Brand New Body Voyager Galleries Opening In September

Currently the galleries at Surgeons’ Hall, one of the oldest museums in Scotland, chart the history of surgery from 1505.  Body Voyager will explore the rise in computerised and robotic technology in medicine throughout the 20^th and 21^st centuries.

The project has been in development for a couple of years and was due to open in September 2020 however, it was put on hold due to the pandemic. Body Voyager will be split into four different zones: an introduction, the head, the torso and the limbs. Each area will look at the extent to which robotics has been introduced into certain procedures already and how this equipment has evolved in recent years.

The galleries will incorporate a high level of interactive computer technology, working surgical instruments, human specimens and AV presentations to create an immersive experience. The Body Voyager galleries will take visitors on a journey through the human body exploring the way in which modern technology is changing the course of modern surgery and patient care.

Surgeons’ Hall have been working with a number of surgical companies including Intuitive Surgical Inc, Freehand Surgical and Bbraun to showcase some equipment used by surgeons, from the first pieces of robotic equipment used in the operating theatre to some of the most up to date, high tech instruments in use today.

Visitors will take an immersive journey through the human body in a new virtual reality experience. The galleries will pose many questions for visitors to consider: Will technology improve patient safety? Would you like to be operated on by a robot? Will the surgeon of the future be a data programmer? Will these changes ever replace the surgeon?