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Special Easter Weekend opening hours and activities

Friday 12 Mar 2010

Friday 2nd April (10am – 4pm)
Saturday 3rd April (12pm– 4pm)
Sunday 4th April (12pm – 4pm)
Monday 5th April (10am – 4pm)

5th April
Meet a 19th Century Surgeon
The date is 1853: do not miss your appointment with Dr ... read more >>

Simpson's Decanter chosen as part of BBC's History of the World in 100 Objects

Wednesday 10 Feb 2010

Director of the British Museum,
Neil MacGregor, narrates 100 programmes that retell humanity's history through the objects we have made. The series spans two million years of history and uses objects from the British and partnership Museum's col... read more >>

current & upcoming exhibitions

Surgical instruments from Adolf Hitler’s private yacht KMS Grille

Surgeons at War 1939-1945 >>

September 2009 is the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of World War Two. Driven by necessity and the horrors of modern warfare developments in surgery between 1939 and 1945 were wide ranging. Now finished

permanent exhibitions

Surgeons' Hall Pathology Museum

Surgeons' Hall Pathology Museum >>

Housed in the upper floor of the William Playfair designed Surgeons' Hall, the Pathology Museum has one of the largest collections of pathological anatomy in the United Kingdom and provides valuable material for the study of human disease.

Conan Doyle & Joseph Bell: The Real Sherlock Holmes

Conan Doyle & Joseph Bell: The Real Sherlock Holmes >>

The exhibition focuses on Conan Doyle's relationship to Joseph Bell, who later became President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

Surgeons Hall Museum: History of Surgery

Surgeons Hall Museum: History of Surgery >>

The Museum covers the History of Surgery and Edinburgh’s special contribution to surgical practice in modern times.

Dental collection

Dental collection >>

The Dental Collection is one of the finest in the UK and demonstrates the development of dentistry from its earliest days to modern times.

Sport, Surgery & the Well being

Sport, Surgery & the Well being >>

The exhibition explores the development of Sports and Exercise Medicine and the wider medical and social issues raised through the changes in recreational sport in recent times.

more about permanent exhibitions >>