The Polish National Amber Collection
Location: Gallery Two (Art Gallery)

A talk by Mungo Campbell.

Down to Earth
Location: Entrance Gallery (Museum)

Spotting old meteorite impact craters, and what they can tell us.

Dürer and Italy
Location: Gallery One (Art Gallery)

A talk by Dr John Richards.

Some very unusual pottery from Fiji
Location: Entrance Gallery (Museum)

A talk by Professor David Houston.

Dicephalus
Location: Main Hall (Anatomy Museum)

A fetus with two heads.

Mackintosh and others
Location: Gallery One (Art Gallery)

The George Smith Collection.

Thomas Coats of Paisley
Location: Entrance Gallery (Museum)

Thread baron and coin collector.

A taste for Impressionism
Location: Gallery One (Art Gallery)

The Cargill Bequest.

The Hunterian's Dutch and Flemish pictures
Location: Gallery One (Art Gallery)

The violin maker's daughter and the Norwegian sea captain.

Halloween horrors from the Hunterian
Location: Entrance Gallery (Museum)

Alarming artefacts from the vaults…

Small but perfectly formed
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

William Hunter’s ethnography collection.

Animal, vegetable, mineral
Location: Entrance Gallery (Museum)

Some strange and curious items from the Hunterian collections...

A Singular Caries of the Skull
Location: Entrance Gallery (Museum)

Talk by Stuart McDonald (Anatomy)

Access all areas
Location: Entrance Gallery (Museum)

Handling some items from the archaeology collections.

SERF 2009
Location: Entrance Gallery (Museum)

Excavations of the henge at Forteviot, Perthshire.

Scotland’s most wonderful mineral deposit
Location: Entrance Gallery (Museum)

The lead veins of Leadhills and Wanlockhead.

A sting in the tail...
Location: Entrance Gallery (Museum)

Fossil scorpions and fish from Lesmahagow.

The Great Scottish Meteorite Auction of 2009
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

Part of the Hunterian 10 Minute Lunchtime Talk series.

Edvard Munch and Norwegian Theatre
Location: Gallery Two (Art Gallery)

A special 10 Minute Lunchtime Talk relating to the 'Edvard Munch: Prints' exhibition at the Hunterian Art Gallery.

Munch's Muse: The Real Eva Mudocci
Location: Gallery Two (Art Gallery)

A special 10 Minute Lunchtime Talk relating to the 'Edvard Munch: Prints' exhibition at the Hunterian Art Gallery.

William Hunter and Owen Farrell
Location: Entrance Gallery (Museum)

The portrait of Leather Jack.

The secret of a good collection is…?
Location: Entrance Gallery (Museum)

In this 10 Minute Lunchtime talk, John Faithfull from the Hunterian Museum reveals the secret of a good collection.

Edvard Munch and the Philosopher's Gloom
Location: Gallery Two (Art Gallery)

A special 10 Minute Lunchtime Talk relating to the 'Edvard Munch: Prints' exhibition at the Hunterian Art Gallery.

Charles Darwin's Beetle
Location: Entrance Gallery (Museum)

From the Falkland Islands to the Hunterian.

William Hunter’s portrait of the Nilgai
Location: Entrance Gallery (Museum)

An exotic painting.

Insects in Amber
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

Treasures from the Hunterian collections.

Behind the Scenes in the Museum
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

A special insight!

Edvard Munch and August Strindberg
Location: Gallery Two (Art Gallery)

A special 10 Minute Lunchtime Talk relating to the 'Edvard Munch: Prints' exhibition at the Hunterian Art Gallery.

Blades of Glass
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

Arran pitchstone as an archaeological material.

Fossilized Eyes
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

How Trilobites saw their world.

Elephants - How they Work
Location: Entrance Gallery (Museum)

A look at the anatomy and biology of elephants.

Masterpiece in Gold
Location: Entrance Gallery (Museum)

The US Double Eagle - gold rushes, skullduggery and the FBI.

Glasgow Boys Abroad
Location: Gallery One (Art Gallery)

Seeking inspiration in the world.

Collaborations and Connections
Location: Gallery One (Art Gallery)

Whistler in Britain and France.

Easter Island Art
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

The Hunterian dance paddle.

Turned to Stone
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

The science and art of petrifying springs.

From Rembrandt’s House to the Hunterian
Location: Gallery One (Art Gallery)

The story of ‘The Entombment'.

Selling Whistler
Location: Gallery One (Art Gallery)

How did Whistler Market and sell his Etchings?

Amber
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

Teardrops of the Gods.

Tonsilitis – Cut It Out!
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

200 Years of Tonsillectomy from William Hunter to the Present Day.

A Toot Round Teeth
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

A Basic Introduction to Mammalian Dentition.

Lewis Clapperton
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

Glasgow Accountant and Pewter Collector.

Finette and Whistler's Models
Location: Gallery One (Art Gallery)

The Artist and the Can-can Dancer.

Beastly Behaviour among Bees and Wasps
Location: Entrance Gallery (Museum)

What is cleptoparasitism?

Platinum
Location: Entrance Gallery (Museum)

The geology of a very precious metal.

Treasure Trove
Location: Entrance Gallery (Museum)

Archaeological items and the law.

The Unknown Whistlers
Location: Gallery One (Art Gallery)

New discoveries and mysterious messages.

Hannibal's Battles with Rome
Location: Entrance Gallery (Museum)

A wonderful manuscript from William Hunter’s collection.

Slaters
Location: Entrance Gallery (Museum)

The crabs move from sea to land, and into your garden.

Fraud at the Mint
Location: Entrance Gallery (Museum)

Dirty deeds in old Edinburgh.

The Magic of Jade
Location: Entrance Gallery (Museum)

Magda Ketterer from the Department of History of Art talks about the carved jade figure group from China.

Practical Beauty
Location: Entrance Gallery (Museum)

Student Corbyn Mattews Crow talks about an Oriental lacquer tray.

A Designer’s Fingerprint
Location: Gallery One (Art Gallery)

J.R. Campbell from the Centre for Advanced Textiles, the Glasgow School of Art, talks about a designer’s fingerprint.

Fashionable Taste
Location: Entrance Gallery (Museum)

Student Claire McKechnie talks about an ivory fan from China.

Mackintosh for Today’s Interior
Location: Gallery One (Art Gallery)

Alan Shaw from the Centre for Advanced Textiles, the Glasgow School of Art talks about Mackintosh for today’s interior.

A Taste for the Exotic
Location: Entrance Gallery (Museum)

Student Connie Houston discusses a 19th century marble vase from China.

Remaining True to the Designer’s Handwriting
Location: Gallery One (Art Gallery)

Vicky Begg from the Centre for Advanced Textiles, the Glasgow School of Art, talks about remaining true to the designer’s handwriting.

Fun and Games
Location: Entrance Gallery (Museum)

Student Hope Adams talks about an old Chinese mah-jongg set.

Trading East and West
Location: Entrance Gallery (Museum)

Student Jon Niall Crab talks about an opium pipe from China.

The Hunterian's African Collections
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

Please note, this talk has now been cancelled.

Tied in Knots
Location: Entrance Gallery (Museum)

Student Monika Winiarczyk talks about being tied in knots in the context of a man’s jade hair-piece from China.

Glasgow, America and the Abolition of Slavery (2)
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

Bernard Aspinwall of the Department of Adult and Continuing Education, University of Glasgow, gives his second talk of the series, this time on Glasgow, America and the Abolition of Slavery.

Tea Ceremony Tools
Location: Entrance Gallery (Museum)

Student Kacper Kuzinicki talks about tea ceremony tools and two bronze vases from Japan.

The Scottish Enlightenment and Slavery
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

Stephen Mullen from the Glasgow Anti Racist Alliance talks about the Scottish Enlightenment and slavery.

Fashion in the Far East
Location: Entrance Gallery (Museum)

Student Josephine Jenner talks about fashion in the Far East and in particular, a pair of Chinese bound shoes.

Glasgow and Slavery
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

Bernard Aspinwall from the Department of Adult and Continuing Education, University of Glasgow, talks about Glasgow and slavery.

Religion in the Far East
Location: Entrance Gallery (Museum)

Student Irina Kravtsova talks about religion in the Far East and the Chinese Budai figure.

A Taste for Tea
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

Magda Ketterer from the Department of History of Art, University of Glasgow, talks about a 19th century Chinese tea cup from the Hunterian collection.

Past Climates
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

James Bendle from the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow, talks about past climates and measuring sea temperatures using tiny fossils.

Coins from Persia and Scales from 'God's Island'
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

Roslyn Chapman, Administrator of the XIV International Numismatic Congress 2009, talks about coins from Persia and scales from 'God's Island': Viking trade artefacts in the Hunterian Museum.

Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

John Faithfull, Curator of Mineralogy and Petrology at the Hunterian Museum talks about how an amazing Canadian fossil turned out not to be a fossil at all.

Broken Pots and Grottyware
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

Michael Given from the Department of Archaeology, University of Glasgow, talks about broken pots and grottyware: the archaeology of rubbish in a field.

Modelling Biology the 19th Century Way
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

Scholarship student Gail Robertson talks about modelling biology the 19th Century way and how teaching models helped us understand animal life.

Working with Silver
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

Silversmith Leah Black talks about working with silver and her commission to make the Hunterian bicentenary cup.

The Hans von Bülow baton
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

William Wright, Executant Musicologist, talks about the Hans von Bülow baton and Frederic Lamond's Lisztian legacy.

How the Nest was Done
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

Maggie Reilly, Curator of Zoology at the Hunterian Museum talks about the amazing work of bird builders.

Emily Dix and Fossil Plants
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

Jeff Liston, Geology Curatorial Technician at the Hunterian Museum talks about Emily Dix and her pioneering work on fossil plants.

Who painted Danae and the Golden Shower?
Location: Gallery One (Art Gallery)

Peter Black, Curator of Prints and Italian, Dutch and German Old Masters at the Hunterian Art Gallery talks about the painting ‘Danae and the Golden Shower’.

The Scottish Element
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

Dr John Faithfull, Curator of Mineralogy and Petrology at the Hunterian Museum talks about the discovery of strontium.

Desert Island Dress
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

David Houston from the Department of IBLS, University of Glasgow talks about desert island dress and how Pacific islanders made their clothes from tree bark.

The Elgin Marvel
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

Dr Neil Clark, Curator of Palaeontology at the Hunterian Museum talks about the Elgin Marvel and waiting 252 million years for a hospital appointment.

John Flaxman: The Infancy of Bacchus
Location: Gallery One (Art Gallery)

Peter Black, Curator of Prints and Italian, Dutch and German Old Masters at the Hunterian Art Gallery talks about John Flaxman and ‘The Infancy of Bacchus’.

The Tlaxcala Codex
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

Roslyn Chapman from the Hunterian Museum talks about the Tlaxcala Codex or how a few dozen Spanish Conquistadores really beat the Aztec empire.

Alexander Nasmyth and Glasgow
Location: Gallery One (Art Gallery)

Anne Dulau, Curator of Old Masters, English French and Scottish Art at the Hunterian Art Gallery talks about the Scottish artist Alexander Nasmyth and Glasgow.

Mackintosh’s French Watercolours
Location: Gallery One (Art Gallery)

Professor Pamela Robertson, Senior Curator of the Whistler and Mackintosh collections at the Hunterian Art Gallery talks about Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s French watercolours.

Zircon: The Gemstone that Measures Geological Time
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

Dr John Faithfull, Curator of Mineralogy and Petrology at the Hunterian Museum talks about Zircon – the gemstone that measures geological time.

William Smellie
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

Roy Miller, ex Lanarkshire Hospitals Trust, talks about the pioneering 18th century obstetrician, William Smellie.

Lord and Lady Baltimore
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

Dr Donal Bateson, Reader in Numismatics at the Hunterian Museum talks about Lord and Lady Baltimore, the handsomest couple in the kingdom.

A Curious Find from the Knowe of Moan, Orkney
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

Dr Sally-Anne Coupar, Curator of Archaeology at the Hunterian Museum talks about a curious find from the Knowe of Moan in Orkney.

How insects fool birds with their own droppings
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

Geoff Hancock from the Hunterian Museum talks about how insects fool birds with their own droppings.

A Curious Find from the Knowe of Moan, Orkney
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

Dr Sally-Anne Coupar, Curator of Archaeology at the Hunterian Museum talks about a curious find from the Knowe of Moan in Orkney.

Dragons in the Closet: Two Chinese Court Robes
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

Magda Ketterer from the University of Glasgow History of Art Department talks about two Chinese court robes from the Hunterian collection.

Lord Leighton and ‘Flaming June’
Location: Gallery One (Art Gallery)

Professor Pamela Robertson, Senior Curator at the Hunterian Art Gallery talks about Frederic, Lord Leighton and ‘Flaming June’.

The Crystal That Isn’t: The Strange Story of Glass
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

Dr John Faithfull, Curator of Mineralogy and Petrology at the Hunterian Museum tells the strange story of glass…

The Truth about the Tooth
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

Dr Neil Clark, Curator of Palaeontology at the Hunterian Museum divulges the truth about the tooth: dinosaur dentition from Skye!

Whistler and the Art of Drawing
Location: Gallery One (Art Gallery)

Professor Pamela Robertson, Senior Curator at the Hunterian Art Gallery talks about James McNeill Whistler and the art of drawing.

Dogs' Bladders and Working Men's Thumbs
Location: Balcony Level (Museum)

Dr Malcolm Nicolson and John Fleming talk about dogs' bladders, working men's thumbs and the development of medical ultrasound in Glasgow.

Robert Day of Cork
Location: Entrance Gallery (Museum)

"A man of many beads" by Roslyn Chapman

Secrets of the Glasgow Cape Club
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

Dr Sally-Anne Coupar, curator of Archaeology at the Hunterian Museum reveals the secrets of the Glasgow Cape Club…

Swedish Plate Money
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

Dr Donal Bateson, Reader in Numismatics at the Hunterian Museum talks about Swedish plate money - giant coins from the 17th and 18th centuries.

Bonanzas and Jacobites
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

Dr John Faithfull, curator of Mineralogy and Petrology at the Hunterian Museum talks about Bonanzas and Jacobites and romance, riches, rebellion and minerals in 18th century Scotland.

Christmas Biology: Reindeer and Robins
Location: Entrance Gallery (Museum)

Maggie Reilly, Curator of Zoology at the Hunterian Museum talks about Christmas biology.

Faking It: Gem Diamonds and Diamond Imitations
Location: Entrance Gallery (Museum)

John Faithfull, Curator of Mineralogy and Petrology at the Hunterian Museum talks about gem diamonds and diamond imitations.

Archaeologists Dig Dinoaurs!
Location: Entrance Gallery (Museum)

Neil Clark, Curator of Palaeontology at the Hunterian Museum talks about the public perception of palaeontology.

Maister Peter Lowe and the History of the RCPSG
Location: Entrance Gallery (Museum)

Carol Parry, Archivist at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow talks about Maister Peter Lowe and the early history of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in Glasgow.

Santa Cruz Feather Money
Location: Entrance Gallery (Museum)

David Houston from the University of Glasgow Zoology Department talks about Santa Cruz Feather Money: Unusual Currency from the South Seas.

Eeek! Scottish Household Spiders
Location: Entrance Gallery (Museum)

Geoff Hancock, Curator of Entomology at the Hunterian Museum talks about the spiders we find at home!

Culture and Collections
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

Austin Ngenge from Göteborg University talks about finding black history in the Hunterian Museum.

Living in Coastal Swamps: People on the Brink
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

Peter Meadows from the Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences talks about the issues of living in costal swamps.

Contributions Made by Black Citizens
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

Dr Rose Mary Harley from University of Strathclyde talks about the cultural and educational contributions made by black citizens.

Kalasha: A Lost Tribe of the Hindu Kush
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

Azra Meadows from the Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences talks about this lost tribe of the Hindu Kush.

James McLune Smith
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

Lesley Richmond from University of Glasgow Archives, talks about James McLune Smith - the first Afro-American to receive a university medical education.

Beyond Saris, Samosas and Steel Bands
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

Naseem Anwar from the Equality and Diversity Unit talks about beyond saris, samosas and steel bands.

A Note in Black and White
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

Professor Nigel Thorp, General Editor of The Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler, talks about some Whistler connections with black history.

Cradle of Technology: Early Tools from East Africa
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

Dr Jeff Liston from the Hunterian Museum talks about early tools from East Africa.

Cultural Links
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

Kevin Harrison from SENSE Scotland talks about cultural links and black and ethnic minority disabled people.

Geology and Surrealism
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

Dr John Faithfull, Curator of Mineralogy and Petrology at the Hunterian Museum talks about geology and surrealism and the strange story of Hugh Miller’s hammer...

Faking It: Surprises from the Bishop Collection
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

Dr Sally-Anne Coupar, Curator of Archaeology at the Hunterian Museum talks about the Bishop Collection and some surprising aspects of its contents.

Back Garden Fossils
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

Dr Neil Clark, Curator of Palaeontology at the Hunterian Museum talks about fossils found in the back garden.

Whisky and Resistance
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

Michael Given from the University of Glasgow Department of Archaeology talks about whisky and resistance and the archaeology of illicit whisky distilling.

Abyssinian Bruce and Gold from Egypt
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

Dr Donal Bateson, Reader in Numismatics at the Hunterian Museum, talks about Abyssinian Bruce and gold from Egypt.

Student Object Week Talk
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

At the earlier time of 12.30pm, Magda Ketterer (MA (Hons) History of Art 2007) talks about Japanese Prints: Something New, Something Blue.

Brass and Bassoons: The Hague Collection
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

Jemma Brown, a University of Glasgow Music graduate (2007) talks about brass and bassoons in The Hague Collection.

Eck: Man of Mystery and Hunterian Benefactor
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

Dr John Faithfull, Curator of Mineralogy and Petrology at the Hunterian Museum, talks about Frederick Eck: Man of Mystery and Hunterian Benefactor.

Parkinson and the Hunters
Location: Entrance Gallery (Museum)

Jeff Liston from the Hunterian Museum talks about Parkinson and the Hunters: the Hunterian Museum and the first ever Big Boys Book of Fossils.

The Bishop Collection: Beetles and Groceries
Location: Entrance Gallery (Museum)

In this week's talk, Geoff Hancock from the Hunterian Museum discusses the Bishop Collection.

The Colourful World of Birds
Location: Entrance Gallery (Museum)

This week, Kate Arnold from the Department of Biological and Life Sciences talks about the colourful world of birds.

Diseases of Bone in the Anatomy Collection
Location: Entrance Gallery (Museum)

Stuart McDonald from University of Glasgow Department of IBLS (Neuroscience & Biomedical Systems) talks about diseases of the bone in the Hunterian Anatomy Collections.

Tumbling Trilobites: Fossil Marvels from Girvan
Location: Entrance Gallery (Museum)

This week, Neil Clark form the Hunterian Museum discusses fossil marvels from Girvan.

It’s all Greek to me: William Hunter and the class
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

This talk will be given by Peter Black of the Hunterian Art Gallery

The Missionary Position
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

The Missionary Position: passing the time in 19th century New Guinea.

This talk will be given by Sally-Anne Coupar of the Hunterian Museum

Ganesha: the lord and destroyer of obstacles
Location: Entrance Gallery (Museum)

This talk is given by Leon Robinson from the Faculty of Education.

Mapping the World for the Chinese Emperor
Location: Main Gallery (Museum)

The Hunterian museum’s acclaimed lunchtime talk programme recommences today. We are delighted to welcome Professor Nick Pearce, Professor of Chinese Art from the Department of the History of Art, who will be talking about the Hunterian’s Verbiest map