Upcoming Events

October 2025

Restart A Heart Day

Date(s): 16 October 2025

Time: 11am-4pm

Cost: Included in standard museum entry

We are delighted to be hosting drop-in activities for Restart a Heart Day’, a global initiative to raise awareness and education of CPR and AEDs in the community and takes place every year on 16th October. We will be joined by the BSc Oral Health Sciences staff and students in from Edinburgh University as well as representatives from the British H…

Dissecting The Author: No Ordinary Deaths with Molly Conisbee

Date(s): 9 October 2025

Time: 7pm

Cost: £3

Age Restrictions: 16+

Booking Link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dissecting-the-author-no-ordinary-deaths-with-molly-consibee-tickets-1659786027689?aff=oddtdtcreator

From Death-Watchers to Victorian Mourning: A People’s History of Mortality Join us for a thought-provoking Zoom talk exploring how the rituals and realities of dying, death, and disposal have shaped, and been shaped by, society throughout history. Cat Irving, Human Remains Conservator at Surgeons’ Hall Museums, will be joined by author, historian, …