Hunterian Museum

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Hunterian Museum

Until Thu Feb 28

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Time Out says

Wed Mar 28 2007

The museum houses one of the oldest collections of anatomical, pathological and zoological specimens in the UK and is based on the items assembled by John Hunter, surgeon and anatomist (1728-1793). The collection comprises more than 3,500 anatomical and pathological preparations, fossils, paintings and drawings and also includes specimens donated by Edward Jenner and Sir Joseph Banks. Exhibits include the skeleton of the 7ft 7in tall ‘Irish giant’ Charles Byrne, a collection of surgical instruments dating from the seventeenth century, carbolic sprays used by Lister, the pioneer of antiseptic surgery, the tooth of a megatherium (an extinct giant sloth) donated by Charles Darwin – and Winston Churchill’s dentures.

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Address:
Hunterian Museum Royal College of Surgeons
35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields
London
WC2A 3PE

Venue website:
www.rcseng.ac.uk/museums
Opening hours:
Mon-Fri 10am-5pm.
Transport:
Tube: Holborn
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1. Hunterian Museum
  - Royal College of Surgeons
    35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields
    London
    WC2A 3PE
  - www.rcseng.ac.uk/museums
  - 51.515286,-0.115874