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Hunterian Museum

Hunterian Museum is a museum in the University of Glasgow. It is managed by University of Glasgow. Close by, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is 400 m away, one of 95 within 15 km.

Photo: Hunterian Museum, Ham (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In Glasgow

inside the locality

Run by

University of Glasgow

the operator on record

How well known

Top 7%

#598 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Aug

highs of 18–19°C

In brief

Museum in Glasgow

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#598 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (11 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Glasgow

Hunterian Museum is inside Glasgow’s locality, with 53 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Picking your season

Afternoons in Glasgow reach 18–19°C from June to August.

Jan7° / 2°121 mm

Feb8° / 2°99 mm

Mar10° / 3°85 mm

Apr12° / 5°62 mm

May16° / 7°67 mm

Jun18° / 10°69 mm

Jul19° / 12°84 mm

Aug19° / 11°91 mm

Sep17° / 9°89 mm

Oct13° / 7°121 mm

Nov9° / 4°114 mm

Dec7° / 2°128 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Glasgow, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Glasgow. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Glasgow’s full climate →

About

Hunterian Museum

Wikipedia covers it in 11 languages.

Type: Museum
Run by: University of Glasgow
Wikipedias: Covered in 11 languages
Town: in Glasgow
Official site: gla.ac.uk/hunterian

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

Plan your visit

Getting in

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Map of Hunterian Museum and nearby

Hunterian Museum sits at the orange dot; the numbered ones are listed below.

Towns near it

Towns around Hunterian Museum, by distance

Glasgow tops the 8 for size, at 617,904 people. Each of these towns lists it on its own page of things to do.

1 · It’s in town

Glasgow

617,904 people · 101 places to visit

2 · 3.8 km northwest of it

Bearsden

28,507 people · 25 places to visit

3 · 4.3 km northeast of it

Bishopbriggs

23,759 people · 39 places to visit

4 · 5 km west of it

Renfrew

23,812 people · 28 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Hunterian Museum is	People	Places to visit
Glasgow	It’s in town	617,904	101
Bearsden	3.8 km northwest of it	28,507	25
Bishopbriggs	4.3 km northeast of it	23,759	39
Renfrew	5 km west of it	23,812	28
Rutherglen	7.7 km southeast of it	31,185	51
Paisley	9.6 km southwest of it	79,351	27
Barrhead	10 km southwest of it	17,608	15
Cambuslang	10 km southeast of it	33,250	35

Make a day of it

Places to add to Hunterian Museum

Within 15 km are 95 places, among them 3 museums, 3 cathedrals and an art gallery.

Big drawMuseumKelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum400 m away · 1M visitors a year 2

Big drawMuseumRiverside Museum1.3 km away · 1.1M visitors a year (2015)3

MuseumGlasgow School of Art1.7 km away 4

CathedralGlasgow Cathedral3.5 km away 5

Big drawArt galleryGallery of Modern Art2.6 km away · 596K visitors a year 6CathedralCathedralSt Mary's Cathedral900 m away 7

GardenGlasgow Botanic Gardens900 m away 8

CathedralSt Andrew's Cathedral2.8 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Your questions on Hunterian Museum

Where is Hunterian Museum?

Hunterian Museum is in Glasgow, Glasgow City, inside the town’s locality.

What is Hunterian Museum?

Museum in the University of Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Who runs Hunterian Museum?

University of Glasgow.

When is the best time to visit Hunterian Museum?

June to August are the warmest months in Glasgow, with afternoon highs of 18–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Hunterian Museum?

Within 15 km: Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum (400 m), Riverside Museum (1.3 km), Glasgow School of Art (1.7 km) and Glasgow Cathedral (3.5 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the NRS 2022 locality (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (8)

Hunterian Museum: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Riverside Museum: Cutkiller2018, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Glasgow School of Art: Stinglehammer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Glasgow Cathedral: Bewahrerderwerte, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Gallery of Modern Art: BrainiacBlink, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Glasgow Botanic Gardens: Finlay McWalter, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Andrew's Cathedral: Michal Klajban, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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