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Description: | The Hunterian Museum's Historical Collection contains a range of objects related to the history of the museum and the University. Significant objects include a selection of things with a connection to the Old College, the earliest phase of the University of Glasgow. The Old College was founded by a Papal Bull issued by Pope Nicholas V on 7 January 1451. In 1460 the College was granted a building and some land on the east side of the High Street of Glasgow. This was the University's home for the next 410 years until the move to Glasgow's west end.
Included in the collection are:
-Wooden cup, made with wood from the Fore Hall, the Old College, Glasgow, 1886
-Presidential emblem of the Glasgow Cape Club, in the shape of a poker, late 18th century
-Movement of the clock from the Old College, Glasgow, 19th century
-Original lock from the Clerk's Press, the Old College, Glasgow, made in 1634
-"Meal Box" used by University of Glasgow student Robert Logan 1879-1887
-Fire clappers, a primitive form of fire alarm, used in the Old College, 18th century
-Pen holder made of wood from the Old College, Glasgow, 19th century
-Old College Seal in inlaid wooden box, 19th century
-Figure of cherub with outstretched wings from a University Department, 19th century
Many of these objects are made of wood from the buildings of the Old College which, by the mid 19th century, was too small for the number of students attending. In 1863 the Glasgow Union Railway Company bought the Old College site and this funded the new University buildings at Gilmorehill which were occupied by the University in 1870. | Subjects: | historical | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Address: | University of Glasgow,
University Avenue,
G12 8QQ | Creator: | Sally-Anne Coupar | Contributor: | Various | Identifier: | C-0033 |
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