Opened Up: 200 Years of the Hunterian Museum

Surgeon and anatomist John Hunter, who died in 1793, started the collection of anatomical, pathological and zoological items that now makes up the majority of The Hunterian Museum and is the oldest collection in the UK. To celebrate its bicentenary, the museum is holding an exhibition that explains where these items came from, who cared for them and how, and the role the Hunterian Museum plays in surgical education today.