Museum and Art Gallery Tours
Join a Hunterian tour led by our volunteer student guides. Tours are delivered in both the Hunterian Art Gallery and the Hunterian Museum daily.
Date: Tuesday 16 June 2026 - Sunday 13 September 2026
Time: 11:00 - 15:00
Venue: Hunterian Venues
Category: Hunterian
Tours are delivered in the Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery by volunteer student guides from the University of Glasgow. We offer four different tours of the Museum which includes Museum Highlights, The Antonine Wall, Medical History and Curating Discomfort. Museum Highlights shows the breadth of The Hunterian collection and features objects from different areas of study including numismatics, palaeontology, zoology and archaeology. Our Medical History Tour focuses on founder Dr. William Hunter's anatomical collection and medical instruments.
The Antonine Wall tour showcases our collection of spectacular monumental sculpture and other Roman artefacts recovered from the Wall and looks at the role and lifestyle of the Roman army on the frontier. Our Curating Discomfort tour puts forward interventions to help us think critically about colonial systems, such as the British Empire. Art Gallery visitors can enjoy the Art Gallery Highlights tour and learn about works by the Glasgow Boys, Scottish Colourists, Whistler and Mackintosh, Rembrandt and Rubens, as well as leading contemporary artists. We also offer a Hidden Histories tour exploring LGBTQIA+ histories and celebrating queer identities. This tour is available via booking only.
Museum tours: Tuesday–Sunday at 11.00am, 12.00pm, 1.00pm, 2.00pm and 3.00pm.
Art Gallery tours: Tuesday–Sunday at 12.00pm and 3.00pm.
For large tour group requests please contact hunterian-events@glasgow.ac.uk.