UMIS Members: links to the websites of Scotland's university museums, galleries and collections



University of AberdeenMarischal Museum; Science Collections
Special InterestsEuropean & Mediterranean Archaeology - Non-Western Archaeology & Ethnography - Scottish History & Archaeology - Coins & Medals - Fine Art - Scientific Instruments - Medicine & Health - Natural Sciences
TreasuresEskimo kayak - Ra-hotep statue - Bronze Age pottery - Anatomical Drawings by Alberto Morrocco - Audubon birds and plants - first MRI machine
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University of Dundee Museum Services
Special InterestsScottish Art - Scientific Instruments - Natural History - Medical History
TreasuresD'Arcy Thompson Zoology Collection - Laennec's Stethoscope - 19th & 20th c Scottish Art - Needlework Development Scheme
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University of Abertay Dundee Hannah Maclure Centre
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University of EdinburghMuseums & Galleries
Special InterestsScottish Portraits - Old Masters - Musical Instruments
Treasures16th c. bronze horse - 17th c. bronze of Cain & Abel
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Edinburgh College of ArtCollections
Special InterestsArt and Design education - Purpose designed Edwardian art school and Architecture School (1962)
TreasuresRecords of the Trustees Academy and Royal Scottish Academy - Historic plaster cast collection - Art collection of works by former students and staff
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Royal College of Surgeons of EdinburghSurgeons Hall Museums
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University of GlasgowHunterian Museum & Art Gallery; Departmental Collections
Special InterestsCoins & Medals - Gemstones & Fossils - Romans - Ethnography - Paintings - Prints - Sculptures
TreasuresCaptain Cook's collection - Rembrandt - Chardin - Charles Rennie Mackintosh House
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Glasgow Caledonian UniversityHeatherbank Museum
Special InterestsSocial work - Pictures - Books - Ephemera
TreasuresLacey Powell pre-execution pamphlet (1801) - Barnhill Glasgow Poorhouse plans (1851) - Tin trunk containing Minute Books & Registers for Poor Law Institutions & Poorhouses
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Glasgow School of ArtCharles Rennie Mackintosh Building
Special InterestsFurniture - Watercolours - Drawings - Institutional Archives (c.1880 onwards)
TreasuresVarious works of art by former staff & students
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Heriot-Watt UniversityScience & Technology Collections
Special InterestsTechnology - Art - Local history
TreasuresJames Nasmyth's model of Newcomen's Engine - James Watt's letter-copier
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The Robert Gordon University University Collection
Special InterestsPaintings and art from Gray's School of Art - Scientific Instruments - Items relating to the history of the University and its predecessors
TreasuresNeedlework Development Scheme
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University of St AndrewsArt and Science Collections; Bell Pettigrew Museum; Departmental Collections
Special InterestsGeology - Zoology - Scientific Instruments
Treasures15th century Maces - Archery Medals - Astrolabes
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University of StirlingFine Art Collection
Special InterestsPaintings - Prints - Sculpture - Tapestries
TreasuresJD Fergusson Memorial Collection
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University of StrathclydeThe Collins Gallery; Science & Art Collections
Special InterestsCoins & Paintings - Objets d'art - Scientific Instruments
TreasuresJohn Anderson's early 18th c. instruments
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University of the West of ScotlandScience & Technology Collections
Special InterestsUniversity history artefacts and archives
TreasuresNorman Buchan's parliamentary papers
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