University District, Glasgow

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.

The main University of Glasgow building was designed by Sir Gilbert Scott stands at the northern edge of Kelvingrove Park. This seat of learning dates from 1451 and is the second- oldest school of higher education in Scotland. Classes were first held in the cathedral and then in the Old College on High Street, before the present Neo-Gothic buildings were opened in 1871.

Exhibits include ship models, locomotives, trams, vintage cars, horse-drawn carriages and a reconstruction of a 1938 Glasgow street.

Strathclyde University, founded in 1795, is situated to the northeast of George Square.