Surgeons' Hall

Surgeons' Hall Museum
Surgeons Hall Museum
Surgeons' Hall is located in Edinburgh city centre
Surgeons' Hall
Location within Edinburgh
Established1697; 327 years ago (1697)
LocationNicolson Street, Edinburgh
Coordinates55°56′48″N 3°11′07″W / 55.9467°N 3.1853°W / 55.9467; -3.1853
DirectorChris Henry
Public transit accessLothian Region buses 3,5,7,8,14,29, 30, 31,33,37, 47, 49 to Nicolson Street
Websitewww.museum.rcsed.ac.uk

Surgeons' Hall in Edinburgh, Scotland, is the headquarters of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd). It houses the Surgeons' Hall Museum, and the library and archive of the RCSEd. The present Surgeons' Hall was designed by William Henry Playfair and completed in 1832, and is a category A listed building.[1]

Surgeons' Hall Museum is the major medical museum in Scotland, and one of Edinburgh's many tourist attractions. The museum is recognised as a collection of national significance by the Scottish Government.

The museum reopened in September 2015, after being closed for an eighteen-month period of redevelopment.[2]

  1. ^ "Surgeons' Hall". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  2. ^ Macintyre, Iain (2015). Chamber of Curiosities; A Short History and Guide to Surgeons' Hall Museums. Edinburgh: Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. ISBN 978-0-95-48900-3-2.