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Illustration from Tabulae sceleti et musculorum corporis humani, Bernhard Siegfried Albinus, 1747. Credit: Wellcome Collection.
Exhibition
Anatomy: A Matter of Death and Life
2 Jul 2022 – 30 Oct 2022
Regular hours
- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Wednesday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Thursday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Friday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Sunday
- 10:00 – 18:00
Cost of entry
Adult £10 (concessions available)
Address
- Chambers Street
- Edinburgh
- EH1 1JF
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- City centre location. Bus, train.
Event map
Explore the history of anatomical study, from artistic explorations by Leonardo da Vinci to the Burke and Hare murders.
About
Charting 500 years of medical exploration, the exhibition considers the social and medical history surrounding the dissection of human bodies. Discover the role anatomy played in the Enlightenment, uncover the links between science and crime in the early 19th century, and consider approaches to anatomical study today.
