Huntarian Museum & Willow Tea Room, Glasgow

by WBlackwell on November 17, 2015

The Huntarian on the other hand I could understand.

“The University of Glasgow’s Hunterian is the oldest museum in Scotland. It covers The Hunterian Museum, The Hunterian Art Gallery, The Mackintosh House, The Zoology Museum and The Anatomy Museum, all located in various buildings on the main campus of the University in the west end of Glasgow.” And was a gift in 1783 from the collector John Hunter

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Distance markers from Antonine’s Wall a 39 mile barrier north of the more famous Hadrian Wall

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Zoology & Anatomy Collections are housed in this magnificent hall

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False Killer Whale

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I’ve seen these large nests all over the UK and assumed them to be crow but instead they were magpie some with even wire woven in

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The capercaille, at up to 16 lbs, is the largest member of the grouse family and becoming rare in the UK

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Wee dinosuar leg

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When it came time for oral exams, students sat in this chair with the sands running out over head

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The university also houses a collection of works by Charles Renee Mackintosh which like other exhibits of his can not be photographed. But I solved this issue in Kate Cranston’s Willow Tea Room on Sauchiehall St Glasgow.

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