Unrivalled Collection Exhibition Talks
Published: 9 May 2013
Discover more about our latest exhibition This Unrivalled Collection: The Hunterian's first catalogue in this series of FREE lunchtime talks at 1pm every Wednesday from 22 May in The Hunterian Art Gallery. Attendance includes free entrance into the exhibition, normally priced £5 per person.
Discover more about our latest exhibition This Unrivalled Collection: The Hunterian's first catalogue in this series of FREE lunchtime talks at 1pm every Wednesday from 22 May – 7 August 2013 in The Hunterian Art Gallery. Attendance includes free entrance into the exhibition, normally priced £5 per person.
Step back in time and see how the Hunterian Museum was in 1813. This series of short lunch time talks will provide fascinating insight into the exhibition which celebrates 200th anniversary of The Hunterian’s first ever guide published by the mysterious Captain James Laskey (c.1760 - 1829) in 1813. Specially selected items from the original 18th century museum are on show.
Wednesday 22 May
Geoff Hancock: Who was Captain Laskey?
Wednesday 29 May
Dr Donal Bateson: Big Coins and Little Coins
Wednesday 5 June
Dr Stuart McDonald: The Mastodon Meat Eating Elephant.
Wednesday 12 June
Dr John Faithful: William Hunter and the Greatest Mineral Painting in the World
Wednesday 19 June
Prof David Gaimster: The Rosetta Stone, Breaking the Code
Wednesday 26 June
Dr Neil Clark: Bone Breccia, Whose bones were they?
Wednesday 3 July
Dr Stuart McDonald: Hunter and Blood Circulation
Wednesday 10 July
Peter Black: Portrait of Dr William Harvey (1578-1657)
Wednesday 17 July
Dr Sally-Anne Coupar: The world uncovered - William Hunter's "artificial curiosities
Wednesday 24 July
Peter Black: Titian's portrait of Vesalius
Wednesday 31 July
Maggie Reilly: William Hunter's shells re-discovered
Wednesday 7 August
Geoff Hancock: Finding Captain Cook’s Missing Seashells.
First published: 9 May 2013
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