Hunterian Friends
Hunterian Friends enjoy unlimited free access to our special exhibitions and a varied programme of exclusive events led by our Director and curatorial colleagues while supporting the nation's leading university museum and one of Scotland's most important cultural assets. 
The entire collection cared for by The Hunterian was the first to be Recognised as a Collection of National Significance to Scotland.
Built on William Hunter’s founding bequest, the collections include scientific instruments used by James Watt, Joseph Lister and Lord Kelvin; outstanding Roman artefacts from the Antonine Wall; major natural sciences holdings; one of the world’s greatest numismatic collections; impressive ethnographic objects from the Pacific Ocean; a major collection of Scottish art; and one of the UK’s top six graphic art collections.
The Hunterian is also home to 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, the reassembled interiors from his Glasgow home.
Hunterian Friends give vital support and make a direct contribution towards new exhibitions and galleries, our education and conservation work, and to new acquisitions.
Hunterian Friends will receive a number of exclusive benefits:
- Free and unlimited admission to all Hunterian special exhibitions
- Programme of exclusive Members events led by Hunterian curators
- Invitation to special viewings of new exhibitions, led by curators
- 15% discount in our shops
- Regular communication on Hunterian activities
- Opportunities to participate behind the scenes in collection related activity
- Lectures by curators and visiting professionals
Annual Membership
Individual £25.00
Dual £40.00
Student £10.00
University of Glasgow Alumni £20.00
Download our Friends Membership Application Form .
Allan Ramsay: Portraits of the Enlightenment
Thursday 19 September 2013
6.00pm - 8.00pm
Hunterian Art Gallery
Tickets: £15.00 Friends/Guests, £8.00 Student member
2013 marks the tercentenary of Allan Ramsay’s birth, one of Britain’s most accomplished 18th century portrait painters whose elegant style set him apart from other portrait painters of the time. To celebrate, The Hunterian will stage a major new exhibition dedicated to Ramsay featuring a number of the important works which made him famous. Mungo Campbell, Hunterian Deputy Director, will talk to Friends about Ramsay’s fascinating place in the intellectual and cultural life of Edinburgh, London, Paris and Rome in the mid 18th century.
You can book by filling in the Ramsay Event Booking Form
Image 1: Self Portrait, Allan Ramsay © National Portrait Gallery, London
Behind the Scenes - Special Event
An Introduction to the Print Collection
Tuesday 22 October
2.00pm – 4.00pm
Tickets: £10 Friends, £5 Student member
**Due to the nature of this event places are limited to 12 people**
The Hunterian houses one of Scotland’s most important and extensive collections of works on paper, numbering some 40,000 prints, drawings, pastels and watercolours. Join Hunterian curators Pamela Robertson and Peter Black as they take Friends on a behind the scenes tour of the Gallery and offer a rare opportunity to view a selection of prints from The Hunterian's collection up close.
You can book by filling in the Print Room Event Booking Form
Pioneers of Science
Thursday 24 October 2013
6.00pm - 8.00pm
Hunterian Museum
Tickets: £15 Friends/Guests, £8 Student member
Enjoy an unique insight into the science collections of Scotland's finest university museum in the company of our curators
You can book by filling in the Pioneers of Science Booking Form
Whistler and Watercolour
Thursday 5 December 2013
6.00pm - 8.00pm
Hunterian Art Gallery
Tickets: £15.00 Friends/Guests, £8.00 Student member
A chance for Friends to enjoy a private viewing of this new exhibit and to find out more about the show from exhibition curator, Dr Patricia de Montfort.
To book, please fill in Whistler Event Booking Form