Notices

Christmas and New Year Opening Hours

The Hunterian Museum, Hunterian Art Gallery and Mackintosh House will close at 5.00pm on Sunday 22 December 2024. The Hunterian Zoology Museum will close at 5.00pm on Friday 20 December 2024. 

Festive opening hours for the Hunterian Museum, Hunterian Art Gallery and Mackintosh House are below.

Sunday 22 December 2024 Open 10.00am–5.00pm
Monday 23 December 2024 Closed
Tuesday 24 December 2024 Closed
Wednesday 25 December 2024 Closed
Thursday 26 December 2024 Closed
Friday 27 December 2024 Open 10.00am–5.00pm
Saturday 28 December 2024 Open 10.00am–5.00pm
Sunday 29 December 2024 Open 10.00am–5.00pm
Monday 30 December 2024 Closed
Tuesday 31 December 2024 Closed
Wednesday 1 January 2025 Closed
Thursday 2 January 2025 Closed
Friday 3 January 2025 Open 10.00am–5.00pm

All Hunterian venues will re-open at 10.00am on Friday 3 January 2025. 

Opening hours for Kelvin Hall can be found on the Kelvin Hall website.

Access to our Collections

We offer in-person research and teaching appointments at The Hunterian Collections Study Centre at Kelvin Hall. We also offer appointments to view collections remotely, via remote visualiser and video-conferencing facilities.

  • Please note that access to The Hunterian collections at Kelvin Hall is by appointment only.
  • All enquiries should be sent by email at least 20 working days in advance with details of what you require and for what purpose.
  • There is a limit to the number of objects/specimens available to researchers on each visit.
  • All researchers will be supervised at all times.

Please email hunterian-collections@glasgow.ac.uk for further details.