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Anatomical Figure, Michael Henry Spang

The Body CPD Session
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

24th November 2009
Time: -

Part of the Hunterian Continuing Professional & Personal Development Programme 2009


 
 
Drama Club fun!

The Drama Club
Location: Kelvin Gallery (Museum)

From: 7th November 2009 Until: 28th November 2009

Drama and games for children.


 
 
Art Corner fun!

The Art Corner
Location: Gallery One (Art Gallery)

From: 7th November 2009 Until: 12th December 2009

Classes for children.


 
 
Sari material.

The Art of Sari Draping
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

3rd October 2009
Time: -

An interactive workshop.


 
 
Darwin

Darwin CPD
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

30th September 2009
Time: -

Part of Darwin 2009.


 
 
Charles Rennie Mackintosh, ‘Cartoon for leaded glass panels, Glasgow School of Art’, 1899.

Mackintosh and The Glasgow School of Art Talk
Location: Lecture Theatre (Art Gallery)

19th September 2009
Time: -

An illustrated talk for 'Doors Open Day' and 'Mackintosh 100'.


 
 
The Zoology Museum

Doors Open Day 2009
Location: Museum, Art Gallery & Zoology (Everywhere)

19th September 2009
Time: -

Glasgow’s Built Heritage Festival


 
 
Portrait of Charles Darwin, taken in 1881.

This View of Life
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

25th August 2009
Time: -

Part of Darwin 2009.


 
 
 Edvard Munch, ‘Woman

Edvard Munch and the Eastern Influence
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

From: 3rd August 2009 Until: 7th August 2009

5 Day Printmaking Course for Adults


 
 
Summer holiday activities in the Museum.

Summer Holiday Clubs for Playschemes
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

From: 27th July 2009 Until: 7th August 2009

Looking for something exciting, stimulating, educational and most definitely fun? Book your playscheme into one of the new holiday club sessions at the Hunterian Museum!


 
 
Fun in the Art Gallery.

Edvard Munch Summer School
Location: Gallery Two (Art Gallery)

From: 27th July 2009 Until: 31st July 2009

Art classes for kids during the school summer holidays, inspired by the ‘Edvard Munch: Prints’ exhibition.


 
 
Fun in the Museum.

Museum Summer School
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

From: 21st July 2009 Until: 24th July 2009

Art and drama activities for kids during the school summer holidays, inspired by the Museum collections.


 
 
Fun in the Zoology Museum.

Zoology Summer School
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

From: 13th July 2009 Until: 17th July 2009

Art and craft activities for kids during the school summer holidays, inspired by the Zoology collections.


 
 
Edvard Munch, ‘Kristiania Bohemians II’, 1895. © Munch Museum/Munch - Ellingsen Group, BONO, Oslo/DACS, London 2009.

Special Munch Lecture
Location: Lecture Theatre (Art Gallery)

18th June 2009
Time: -

Munch and his Norwegian background by critic and novelist Paul Binding.


 
 
The Summer Art Corner.

Summer Art Corner
Location: Museum

From: 9th May 2009 Until: 13th June 2009

Saturday arts and crafts for kids inspired by the collections in the Hunterian Museum.


 
 
Drama Club fun!

Summer Drama Club
Location: Art Gallery

From: 9th May 2009 Until: 30th May 2009

Drama activities for early years inspired by the eastern themes in the Hunterian Art Gallery.


 
 
Glasgow University Science Festival.

Glasgow University Science Festival
Location: Museum

From: 7th May 2009 Until: 18th June 2009

A huge range of exciting science activities!


 
 
Having fun at The Hunterian!

Chasing the Butterfly
Location: Art Gallery

2nd May 2009
Time: -

Special events day!


 
 
The Saturday Science Club.

Saturday Science Club
Location: Museum

From: 2nd May 2009 Until: 30th May 2009

Five weeks of exciting hands-on Saturday workshops for kids as part of Glasgow University Science Festival 2009.


 
 
An Arabic dirham from the Hunterian collection.

Arabic Calligraphy Workshop
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

23rd April 2009
Time: -

A free workshop.


 
 
An event in the Hunterian Art Gallery

Evening Event for University Staff
Location: Gallery One (Art Gallery)

22nd April 2009
Time: -

There will be a special evening event for University staff in the Hunterian Art Gallery on Wednesday 22 April from 5.00pm - 7.00pm.


 
 
Easter Art Fest fun!

Easter Art Fest
Location: Education Area (Museum and Art Gallery)

From: 6th April 2009 Until: 17th April 2009

Easter holiday arts and craft activities for kids inspired by the Hunterian collections.


 
 
Edward Atkinson Hornel, ‘The Brook’, 1891.

The Drama Club
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

From: 7th March 2009 Until: 28th March 2009

Drama activities for early years


 
 
Thomas Jacobi

'Mo' Work to Do – Recent Ink Rubbings and Pigment
Location: Lecture Theatre (Art Gallery)

6th March 2009
Time: -

Lecture at the Hunterian Art Gallery on the 6 March at 11am. FREE no booking required. All welcome.


 
 
John Quinton Pringle, ‘Girls at Play’, c. 1905.

The Art Corner
Location: Gallery One (Art Gallery)

From: 28th February 2009 Until: 4th April 2009

Saturday arts and crafts for kids


 
 
William McTaggart, ‘Enoch Arden’, 1866.

Mid-Term Madness!
Location: Balcony Level (Museum)

From: 16th February 2009 Until: 17th February 2009

Fun activities for kids over the school spring break!


 
 
James McNeill Whistler, ‘The Doorway’, 1879-1880, etching and drypoint.

Between Connoisseurship and Commerce
Location: History Of Art (External Location)

4th February 2009
Time: -

Cataloguing Whistler's Etchings 1874–1910


 
 
Dr Grischka Petri examines the technique of a Whistler etching in the Hunterian Art Gallery.

History of Art Research Seminars 2009
Location: History Of Art (External Location)

From: 4th February 2009 Until: 25th March 2009

A series of free seminars organised by the University of Glasgow's History of Art Department.


 
 

Urban Space and Architecture CPD Session
Location: Art Gallery

11th December 2008
Time: -

Part of the Hunterian Continuing Professional and Personal Development Programme 2008.


 
 

Innovation and Design CPD Session
Location: Art Gallery

27th November 2008
Time: -

Part of the Hunterian Continuing Professional and Personal Development Programme 2008.


 
 
François Boucher, Woman Fastening her Garter, 1742 © Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid.

Boucher's Drawings of Domesticity
Location: Lecture Theatre (Art Gallery)

19th November 2008
Time: -

Alasdair Laing talks about ‘Boucher's Drawings of Domesticity’.


 
 
Jean-Siméon Chardin, Lady taking Tea, 1735 © The Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow.

Chardin, Hunter and Carritt
Location: Lecture Theatre (Art Gallery)

12th November 2008
Time: -

Helen McCormack talks about ‘Chardin, Hunter and Carritt: Re-visioning Eighteenth-Century Art Scholarship’.


 
 
L - R: Alan Shaw, Vicky Begg and J.R. Campbell. Photo: Alan McAteer.

Mackintosh Re-interpreted Talks
Location: Gallery One (Art Gallery)

From: 12th November 2008 Until: 26th November 2008

A series of three talks given by staff of the Centre for Advanced Textiles, the Glasgow School of Art, who have created the design re-interpretations of Mackintosh’s textile designs.


 
 
The Drama Club

The Drama Club
Location: Gallery One (Art Gallery)

From: 8th November 2008 Until: 29th November 2008

Four weeks of drama workshops for kids aged 3 - 5 years. Workshops take place in the Hunterian Art Gallery and are inspired by the ‘Boucher & Chardin: Masters of Modern Manners’ exhibition.


 
 

Eastern Influence CPD Session
Location: Art Gallery

6th November 2008
Time: -

Part of the Hunterian Continuing Professional and Personal Development Programme 2008.


 
 
Arts and crafts fun at the Art Corner!

The Art Corner
Location: Gallery One (Art Gallery)

From: 1st November 2008 Until: 13th December 2008

Seven weeks of arts and crafts workshops for kids, inspired by the ‘Boucher & Chardin: Masters of Modern Manners’ exhibition at the Hunterian Art Gallery.


 
 
François Boucher, Woman on a Daybed, 1743 © The Frick Collection.

Evening Lecture Programme
Location: Lecture Theatre (Art Gallery)

From: 22nd October 2008 Until: 19th November 2008

A series of evening lectures relating to the ‘Boucher & Chardin’ exhibition.


 
 
Jean-Siméon Chardin, The Morning Toilet, 1741 © Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Continuing a Tradition
Location: Lecture Theatre (Art Gallery)

22nd October 2008
Time: -

Christoph Vogtherr talks about ‘Continuing a Tradition: Chardin, Boucher and the Netherlands’.


 
 
Holiday club fun!

Holiday Club @ the Hunterian
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

From: 13th October 2008 Until: 17th October 2008

Exciting, stimulating, educational and most definitely fun!


 
 
Ashanti gold dust box

Black History Month 2008
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

From: 7th October 2008 Until: 30th October 2008

Come along to the Hunterian Museum’s special lunchtime talk series inspired by Black History Month and the diverse collections from the Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery. Talks will take place every Tuesday and Thursday during October.


 
 
Keisai Eisen, The Geisha Takejo, c. 1840.

Japanese Tea Ceremony
Location: Gallery One (Art Gallery)

4th October 2008
Time: -

A rare chance to take part in a Japanese tea ceremony!


 
 
Pierre François Aveline after François Boucher, The Four Elements: Fire, 1739 - 40.

Boucher & Chardin Talk Series
Location: Entrance Gallery (Museum)

From: 30th September 2008 Until: 9th December 2008

These talks are part of a special series relating to the ‘Boucher & Chardin: Masters of Modern Manners’ display in the Hunterian Art Gallery (24 September - 13 December 2008).


 
 
Hunterian Museum Entrance Hall

Doors Open Day
Location: Museum, Art Gallery & Zoology (Everywhere)

20th September 2008
Time: -

Celebrating Glasgow’s built heritage.


 
 
Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Menu card for Miss Cranston

Mackintosh Events for Heritage Week
Location: Other (External Location)

From: 15th September 2008 Until: 21st September 2008

Special Mackintosh themed talks and walks to celebrate Heritage Week and Doors Open Day.


 
 
Detail from Allan Ramsay’s ‘Portrait of William Hunter’, c1764-5.

William Hunter Conference 2008
Location: Kelvin Gallery (Museum)

From: 3rd September 2008 Until: 5th September 2008

William Hunter and the Art and Science of Eighteenth-Century Collecting.


 
 
Kimberlite

Return of the Rock Doctor!
Location: Museum

From: 2nd September 2008 Until: 30th September 2008

He’s hard-core…


 
 

Summer School 2008
Location: Museum, Art Gallery & Zoology (Everywhere)

From: 22nd July 2008 Until: 8th August 2008

3 fun weeks of arts and crafts for kids!


 
 
Fab, fun and free!

Summer Drop In Sessions
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

From: 7th July 2008 Until: 18th July 2008

Fab free drop in sessions for kids and their families.


 
 
Sid the Stick Insect

Holiday Club @ The Hunterian
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

From: 7th July 2008 Until: 18th July 2008

Looking for something exciting, stimulating, educational and most definitely fun? Book your playscheme into one of the new Holiday Club sessions at the Hunterian!


 
 
David Gauld, Music, 1889

Scottish Toy Orkestra
Location: Gallery One (Art Gallery)

27th June 2008
Time: -

West End Festival Concerts at the Hunterian Art Gallery.


 
 

Kaleidophone Ensemble and Dance Ihayami
Location: Gallery One (Art Gallery)

26th June 2008
Time: -

West End Festival Concerts at the Hunterian Art Gallery.


 
 

Da Capo Mandolin and Guitar Ensemble
Location: Gallery One (Art Gallery)

25th June 2008
Time: -

West End Festival Concerts at the Hunterian Art Gallery.


 
 
Rembrandt van Rijn, The Strolling Musicians (detail), c. 1635

Rostov on Don Jazz Academy
Location: Gallery One (Art Gallery)

24th June 2008
Time: -

West End Festival Concerts at the Hunterian Art Gallery.


 
 
Robert Sargent Austin, Cat and Mandolin (detail)

Harmony
Location: Gallery One (Art Gallery)

23rd June 2008
Time: -

West End Festival Concerts at the Hunterian Art Gallery.


 
 
Beatrix Whistler, A Grand Piano, c. 1892

Alexander Kudajcyk
Location: Gallery One (Art Gallery)

20th June 2008
Time: -

West End Festival Concerts at the Hunterian Art Gallery.


 
 
Adriaen van Ostade, The Violin Player Seated in the Inn (detail), 1685

Bellevue Rendezvous
Location: Gallery One (Art Gallery)

18th June 2008
Time: -

West End Festival Concerts at the Hunterian Art Gallery.


 
 
James McNeill Whistler, Gold and Brown: The Guitar Player (detail), c. 1885

Robert Irvine and Allan Neave
Location: Gallery One (Art Gallery)

16th June 2008
Time: -

West End Festival Concerts at the Hunterian Art Gallery.


 
 
Family Fun Day

GUSF Family Days at the Hunterian Museum
Location: Museum

15th June 2008
Time: -

Part of Glasgow University Science Festival.


 
 
Sir Robert Strange, St Cecelia (detail), 1771

Illuminati - Music Students of the RSAMD
Location: Gallery One (Art Gallery)

14th June 2008
Time: -

West End Festival Concerts at the Hunterian Art Gallery.


 
 
Family Fun Day

GUSF Family Days at the Hunterian Museum
Location: Museum

7th June 2008
Time: -

Part of Glasgow University Science Festival.


 
 
X-Ray Tube

GUSF Frontiers Evening Lecture Series
Location: Other (External Location)

From: 3rd June 2008 Until: 12th June 2008

Part of Glasgow University Science Festival.


 
 
The Art Corner

The Art Corner
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

From: 10th May 2008 Until: 14th June 2008

Six weeks of classes for kids at the Hunterian Museum.


 
 
The Saturday Science Club

GUSF Saturday Science Club
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

From: 3rd May 2008 Until: 31st May 2008

Part of Glasgow University Science Festival.


 
 
Long-Tailed Tit

GUSF Thursday Evening Lecture Series
Location: Other (External Location)

From: 10th April 2008 Until: 29th May 2008

Part of Glasgow University Science Festival.


 
 

Spring Art Fest
Location: Education Area (Museum and Art Gallery)

From: 7th April 2008 Until: 18th April 2008

A range of arts and crafts activities for kids during the school spring break


 
 
Dox Thrash,

Celebrating Diversity Training Day
Location: Kelvin Gallery (Museum)

5th March 2008
Time: -

Looking at the Impact of the Slave Trade and Multiculturalism Today


 
 

The Drama Club
Location: Gallery One (Art Gallery)

From: 16th February 2008 Until: 8th March 2008

Four weeks of Saturday drama activities for early years


 
 

Mid-Term Madness!
Location: Gallery One (Art Gallery)

From: 11th February 2008 Until: 12th February 2008

Two days of fun activities for kids during the school mid-term break


 
 

The Art Corner
Location: Gallery One (Art Gallery)

From: 9th February 2008 Until: 15th March 2008

Six weeks of Saturday arts and crafts for kids


 
 
Boy Singing

The Haydn-Hunter Creation
Location: Bute Hall (External Location)

2nd December 2007
Time: -

A performance of Haydn’s The Creation.


 
 

The Art of Design CPD Session
Location: The Mackintosh House (Art Gallery)

21st November 2007
Time: -

A continuing professional and personal development event for teachers, educationists, cultural co-ordinators, artists, and life-long learners.


 
 

The Art of Anatomy CPD Session
Location: Gallery One (Art Gallery)

14th November 2007
Time: -

A continuing professional and personal development event for teachers, educationists, cultural co-ordinators, artists, and life-long learners.


 
 
Kelvin 2007

Kelvin 2007
Location: Kelvin Gallery (Museum)

14th November 2007
Time: -

Organised by the Institute of Physics, a day of special lectures by leading scientists to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Lord Kelvin’s death.


 
 

Artificial Curiosities, Natural Materials
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

From: 10th November 2007 Until: 1st December 2007

A new papermaking and printmaking course for adults.


 
 

The Hunterian Museum Drama Club
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

From: 3rd November 2007 Until: 8th December 2007

A six week course of drama, games and art activities for kids, inspired by the collections at the Hunterian Museum.


 
 
Flute PLayer

Music in the University
Location: Concert Hall (External Location)

From: 1st November 2007 Until: 30th November 2007

Special lunchtime concerts to celebrate the Hunterian bicentenary.


 
 

The Hunterian Art Gallery Art Corner
Location: Gallery One (Art Gallery)

From: 27th October 2007 Until: 15th December 2007

An eight week course of creative art activities for kids inspired by the collections at the Hunterian Art Gallery.


 
 
October Week activities

October Week Activities
Location: Museum

From: 15th October 2007 Until: 19th October 2007

Five days of arts and crafts for kids, inspired by the exciting new displays in the Hunterian Museum!


 
 
Detail from

Black History Month
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

From: 1st October 2007 Until: 31st October 2007

Exhibition and talks to mark the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade.


 
 

Glasgow Computing Brass Concert
Location: Entrance Gallery (Museum)

15th September 2007
Time: -

A special Saturday morning concert in the Hunterian Museum.


 
 
Doors Open Day

Doors Open Day
Location: Museum, Art Gallery & Zoology (Everywhere)

15th September 2007
Time: -

Glasgow's City-wide Festival.


 
 
The Mackintosh House

An Introduction to The Mackintosh House
Location: Lecture Theatre (Art Gallery)

15th September 2007
Time: -

A special talk for Doors Open Day on The Mackintosh House by Professor Pamela Robertson.


 
 
Student Object Week

Student Object Week
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

From: 20th August 2007 Until: 24th August 2007

In this special week of talks, students from the University talk about intriguing and unusual objects from the Hunterian reserve collections.


 
 

A Night at the Museum Film Screening @ G12
Location: Gilmorehill G12 (External Location)

From: 9th August 2007 Until: 11th August 2007

Three special screenings of the popular family film ‘Night at the Museum’ starring Ben Stiller.


 
 
Science Box

Science Box - Demonstrations in the Museum
Location: Balcony Level (Museum)

From: 4th August 2007 Until: 29th September 2007

Have a hair-raising time with static electricity…get in a spin with forces…see how opposites attract with magnetism and so much more!


 
 
Kids Workshops

Summer School 2007
Location: Museum, Art Gallery & Zoology (Everywhere)

From: 17th July 2007 Until: 3rd August 2007

3 weeks of arts and crafts for kids with different themes every day!


 
 

Hands On! Object Handling Sessions
Location: Museum

From: 5th July 2007 Until: 9th August 2007

Your chance to take a closer look and feel some of the weird and wonderful objects from the Hunterian Museum.


 
 
Allan Ramsay

A Bicentenary Lecture Series
Location: Lecture Theatre (Art Gallery)

From: 21st June 2007 Until: 15th August 2007

A series of richly-illustrated lectures by Hunterian curators on William Hunter and the Hunterian’s collections.


 
 

Film Day @ G12
Location: Gilmorehill G12 (External Location)

16th June 2007
Time: -

See the world’s most famous archaeologist, Indiana Jones, in action in all 3 films back to back!


 
 
Science Festival

Glasgow University Science Festival
Location: Kelvin Gallery (Museum)

From: 2nd June 2007 Until: 16th June 2007

Days packed full of things to make, create, see, discover and explore.


 
 
Kelvin Gallery

Summer Science Events
Location: Kelvin Gallery (Museum)

From: 28th May 2007 Until: 28th June 2007

A programme of free science activities for schools as part of the Glasgow University Science Festival. Telephone 0141 330 2806 for bookings and further information.


 
 
The Big Birthday Bash

The Big Birthday Bash
Location: Museum

26th May 2007
Time: -

The Hunterian is 200 years old this year and we're having a big party to celebrate.


 
 
Ilana Halperin

Towards Heilprin Land
Location: Gallery One (Art Gallery)

2nd May 2007
Time: -

The premier of artist Ilana Halperin's performance lecture incorporating volcanic eruptions reflected in the sky, life on the ice floes and the forgotten tragedies of history preserved in time beneath the ash.


 
 

Children’s Saturday Art Classes
Location: Art Gallery

From: 28th April 2007 Until: 16th June 2007

An eight week creative art course inspired by the collections at the Hunterian Art Gallery.


 
 
Goliath Beetle

Easter Arts And Science Fest 2007
Location: Museum, Art Gallery & Zoology (Everywhere)

From: 2nd April 2007 Until: 13th April 2007

The Easter Art and Science Fest will provide 2 weeks of fun for kids during the school spring break.


 
 
scottish voices

Scottish Voices
Location: Entrance Gallery (Museum)

15th March 2007
Time: -

A performance of songs by Gershwin, Kern, Rodgers, Cole Porter and Hair along with piano pieces by Debussy and Messiaen, to be held in the University Concert Hall


 
 
Inspired By: Enlightenment

Classes For Kids
Location: Gallery One (Art Gallery)

From: 12th February 2007 Until: 31st March 2007

These special classes for kids will introduce this stunning new contemporary art display at the Hunterian Art Gallery.


 
 
Inspired By: Enlightenment

Special Events For Schools
Location: Entrance Gallery (Museum)

From: 2nd February 2007 Until: 23rd February 2007

These special events for schools will introduce pupils and teachers to this stunning new contemporary art display at the Hunterian Art Gallery.


 
 
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