Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK

The University of Glasgow's Hunterian is the oldest museum in Scotland. It covers the Hunterian Museum, the Hunterian Art Gallery, the Mackintosh House, the Zoology Museum and the Anatomy Museum, all located in various buildings on the main campus of the University in the west end of Glasgow.

We have a range of venues on the University of Glasgow campus and beyond. Our Museums, Art Gallery and The Mackintosh House are all located on the main Gilmorehill campus.

In 1807, The Hunterian was the first museum in Britain with a gallery of paintings. Today, although most famous for our Whistler and Mackintosh collections, we have a wide range of outstanding works on show. The Hunterian Art Gallery, located on Hillhead Street beside the University Library, boasts one of the most distinguished public art collections in Scotland with works ranging from Rubens and Rembrandt to the Scottish Colourists and Glasgow Boys. It also features an outdoor sculpture courtyard with a small display of modern works by British artists, the world’s largest permanent display of the work of James McNeill Whistler, the largest single holding of the work of Charles Rennie Mackintosh and The Mackintosh House.

Open Tuesday - Saturday 10.00am - 5.00pm
Sunday 11.00am - 4.00pm
Closed Mondays 
Admission to the Art Gallery is free
Admission charge for The Mackintosh House and some special exhibitions

• There are accessible toilets within this venue designated for public use.
• The toilet is not for the sole use of disabled people.
• There is pictorial signage on or near the toilet door.
• The accessible toilet is 15m (16yd 1ft) from the lift.
• The accessible toilet is located within the standard male and female toilets.
• There is level access to the accessible toilet.
• This is by lift.

William Hunter’s original collection was assembled to improve knowledge of the world and was rich in rare and important objects. Some 200 years later, the Hunterian Museum, located in the Gilbert Scott building, contains a huge variety of objects and offers the chance to discover and explore.

The Hunterian Museum features stunning displays of archaeology, palaeontology, geology, zoology, entomology, ethnography and numismatics, with highly acclaimed permanent galleries dedicated to Roman material from the Antonine Wall, the history of medicine in the west of Scotland and Lord Kelvin’s scientific instruments.

Open Tuesday - Saturday 10.00am - 5.00pm
Sunday 11.00am - 4.00pm
Closed Mondays 
Admission free