Anatomical Museum, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, The University of Edinburgh

Anatomical Museum, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, The University of Edinburgh Turner had broad interests in evolution and comparative anatomy and built up the impressive collections displayed. It opened with great ceremony in 1884.

Displays reflect anatomy teaching from the 18th century to the present day and include human remains, zoology, anatomy teaching models, phrenology busts and masks and artwork. The Anatomical Museum, founded and developed by the Monro dynasty, flourished under Sir William Turner, Professor of Anatomy from 1867 to 1903, and Principal of the University from 1903 to 1917. The splendid museum hall was

at the heart of the new Medical School designed by the architect Robert Rowand Anderson. In the 1950s, the three storey museum hall was reduced to a single upper storey which still survives as museum.

26/06/2026

New podcast episode on the Edinburgh Medical School 300th anniversary exhibition at Surgeons' Hall Museum which features several objects on loan from the Anatomical Museum

01/06/2026

Our next public open days:

Saturday 19 September
Tickets available via Eventbrite from 21 Aug

Saturday 17 October
Tickets available via Eventbrite from 18 Sept

Saturday 28 November
Tickets available via Eventbrite from 2 Nov

Here is the booking link for our next public Open Day at the Anatomical Museum on Saturday 30th May. Timed entry tickets...
24/04/2026

Here is the booking link for our next public Open Day at the Anatomical Museum on Saturday 30th May. Timed entry tickets will made available from 10am on Friday 1st May.

A rare chance to visit the Anatomical Museum at the University of Edinburgh Medical School

03/04/2026

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This exhibition opens today at Surgeons' Hall Museum and features a number of items on loan from our historic collection...
03/04/2026

This exhibition opens today at Surgeons' Hall Museum and features a number of items on loan from our historic collection at the Anatomical Museum, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, The University of Edinburgh

We're days away from the opening of our new temporary exhibition Edinburgh: City of Medicine- 300 Years of Edinburgh Medical School!

You'll be able to see it for yourself from Friday. The exhibition will run until Easter 2027.

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Teviot Place, Doorway 3
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