Place to explore / Hillhead
Hunterian Museum
Look for fossils, dinosaurs and Roman Scotland displays in the university’s public museum.
- Price
- Free entry
- Where
- Hunterian Museum, Gilbert Scott Building, University Avenue, Glasgow
About this outing
The Hunterian Museum in the Gilbert Scott Building is free to enter and open Tuesday–Sunday 10am–5pm. Displays include the Bearsden Shark, gems, fossils and dinosaurs, Roman settlement along the Antonine Wall, Lord Kelvin’s scientific instruments and the history of medicine. Families can pick up a family trail or try the Creative Corner. Children’s portable steps and stools are available. The museum has lift access and accessible toilets with baby change; staff assistance is needed to operate the lift to the balcony. Young neurodivergent visitors can request sensory bags, and a wheelchair-accessible wee calm-space play tent is available. A visual storybook helps families prepare. This is a public museum on the Gilmorehill campus, not a student-only teaching collection. Check the owner’s notices before travelling. Weekday campus parking is permit-only; Blue Badge visitors must register for a visitor permit.
Planning your visit
- Tuesday–Sunday 10am–5pm; check temporary closures and public-holiday notices.
- Accessible toilets with baby change; ask staff for balcony lift assistance.
- Sensory bags and a wee calm space are available for young neurodivergent visitors.
Plan your visit
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Guides & inspiration
Hillhead with kids: books, fossils and family art
Plan a Hillhead family visit around library songs and making, Hunterian museum trails, art-looking sessions and the Mackintosh House’s separate tickets.