Surgeons' Hall Museum

Home > Attractions > Surgeons' Hall Museum

Tweet

The Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh houses one of the largest and most historic collections of surgical pathology material in the United Kingdom. Developed as a teaching museum for students of medicine it has also been open to the general public since 1832. Making it Scotland's oldest museum.

Permanent exhibitions and displays include:

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.

Surgeons' Hall Museum

History of Surgery

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

Displays show the scope of modern surgery with examples of surgical specialties. Visitors can test their own surgical skill at key-hole surgery with the use of a laparoscopic training unit.
 
Sport, Surgery and the Well Being - Surgeons' Hall Museum

A major exhibition on Sports Surgery. The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh was the first College in Europe to set up a specialist faculty in Sports Medicine. 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 and the drive for ever-better performance in professional and amateur sports alike. 
 
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. It includes many rare artefacts from world cultures and has especially important domestic instruments and items.

The core of the collection was bequested to the College by John Menzies Campbell, a Glasgow dentist and significant dental historian. The collection includes dental instruments, artefacts, prints, paintings, engravings and models.

---

Opening Hours:

The museum is open weekdays from 12pm to 4pm apart from Bank / Public Holidays.

Admission:

£5 / £3 - Group and family discounts available