Surgeons' Hall Museums' iconic William Playfair building at The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

The Wohl Pathology Museum, one of the most historic collections of surgical pathology in the world

Book said to be made from William Burke's skin in our History of Surgery Museum

Artwork depicting historic tooth extraction methods is displayed in our Dental Collection

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April 2026

New Temporary Exhibition Now Open

3 April 2026

Edinburgh: City of Medicine- 300 Years of Edinburgh Medical SchoolUncover the city mapped by medicine in our new temporary exhibition in collaboration with the University of Edinburgh. Edinburgh Medical School is the oldest medical school in the English-speaking world. It grew at the time of the Scottish Enlightenment and was founded on radical new…