla.ac.uk
Scotland’s oldest public museum, founded in 1807, houses collections relating to science, medicine, archaeology, geology and more, as well as art by Charles Rennie Mackintosh (including The Mackintosh House – the reassembled interior of his home) and James McNeill Whistler. The art galleries are currently undergoing major refurbishment and are due to re-open in Sep 2012.
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There are 5 events at this location
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Allan Ramsay
A major exhibition of the work of Allan Ramsay, focusing on his portrait paintings but also including a selection of material chosen to place him in the context of the intellectual life of Edinburgh, London, Paris and Rome in the mid 18th century.
Fri 13 Sep
Free / 0141 330 4221
- 10:00 – 17:00 Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery Allan Ramsay
Sat 14 Sep
Free / 0141 330 4221
- 10:00 – 17:00 Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery Allan Ramsay
Sun 15 Sep
Free / 0141 330 4221
- 11:00 – 16:00 Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery Allan Ramsay
Cosmic Way
Learn about cosmic rays, and the connections between solar flares, cosmic rays and the Northern Lights.
Tue 11 Jun
Free / 0141 330 4221
Part of Glasgow Science Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00 Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery Cosmic Way
Wed 12 Jun
Free / 0141 330 4221
Part of Glasgow Science Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00 Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery Cosmic Way
Thu 13 Jun
Free / 0141 330 4221
Part of Glasgow Science Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00 Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery Cosmic Way
Hagar and the Angel
Exhibition devoted to the work of John and Alexander Runciman, two of Scotland's most important painters of the 18th century. The centrepieces are John Runciman's oil painting Hagar and the Angel and his 1764 etching The Taking Down of the Netherbow, depicting the dismantling of the only fortified gateway in Edinburgh's…
Thu 23 May
Free / 0141 330 4221
- 10:00 – 17:00 Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery Hagar and the Angel
Fri 24 May
Free / 0141 330 4221
- 10:00 – 17:00 Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery Hagar and the Angel
Sat 25 May
Free / 0141 330 4221
- 10:00 – 17:00 Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery Hagar and the Angel
This Unrivalled Collection: Exhibition Talks
A series of free lunchtime talks accompanying the Hunterian's exhibition of its earliest catalogue. Attendance at the talks qualifies you for free entry to the exhibition.
Wed 29 May
Free / 0141 330 4221
Talk by Dr Donal Bateson entitled 'Big Coins and Little Coins'.
Wed 5 Jun
Free / 0141 330 4221
Talk by Dr Stuart McDonald entitled 'The Mastodon Meat Eating Elephant'.
Wed 12 Jun
Free / 0141 330 4221
Talk by Dr John Faithful: 'William Hunter and the Greatest Mineral Painting in the World'.
'This Unrivalled Collection': The Hunterian's first catalogue
Exhibition focusing on the pioneering curatorial work of Captain James Laskey (c. 1760-1829). In 1813, Laskey published the first catalogue of the contents of the old Hunterian Museum and this exhibition highlights his work and the remarkable breadth of the Hunterian's collections. Among the contents are a Renaissance…
Thu 23 May
£5 (£3) / 0141 330 4221
Fri 24 May
£5 (£3) / 0141 330 4221
Sat 25 May
£5 (£3) / 0141 330 4221
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