University of Aberdeen Museum, Aberdeen

University of Aberdeen holds a great number of exhibitions on different themes. There is an anatomy museum and a mineral museum. The first one has a collection of fluid-preserved specimens of human tissue, historical and modern models and works on paper, and a series of anatomical drawings by the known artist Alberto Morrocco. The mineral museum has a collection of minerals that the Geology Department collected through time.

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Sight Name: University of Aberdeen Museum
Sight Location: Aberdeen, Scotland (See walking tours in Aberdeen)
Sight Type: Museum/Gallery

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Aberdeen Introduction Walking Tour

The area where Aberdeen now sits has been inhabited by people for at least 8,000 years. The city that we now know as Aberdeen was first chartered in 1179. It was granted city status in 1891.

The city has been successful over the years due to vast granite deposits used for making sturdy buildings and fortifications. It was also known for its fishing, textile and paper-making industries. However,... view more

Tour Duration: 2 Hour(s)
Travel Distance: 2.4 Km or 1.5 Miles

Aberdeen Old Town Tour

Established in 1489 as a separate burgh, Old Aberdeen was an important political, ecclesiastical and cultural center since the late Middle Ages. The locality merged with the rest of Aberdeen only in 1891. Today, the central part of the Old Town is a conservation area, characterized by well-preserved medieval dwellings and many other unique, vernacular structures of the 17th-early 19th centuries,... view more

Tour Duration: 2 Hour(s)
Travel Distance: 3.1 Km or 1.9 Miles