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Description: | The University of Aberdeen has seven museum collections, comprising around 250,000 artefacts, specimens and artworks. The entire collection cared for by the University of Aberdeen is accredited and classed as a Recognised Collection of National Significance to Scotland. The collections are used for teaching and research at all levels.
Marischal Museum (ABDUA):
Marischal Museum's collections include Scottish archaeology, local history, ethnography, fine art, coins and medals.
Zoology Museum (ABDUZ):
This museum has the only large zoological collection in the north of Scotland, covering the whole of the animal kingdom from protozoa to the great whales. Treasures include bird specimens presented to William MacGillivray by John James Audubon, Blaschka glass models, a Great Auk egg and the tiger from George Wombwell's travelling menagerie.
Anatomy Museum (ABDAN):
Established in the 1870s, the Anatomy Museum has a wide-ranging collection, including skeletal material, fluid-preserved specimens of human tissue, historical and modern models and works on paper. Of special interest are a set of 19th century watercolours and a series of anatomical drawings by Alberto Morrocco.
Pathology and Forensic Medicine Collection (ABDUM):
The collection was developed over the 20th century to provide an historical record of disease and death in north-east Scotland. It includes fluid-preserved specimens of human tissue, historical models and some objects that relate to crimes of note in Aberdeen.
Geological Collections (ABDUG):
Rock, mineral and palaeontology specimens collected from around the world, including plant and arthropod material from the Devonian Rhynie Chert. Many specimens are from localities no longer available for collecting.
Herbarium (ABDUH):
The Herbarium is the only significant plant collection in the North of Scotland. It is worldwide in scope and has been brought together by a number of past Professors including James Trail, William MacGillivray and W.G. Craib. Of particular significance are the British and Thai collections. The latter is one of the top two collections outside Thailand.
Natural Philosophy Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments (ABDNP):
The Natural Philosophy Collection is one of the most diverse and wide-ranging in any British University. It proves a record of teaching and research in Physics over the past 200 years. The instruments were collected and used by past Professors like Patrick Copland, James Clerk Maxwell and R.V.Jones. | Source: | University of Aberdeen | Address: | King's College,
AB24 3FX | Identifier: | ABDUA:CLD00 | Go to resource |
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