What's on at the Hunterian
Current exhibitions
Scotland’s Own Coinage
Until 26 August 2018
Hunterian Museum (Admission free)
Issuing coinage is an important symbol of a nation’s independence, status and power. Scotland struck its own coins for hundreds of years before the Act of Union with England created a British coinage in 1707. From nobles, lions, unicorns, ryals and testoons to merks, dollars, bawbees, groats and placks, Scotland’s Own Coinage features a spectacular variety of gold, silver and base metal coinage to explore.
Still Moving: The Films and Photographs of Ulrike Ottinger
Until 29 July 2018
Hunterian Art Gallery (Admission free)
This solo exhibition profiles the influential filmmaker and artist Ulrike Ottinger, whose work has rarely been exhibited in the UK. Still Moving features a range of Ottinger’s photographic prints and some short film works. This is the first solo exhibition of Ulrike Ottinger’s films and photographs to take place in a UK art gallery and is part of Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art 2018.
William Hunter and the Anatomy of the Modern Museum
27 September 2018 – 6 January 2019
Hunterian Art Gallery (Admission free)
Celebrating the tercentenary of William Hunter’s birth, this exhibition explores the contexts in which The Hunterian founder formed his collections and the unique position they occupy in the development of modern museums. For the first time in 150 years, visitors will be able to see the scale and quality of Hunter’s collections all in one place, reuniting paintings, ethnographic objects, anatomical and natural history preparations and items from Hunter’s library and coin collections.
National & international loans
Not based in Glasgow? You can enjoy The Hunterian’s collections throughout the world with our national and international loans programme.
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow
Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the Making of the Glasgow Style (30 March – 14 August 2018)
On loan – 33 works by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and insect specimens collected by J J F X King.
The Metropolitan Museum Of Art, New York
Visitors to Versailles, 1682–1789 (9 April – 29 July 2018)
On loan – Isabella, Countess of Hertford by Alexander Roslin.
Kirkcudbright Galleries
Stars of Scotland (16 June – 9 September 2018)
On loan – Lamplight by Bessie MacNicol, Winter in Glencairn, previously known as Moniaive by James Paterson and Music or Two Figures in a Landscape by David Gauld.
National Galleries of Scotland
Rembrandt and Britain (7 July – 14 October 2018)
On loan – 12 works on paper by artists including Rembrandt, Whistler and Turner.
Leeds Museums and Galleries
Beavers to Weavers (July 2018 – January 2019)
On loan – 11 bird and insect nests.
National Galleries of Scotland
Pin-ups: Toulouse-Lautrec and the Popular Print (6 October 2018 – 20 January 2019)
On loan – 24 works on paper by artists including Aubrey Beardsley, Toulouse-Lautrec and J D Fergusson.