Museum Diary

We’ve reached the end of the MuseumABC. Today I’m sharing my choices for the letters U to Z! For more details about the project, check out the Museum140 website and Pinterest boards. U is for…Uniform At the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., USA. V is for…Video Games The Computerspielemuseum in Berlin, Germany, is a lot of fun! W is for…Wishes At the Jewish Museum Berlin you can right a wish on a paper pomegranate and add it to the wishing tree. X […]

I promised you another Scottish post from our recent holiday, so it’s back to Glasgow today. Named after yet another Scottish collector, the ‘The Hunterian’ is the legacy of obstetrician and teacher Dr William Hunter (1718 – 1783) as well as being the oldest public museum in Scotland, dating back to 1807. The museum is located on campus of the University of Glasgow, and is one of the leading university museums in the UK. The Hunterian actually comprises four different venues: Hunterian Museum, Hunterian Art Gallery, Anatomy […]