Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery

Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery At the heart of the University of Glasgow since 1807
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The Hunterian Museum, Hunterian Art Gallery and the Mackintosh House are now open Tuesday to Sunday 10am - 5pm.

Happy  ! This work, 'Textile Design: Saltire', by Charles Rennie   is part of our   collection at the University of Glas...
30/11/2023

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This work, 'Textile Design: Saltire', by Charles Rennie is part of our collection at the University of Glasgow.

Mackintosh's design in pencil and watercolour on paper makes a play on the Saltire, the Scottish flag, which shows a white St Andrew's cross against a blue background.

‘The Trembling Museum’ opens this weekend at the Hunterian Art Gallery. A collaboration between The Hunterian and schola...
29/11/2023

‘The Trembling Museum’ opens this weekend at the Hunterian Art Gallery. A collaboration between The Hunterian and scholar Manthia Diawara and curator Terri Geis, the exhibition reframes the African art and textiles that form part of our permanent collection.

'The Trembling Museum'
2 December 2023–19 May 2024
Hunterian Art Gallery
Free entry

🤔 Did you know that ‘The Fairy Queen’ by Henry Purcell is a semi-opera in five acts, based on Shakespeare’s 'A Midsummer...
28/11/2023

🤔 Did you know that ‘The Fairy Queen’ by Henry Purcell is a semi-opera in five acts, based on Shakespeare’s 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'?

This costume design for Oberon is by British artist and writer Michael Ayrton (1921–1975), who designed the set and costumes for the 1946 production of ‘The Fairy Queen’, performed by the Covent Garden Opera Company.

You can see the design in our current exhibition, , at the Art Gallery, University of Glasgow.

Open Tuesday to Sunday, 10am until 5pm. Free entry.

🖼️ Michael Ayrton, ‘Costume design for Oberon, The Fairy Queen’, 1946. Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. © Estate of Michael Ayrton.

On International Day of People with Disabilities, BSL users are invited to join us for the last of this year's series of...
27/11/2023

On International Day of People with Disabilities, BSL users are invited to join us for the last of this year's series of BSL tours of the Hunterian Art Gallery .

Here is one of the highlights – the much-loved 'Lady Taking Tea' by Chardin, seen surrounded by Whistler’s collection of white and blue ceramics in the 'World in a Teacup' display.

Does the painting tell a different story in this new setting?

Written and delivered in British Sign Language by art fan and guide Trudi Collier, the tour presents our recently redisplayed main gallery.

BSL Art Gallery Tour
2.00pm–3.30pm
Sunday 3 December

https://tinyurl.com/ydwj9dnw

Book now for our upcoming event 'The Pulse of the Earth', taking place in the Hunterian Art Gallery after hours. We'll b...
26/11/2023

Book now for our upcoming event 'The Pulse of the Earth', taking place in the Hunterian Art Gallery after hours. We'll be joined by geographer and lecturer Adam Bobbette, artist Ilana Halperin and anthoropologist Zeynep Oguz who'll be looking at the politics of volcanoes, cosmology, theories of the earth, and what it means to be human.

'The Pulse of the Earth'
5.00pm - 7.00pm
Saturday 2 December

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-pulse-of-the-earth-tickets-745146020807?aff=oddtdtcreator

This is one of a series of drawings by John Byrne of characters from his 1978 play ‘The Slab Boys', possibly intended as...
25/11/2023

This is one of a series of drawings by John Byrne of characters from his 1978 play ‘The Slab Boys', possibly intended as costume designs.

As important as the clothes they wear are their extravagant 1950s hairstyles! This design is for the character Jack Hogg.

See it in our exhibition ‘Stage and Screen: Designs from the James L Gordon Collection’ at the Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow.

Open Tuesday to Sunday, 10am until 5pm. Free entry.

🖼️ John Byrne, 'Costume design for Jack Hogg, The Slab Boys', 1978. Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh. © John Byrne. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2023.

In John Byrne’s 1978 play ‘The Slab Boys’, office secretary Lucille is an unattainable object of desire: beautiful, but ...
23/11/2023

In John Byrne’s 1978 play ‘The Slab Boys’, office secretary Lucille is an unattainable object of desire: beautiful, but given to withering put-downs.

This is one of a series of drawings by Byrne of characters from the play, possibly intended as costume designs.

See it in our exhibition ‘Stage and Screen: Designs from the James L Gordon Collection’ at the Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow.

Open Tuesday to Sunday, 10am until 5pm. Free entry.

🖼️ John Byrne, 'Costume design for Lucille, The Slab Boys', 1978. Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh. © John Byrne. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2023.

Throughout his career, James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) employed pastel as a drawing medium to make preparatory drawin...
22/11/2023

Throughout his career, James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) employed pastel as a drawing medium to make preparatory drawings for his oil paintings, and later to create stand-alone works.

Hear from technical art historian Tess Visser at this week's Friday Focus where she'll be discussing Whistler's pastel works and her own technical examination of them. Tess has been working to create a better understanding of the role of pastels in Whistler’s artistic practice and in identifying and understanding the materials used to make these works.

Zoom link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/x/friday-focus-whistlers-pastels-tickets-723401622727

Image of Whistler's work 'Salute – Sundown' under various lenses (from left to right: visible light, raking light, UV light, Infrared reflectography)

Artist and writer John Byrne was born in Paisley and studied at the Glasgow School of Art.  His 1978 play ‘The Slab Boys...
21/11/2023

Artist and writer John Byrne was born in Paisley and studied at the Glasgow School of Art.

His 1978 play ‘The Slab Boys’ is set in a Paisley carpet factory in 1957 and focuses on the lives of its lowliest employees, the ‘slab boys’ who grind colours for the designers.

This is one of a series of drawings by Byrne of characters from the play, possibly intended as costume designs.

See it in our exhibition ‘Stage and Screen: Designs from the James L Gordon Collection’ at the Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow.

Open Tuesday to Sunday, 10am until 5pm. Free entry.

🖼️ John Byrne, 'Costume design for Alan Downie, The Slab Boys', 1978. Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh. © John Byrne. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2023.

On International Day of People with Disabilities, we present the last of this year's series of BSL tours of the Hunteria...
20/11/2023

On International Day of People with Disabilities, we present the last of this year's series of BSL tours of the Hunterian Art Gallery . Written and delivered in BSL by art fan and guide Trudi Collier, the tour presents our recently redisplayed main gallery.
3 December, 2pm.
There are a few places remaining. Full details and booking: https://tinyurl.com/ydwj9dnw

The LUNA Project
Scottish Ethnic Minority Deaf Charity SCIO

Not only are   back in the charts this month, they also feature in our latest exhibition, ‘Stage and Screen’, at the   A...
18/11/2023

Not only are back in the charts this month, they also feature in our latest exhibition, ‘Stage and Screen’, at the Art Gallery, University of Glasgow!

The exhibition presents a rare costume design drawing for the band by British designer Michael Baldwin.

The costumes were created by Baldwin for The Beatles performance of the play-within-a-play from Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, broadcast on British television in 1964.

The coloured drawing features designs for four costumes and handwritten notes listing Ringo Starr as ‘Lion’, George Harrison as ‘Moon’, John Lennon as ‘Pyramus’ and Paul McCartney as ‘Thisbe’.

You can see the designs alongside a newspaper clipping with photos of the in costume and a typed document to Michael Baldwin listing their measurements.

Although Paul was meant to be Thisbe and John was meant to be Pyramus, they swapped roles for the actual performance, so the dress was worn by John. The typed list of measurements has been amended in red biro to show the change.

is open Tuesday to Sunday, 10.00am until 5.00pm. Entry is free.

📖 What are you reading this  ? We’re reading the wonderful publication that accompanies our current exhibition, ‘Stage a...
16/11/2023

📖 What are you reading this ?

We’re reading the wonderful publication that accompanies our current exhibition, ‘Stage and Screen: Designs from the James L Gordon Collection’.😜

Visit the exhibition (free entry) and get your copy (£9.95) at the Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow!

Open Tuesday to Sunday, 10.00am until 5.00pm.

📸 Martin Shields.

🤔 Did you know that our new exhibition,   at the   Art Gallery,  University of Glasgow, is a showcase of designs for the...
14/11/2023

🤔 Did you know that our new exhibition, at the Art Gallery, University of Glasgow, is a showcase of designs for theatre, film and television, spanning the entire 20th century?

From Shakespeare to pantomime, opera to ballet, Hammer horror to Hollywood musicals and Doctor Who to the Eurovision Song Contest, this exhibition is a must for anyone interested in the world of entertainment and performance!

This design by Scottish artist Doris Zinkeisen (1897–1991) is a set design for the Prologue of the 1934 production ‘Streamline’.

'Stage and Screen' is open Tuesday to Sunday, 10 am until 5pm. Free entry.

🤔Did you know that The   at the University of Glasgow is home to a number of medals that commemorate the  ?Medals to mar...
11/11/2023

🤔Did you know that The at the University of Glasgow is home to a number of medals that commemorate the ?

Medals to mark the end of the First World War were struck around the world, including this bronze Corporation of Glasgow Declaration of Peace Medal, which dates to 1919.

🎭Curtain up! Our new exhibition ‘Stage and Screen’ is now open at the Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow! Show...
10/11/2023

🎭Curtain up!

Our new exhibition ‘Stage and Screen’ is now open at the Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow!

Showcasing designs for theatre, film and television, features works on paper from the James L Gordon Collection, on show in Scotland for the first time.

Not only does it present set designs for a number of famous productions, but also costume designs for stars such as Rudolf Nureyev, Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Judy Garland, Marilyn Monroe, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Grace Jones!

Open Tuesday to Sunday, 10am until 5pm. Free entry.

📣Don't miss the next Kelvin Hall Family Day!Join us for an afternoon of free family events, including craft activities, ...
09/11/2023

📣Don't miss the next Kelvin Hall Family Day!

Join us for an afternoon of free family events, including craft activities, a pedal-powered cinema, games and taster sessions.

Saturday 11 November from 12.00pm until 4.00pm.

Drop-in, no booking required.

Not long now until we raise the curtain on our new exhibition ‘Stage and Screen’ at the   Art Gallery! Spanning the whol...
06/11/2023

Not long now until we raise the curtain on our new exhibition ‘Stage and Screen’ at the Art Gallery!

Spanning the whole of the 20th century and featuring designs for theatre, film and television, includes works by leading artists such as Cecil Beaton and David Hockney and designs for famous productions including ‘Hair’, ‘Cats’, ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ and ‘The Slab Boys’.

From Friday 10 November in the Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow. Free entry.

🖼️ Patrick Caulfield, ‘Design for backcloth, Party Game’, 1984. Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. © The Estate of Patrick Caulfield. All rights reserved, DACS 2023.

Enjoy this beautiful oil painting of fireworks by Walter Greaves this Bonfire Night. Greaves was studio assistant to Jam...
05/11/2023

Enjoy this beautiful oil painting of fireworks by Walter Greaves this Bonfire Night. Greaves was studio assistant to James McNeill Whistler, and his father had been J.M.W. Turner's boatman. Greaves originally trained as a boatman and often rowed Whistler on the River Thames in London, a favourite subject of both artists. This painting is of Cremorne Gardens by the Thames, of which now only a small patch of land remains.

‘The Trembling Museum’ opens four weeks today at the Hunterian Art Gallery. We can’t wait for you to see it! Our upcomin...
04/11/2023

‘The Trembling Museum’ opens four weeks today at the Hunterian Art Gallery. We can’t wait for you to see it! Our upcoming exhibition offers a new exploration of our permanent collection and includes historic works from Africa and contemporary art from the African Diaspora and beyond.

'The Trembling Museum'
2 December 2023–19 May 2024
Hunterian Art Gallery
Admission free

Find out more: https://www.gla.ac.uk/hunterian/visit/exhibitions/exhibitionprogramme/thetremblingmuseum/

Scottish artist Frances Macdonald attended Glasgow School of Art with her sister Margaret, where they met fellow artists...
31/10/2023

Scottish artist Frances Macdonald attended Glasgow School of Art with her sister Margaret, where they met fellow artists Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Herbert MacNair. The group had a similar stylistic approach and came to be referred to as 'The Four'.

This beautiful watercolour by Frances Macdonald McNair was originally known as 'Ill Omen', with an alternative title of 'Girl in the East Wind with Ravens Passing the Moon'. The work captures Frances Macdonald's interest in the twilight world of Celtic legend, and the crossed hands recall renaissance tomb effigies. Death and mystery were frequent subjects in her work.

This stunning watercolour illustration of a chafer beetle (Cetonia ignita) is now on display in the Hunterian Art Galler...
30/10/2023

This stunning watercolour illustration of a chafer beetle (Cetonia ignita) is now on display in the Hunterian Art Gallery as part of our new selection of works on paper.

It is one of around 59 illustrations of insects that we have by artist Margaret Rankin Wilson (1901–1987). Most are watercolours and illustrate specimens from our collections at the University of Glasgow.

The works were donated to us by Wilson in the 1980s.

📅 A date for your diary! The next Kelvin Hall Family Day takes place on Saturday 11 November. Join us from 12.00pm until...
28/10/2023

📅 A date for your diary!

The next Kelvin Hall Family Day takes place on Saturday 11 November. Join us from 12.00pm until 4.00pm for an afternoon of free family events to celebrate our 7th Birthday.

Themed around nature, wildlife and sports, you can expect craft activities, pedal-powered cinema and plenty of games and taster sessions.

Drop-in, no booking required.

For centuries, it was believed that the touch of a divinely appointed monarch could cure scrofula, a medical condition t...
25/10/2023

For centuries, it was believed that the touch of a divinely appointed monarch could cure scrofula, a medical condition that causes painful neck sores. The practice of doing so is known as touching for the 'king’s evil'. It has its origins in the Middle Ages and continued to be carried out by the exiled Jacobite claimants for nearly a century after it was abandoned by Britain’s monarchs.

Don't miss this week's Friday Focus with numismatist Cameron Maclean, who'll explore how the Jacobite pretenders and their reigning ancestors utilised the ceremony.

Find zoom link here (under 'Location/Access link): https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/friday-focus-jacobites-and-the-kings-evil-tickets-689205310637?aff=oddtdtcreator

This beautiful work on vellum by Glasgow Girl Jessie Marion King (1875–1949) is another of our new selection of works on...
24/10/2023

This beautiful work on vellum by Glasgow Girl Jessie Marion King (1875–1949) is another of our new selection of works on paper, now on display in the Art Gallery at the University of Glasgow.

‘May Fortune's Faerie Barque by Wind and Wave be Wafted Thee’ is one of a group of greeting cards intended for publication by the Glasgow firm of Alexander Baird.

The lavish design wishes a traveller a safe journey through life.

This poster by Swiss Symbolist painter and printmaker Carlos Schwabe (1866–1926) is one of our new rotations of works on...
21/10/2023

This poster by Swiss Symbolist painter and printmaker Carlos Schwabe (1866–1926) is one of our new rotations of works on paper, now on display in the Art Gallery, University of Glasgow.

‘Salon Rose Croix’ dates to 1892 and was designed to advertise the inaugural exhibition of paintings at the Salon de la Rose et Croix in Paris.

📣 We're delighted to announce that our 'Chasing the Jacobite Dream' exhibition has been extended until January 2024!'Cha...
18/10/2023

📣 We're delighted to announce that our 'Chasing the Jacobite Dream' exhibition has been extended until January 2024!

'Chasing the Jacobite Dream' reveals our extensive collection of Jacobite medals and explores how they played a key role in the foundation of this afterlife as powerful objects in a long propaganda war.

Highlights include a rare badge depicting Bonnie Prince Charlie worn by a soldier during the ’45, a scarce medal struck in Edinburgh during the city’s occupation by Jacobite forces in September and October 1745, and a discreet medal designed to be worn as jewellery by supporters of the prince.

See it in the Museum, University of Glasgow.
Open 10am–5pm Tuesday–Sunday. Free entry!

📣 Calling all  ! Come along to The   at the University of Glasgow this October week and try our free, drop-in, self-led ...
17/10/2023

📣 Calling all ! Come along to The at the University of Glasgow this October week and try our free, drop-in, self-led activities!

You'll find our 'Jacobites at the Museum' craft corner in the Hunterian Museum and 'Art Explorers' family trail in the Hunterian Art Gallery, featuring Buckie the blackbuck!

Fun for all the family!

🤔 Did you know we have a bronze bust of Nobel Peace Prize winner Lord Boyd Orr in the   Museum? John Boyd Orr (1880–1971...
16/10/2023

🤔 Did you know we have a bronze bust of Nobel Peace Prize winner Lord Boyd Orr in the Museum?

John Boyd Orr (1880–1971) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1949 for his scientific research into nutrition and his work as the first Director-General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization.

Lord Boyd Orr had many links to the University of Glasgow. Not only did he study here, he was Chancellor from 1946–71, Rector in 1965 AND the famous Boyd Orr Building on the UofG campus is named after him!

Unleash your inner Fantasy writer! Calling all 12 to 16-year-old budding authors!Come and join us for a workshop in the ...
15/10/2023

Unleash your inner Fantasy writer! Calling all 12 to 16-year-old budding authors!

Come and join us for a workshop in the fabulous Museum surroundings with fascinating objects to inspire your own fantasy writing.

Wednesday 18 October from 2.00pm until 4.00pm in the Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow.

Book your free place: https://tinyurl.com/42frmacd

📣Last chance to see some of the amazing works currently on display in the   Art Gallery at the University of Glasgow!  T...
14/10/2023

📣Last chance to see some of the amazing works currently on display in the Art Gallery at the University of Glasgow!

They are temporarily making way for our next exciting major exhibition, so catch them while you can.

And don’t despair. If you can’t make it along by 5.00pm tomorrow (Sunday 15 October), they'll be back on display from June 2024. 🤩

📣 This weekend is your last chance to see our critically acclaimed contemporary art exhibition, 'Unravelling Times'.The ...
13/10/2023

📣 This weekend is your last chance to see our critically acclaimed contemporary art exhibition, 'Unravelling Times'.

The show features works by pioneering experimental filmmaker Lis Rhodes and three contemporary artists living and working in Glasgow, Anne-Marie Copestake, Francis McKee and Iman Tajik.

Open until 5.00pm on Sunday 15 October. Free entry.

📣 We're developing a new LGBTQIA tour as part of our student-led tours of the   Art Gallery at the University of Glasgow...
12/10/2023

📣 We're developing a new LGBTQIA tour as part of our student-led tours of the Art Gallery at the University of Glasgow.

The new tour will cover our main gallery's displays and draw particularly on LGBTQIA stories and themes.

We're looking for responses to help us refine the tour content.

Join us for a draft tour walkthrough and group discussion on Thursday 19 October at 2.00pm OR Friday 20 October at 10.30am.

Find details and booking here: https://tinyurl.com/27anhkvm

Join us for this week's Friday Focus with Dr. Shantel George, historian and lecturer in Transatlantic Slavery at Univers...
11/10/2023

Join us for this week's Friday Focus with Dr. Shantel George, historian and lecturer in Transatlantic Slavery at University of Glasgow.

Shantel will chart the complex history and wide-ranging influence of the African kola nut, focusing on Nigeria, Jamaica and Scotland from 1500 to 1900. This case study will emphasise and explain the long-neglected role of Africans as distributors and consumers of global commodities and will highlight the relationship between consumption cultures and imperialism in late-nineteenth-century Britain.

Friday 13 October
1.00pm
Via Zoom
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/friday-focus-the-kola-nut-in-the-atlantic-world-tickets-690873018797?aff=oddtdtcreator

🤔 What’s new at the   Art Gallery, University of Glasgow? We’ve been updating our displays and introducing some new work...
10/10/2023

🤔 What’s new at the Art Gallery, University of Glasgow?

We’ve been updating our displays and introducing some new works on paper.

You can see them throughout the main gallery, including this stunner, Alison McKenzie's 'Yorkshire Coast' poster for LNER (1936).

Our back two bays in the main gallery are currently closed for work on our exciting new exhibition, which opens on Saturday 2 December!

📣 We’re delighted to announce that a new exhibition, 'Stage and Screen', will open at the Hunterian Art Gallery next mon...
09/10/2023

📣 We’re delighted to announce that a new exhibition, 'Stage and Screen', will open at the Hunterian Art Gallery next month!

features works on paper from the James L Gordon Collection, on show in Scotland for the first time.

Covering designs for theatre, film and television, the exhibition offers a rare glimpse into this unique personal collection of rich and diverse material.

From Friday 10 November in the Art Gallery, University of Glasgow. Free entry.

🖼️ John Macfarlane, 'Costume design for Matamore, Blanchwerk', 1995. Image © John Macfarlane.

We have an exciting new exhibition opening in the   Art Gallery, University of Glasgow, in December, so watch this space...
07/10/2023

We have an exciting new exhibition opening in the Art Gallery, University of Glasgow, in December, so watch this space for more details!

The two back bays of the Hunterian Art Gallery main gallery will close from Tuesday 17 October so we can start work, but we still have loads for you to see when you visit!

Visit our website to find out more.

Why are there Jamaican Giant Galliwasps in Scotland but none in Jamaica? Join our curator of zoology Mike Rutherford for...
05/10/2023

Why are there Jamaican Giant Galliwasps in Scotland but none in Jamaica?

Join our curator of zoology Mike Rutherford for this week's Friday Focus to find out more. In this talk Mike will look at the group of lizards known as galliwasps, the history of their discovery, their strange name, how some went extinct and what threats they still face, and the museums around the world where specimens can be found but why there are so few in Jamaican collections.

Friday 6 October 2023
1pm
Via Zoom
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/friday-focus-the-hunterians-giant-galliwasp-tickets-690871494237?aff=oddtdtcreator

This talk is programmed in collaboration with the Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights for their Black History Month 2023 programme.

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Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 10am - 5pm

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