The purpose of the attraction is to teach people about the history of medicine and surgery in Scotland in the last 500 years.
It is located at Nicolson Street in Edinburgh.
When we where there we got to see so much cool and gory specimens and we got to hold real Victorian surgical instruments.
It was so cool I could have spent ages in there.
All of that history and we only scratched the surface, it's magnificent.
I was amazed by just how preserved the specimens were, how much detail and definition was there, the science behind it all even hundreds of years ago. The fact that a lot of the science and ideas of modern medicine were sound they just didn't have the technology to make it happen, it was nothing short of amazing.
The guides name was Thomas. I though he was pretty good although he did spend a lot of time talking about Burk and Hare the body snatchers, although that is not surprising considering the Burk and Hare exhibition seems to be one of the most popular exhibits and possibly one of the most known in connection with the museum.
My favorite part, well to put it simply, everything, the whole shebang. every minute, every step was a new wonder just waiting to be discovered, to be seen, to be learned. I don't think my eyes could have been wider with wonder, contentment, with thirst for knowledge if you had taped them open.
The tour roughly cost about £5 a person and open 12pm till 4pm Monday to Friday and from 29/3/14 till 17/05/14 the museum will be open from 10am till 5pm 7 days a week.
I think the museum would appeal to almost anyone except maybe young kids, (it might be a bit to gory and scary for them.) but it would appeal especially to anyone with an interest in science and/or medicine, the place is a gold mine of knowledge.
i would give the Surgeons Hall Museum a 10/10 because it honestly blew my mind, it's an astonishing place.
It is an experiences i will never forget and will hold dear for the rest of my life.
Jodie. :)
All of that history and we only scratched the surface, it's magnificent.
I was amazed by just how preserved the specimens were, how much detail and definition was there, the science behind it all even hundreds of years ago. The fact that a lot of the science and ideas of modern medicine were sound they just didn't have the technology to make it happen, it was nothing short of amazing.
The guides name was Thomas. I though he was pretty good although he did spend a lot of time talking about Burk and Hare the body snatchers, although that is not surprising considering the Burk and Hare exhibition seems to be one of the most popular exhibits and possibly one of the most known in connection with the museum.
My favorite part, well to put it simply, everything, the whole shebang. every minute, every step was a new wonder just waiting to be discovered, to be seen, to be learned. I don't think my eyes could have been wider with wonder, contentment, with thirst for knowledge if you had taped them open.
The tour roughly cost about £5 a person and open 12pm till 4pm Monday to Friday and from 29/3/14 till 17/05/14 the museum will be open from 10am till 5pm 7 days a week.
I think the museum would appeal to almost anyone except maybe young kids, (it might be a bit to gory and scary for them.) but it would appeal especially to anyone with an interest in science and/or medicine, the place is a gold mine of knowledge.
i would give the Surgeons Hall Museum a 10/10 because it honestly blew my mind, it's an astonishing place.
It is an experiences i will never forget and will hold dear for the rest of my life.
Jodie. :)
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