Hunterian Art Gallery and Museum

University of Glasgow, Hillhead Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 141 330 5430 • Web: Visit this site »
 

Opened in 1807 with funds and artefacts bequeathed to Glasgow University by William Hunter, this was the first public museum in Scotland. It was originally sited on High Street but in 1870 the university moved to Gilmorehill and the Hunterian moved too. Since 1980, the art collection has been housed in a separate, purpose-built gallery across the road. The permanent collection in the museum includes exhibitions on the Romans in Scotland, the ancient Egyptians, Captain Cook, dinosaurs and fossils, human evolution and a vast collection of coins and medals. The gallery is probably most noted for the collection of works by Whistler but there's also a good array of 19th and 20th century Scottish art, works by Rembrandt and Chardin as well as Scotland's largest print collection. The complex also contains the Mackintosh House, with its reconstruction of the interiors of the famous architect's home in Southpark Avenue. A gift shop can be found on the museum premises. Admission is free.

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