Glasgow - Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery

Opened in 1807, the Hunterian is the oldest museum in Glasgow. It is named after William Hunter, a Glaswegian doctor who lived in the 18th C and bequeathed not only his own collection of anatomical parts, objets d'art and items from many disciplines of science but also large sums of money. The museum has now expanded and possesses departments of ethnography, zoology, geology and archaeology, including many finds from Roman sites. Hunter also owned a fine collection of coins and these are exhibited in a purpose-built gallery (1980). Prints and paintings belonging to the university were also transferred here and works by Rubens, Rembrandt, Chardin, Reynolds, Pissarro, Sisley and Koninck are on display. The Whistler Collection, one of the Art Gallery's highlights, merits special attention.