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Delighted that Nordic Viola will be performing in this series on 31st May. The first concert in the series, by the Resol Quartet, takes place this Friday 16th May at 1pm. Funded by @creativescots.bsky.social and The Hugh Fraser Foundation.
#musicinthegri
🥁 Our 2025/2026 concert series
Talented artists will perform work designed to explore the history of #glasgowroyalinfirmary through music.
More details - bit.ly/4dctWTV
The Resol Quartet's debut performance is May 16th at 1pm - don't miss it😍
🥁 Our 2025/2026 concert series
Talented artists will perform work designed to explore the history of #glasgowroyalinfirmary through music.
More details - bit.ly/4dctWTV
The Resol Quartet's debut performance is May 16th at 1pm - don't miss it😍
Lunchtime concerts are music to our ears! – Friends of GRI
We are delighted to announce a series of lunchtime concerts to be held at the FOGRI Museum, supported by the Hugh Fraser Foundation and Creative Scotland.The Resol Quartet will become our resident…
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May 13, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Delighted that Nordic Viola will be performing in this series on 31st May. The first concert in the series, by the Resol Quartet, takes place this Friday 16th May at 1pm. Funded by @creativescots.bsky.social and The Hugh Fraser Foundation.
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To celebrate #NationalSiblingsDay here are two stunning illustrations by brothers John (1763–1820) and Charles Bell (1774-1842). The Bell brothers were Scottish surgeons and anatomist but they were also talented artists and illustrated their own works.
#SiblingsDay
#SiblingsDay
April 10, 2025 at 9:56 AM
To celebrate #NationalSiblingsDay here are two stunning illustrations by brothers John (1763–1820) and Charles Bell (1774-1842). The Bell brothers were Scottish surgeons and anatomist but they were also talented artists and illustrated their own works.
#SiblingsDay
#SiblingsDay
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Today's #Archive30 is all about #ArchiveAnimals and that means we get to share one of our very favourite photos from our collection - Pet therapy at Mearnskirk hospital, c.1955 🐶❤️
April 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Today's #Archive30 is all about #ArchiveAnimals and that means we get to share one of our very favourite photos from our collection - Pet therapy at Mearnskirk hospital, c.1955 🐶❤️
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It's #NationalPetDay!
To celebrate here's a gorgeous painting of "The Dog and the Doctor" taking a well earned break together after a hard days work.
(Oil painting by Joseph Denovan Adam, c.1919)
To celebrate here's a gorgeous painting of "The Dog and the Doctor" taking a well earned break together after a hard days work.
(Oil painting by Joseph Denovan Adam, c.1919)
April 11, 2025 at 9:41 AM
It's #NationalPetDay!
To celebrate here's a gorgeous painting of "The Dog and the Doctor" taking a well earned break together after a hard days work.
(Oil painting by Joseph Denovan Adam, c.1919)
To celebrate here's a gorgeous painting of "The Dog and the Doctor" taking a well earned break together after a hard days work.
(Oil painting by Joseph Denovan Adam, c.1919)
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#Archive30 #HiddenHistories.
Our smallpox vaccination registers (1801-1896) are an important record not only of public health and early vaccination in Glasgow, but also of the people of the city, particularly working class families. The registers contain names, addresses and occupations.
Our smallpox vaccination registers (1801-1896) are an important record not only of public health and early vaccination in Glasgow, but also of the people of the city, particularly working class families. The registers contain names, addresses and occupations.
April 11, 2025 at 11:44 AM
#Archive30 #HiddenHistories.
Our smallpox vaccination registers (1801-1896) are an important record not only of public health and early vaccination in Glasgow, but also of the people of the city, particularly working class families. The registers contain names, addresses and occupations.
Our smallpox vaccination registers (1801-1896) are an important record not only of public health and early vaccination in Glasgow, but also of the people of the city, particularly working class families. The registers contain names, addresses and occupations.
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#UnusualArchives is the theme for today's #Archive30.
This is a cast of David Livingstone's humerus showing a healed fracture. It's quite an unusual thing to have. How he got the fracture is also pretty unusual - he was attacked by a lion! 🦁
heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/items/show/111
This is a cast of David Livingstone's humerus showing a healed fracture. It's quite an unusual thing to have. How he got the fracture is also pretty unusual - he was attacked by a lion! 🦁
heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/items/show/111
April 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM
#UnusualArchives is the theme for today's #Archive30.
This is a cast of David Livingstone's humerus showing a healed fracture. It's quite an unusual thing to have. How he got the fracture is also pretty unusual - he was attacked by a lion! 🦁
heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/items/show/111
This is a cast of David Livingstone's humerus showing a healed fracture. It's quite an unusual thing to have. How he got the fracture is also pretty unusual - he was attacked by a lion! 🦁
heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/items/show/111
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David Livingstone, explorer, medical missionary and Honorary Fellow of our College was born #OnThisDay 1813. This pocket case of surgical instruments belonged to Livingstone and went with him on his travels in Africa.
March 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
David Livingstone, explorer, medical missionary and Honorary Fellow of our College was born #OnThisDay 1813. This pocket case of surgical instruments belonged to Livingstone and went with him on his travels in Africa.
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In 1643 George Duncan of Barrowfield presented Glasgow Burgh Council with 600 merks for a bell for the steeple of Blackfriars Kirk - the Old College/University church. 🔔(below) now hangs in JJ Burnett’s Memorial Chapel in Gilmorehill Campus (info @uofglasgow.bsky.social @morvenmcelroy.bsky.social)
March 19, 2025 at 1:47 PM
In 1643 George Duncan of Barrowfield presented Glasgow Burgh Council with 600 merks for a bell for the steeple of Blackfriars Kirk - the Old College/University church. 🔔(below) now hangs in JJ Burnett’s Memorial Chapel in Gilmorehill Campus (info @uofglasgow.bsky.social @morvenmcelroy.bsky.social)
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The pathology department at #glasgowroyalinfirmary has a very special history. We were kindly gifted this plaque celebrating Prof John H. Teacher. Teacher was the very first St Mungo Professor of Pathology at GRI in 1909 & he created a pathology museum at the hospital - our museum isn't the first 😮😂
March 13, 2025 at 7:00 AM
The pathology department at #glasgowroyalinfirmary has a very special history. We were kindly gifted this plaque celebrating Prof John H. Teacher. Teacher was the very first St Mungo Professor of Pathology at GRI in 1909 & he created a pathology museum at the hospital - our museum isn't the first 😮😂
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19th century Medicine chest. Its contents includes Dr Gregory's Stomachic Powder, Castor Oil, Peruvian Bark and Powder of Jalap. Many of the bottles still contain original liquids and powders!
heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/items/show/109 #histpharm #histmed
heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/items/show/109 #histpharm #histmed
March 12, 2025 at 11:00 AM
19th century Medicine chest. Its contents includes Dr Gregory's Stomachic Powder, Castor Oil, Peruvian Bark and Powder of Jalap. Many of the bottles still contain original liquids and powders!
heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/items/show/109 #histpharm #histmed
heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/items/show/109 #histpharm #histmed
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Agnes Lister, daughter of Edinburgh surgeon James Syme & wife of Joseph but as this poem by Marianne MacRae* tells us - Agnes was also a botanist, talented artist & a scientist who was crucial in assisting her husband with his work.
We honour Agnes in our Medicinal Garden.
We honour Agnes in our Medicinal Garden.
March 10, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Agnes Lister, daughter of Edinburgh surgeon James Syme & wife of Joseph but as this poem by Marianne MacRae* tells us - Agnes was also a botanist, talented artist & a scientist who was crucial in assisting her husband with his work.
We honour Agnes in our Medicinal Garden.
We honour Agnes in our Medicinal Garden.
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The museum is well worth a visit especially if you have ever worked at GRI or been associated with it
Did you catch our smallpox exhibition yet? Still plenty of time and it is well worth a view -even if we do say so ourselves 😜
We include several old newspaper clippings from the last outbreak in Glasgow in March 1950. The parallels with the covid pandemic make for interesting reading....
We include several old newspaper clippings from the last outbreak in Glasgow in March 1950. The parallels with the covid pandemic make for interesting reading....
March 8, 2025 at 8:55 AM
The museum is well worth a visit especially if you have ever worked at GRI or been associated with it
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Happy #PancakeDay everyone! Here's an 18th century recipe for "Pan Kakes" from our herbal notebook. Enjoy! #Pancakes #ShroveTuesday 🥞
March 4, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Happy #PancakeDay everyone! Here's an 18th century recipe for "Pan Kakes" from our herbal notebook. Enjoy! #Pancakes #ShroveTuesday 🥞
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Today is #WorldWildlifeDay!
To celebrate here are some of our favourite woodcut illustrations from Conrad Gessner's Historiae Animalium (c.1602)
To celebrate here are some of our favourite woodcut illustrations from Conrad Gessner's Historiae Animalium (c.1602)
March 3, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Today is #WorldWildlifeDay!
To celebrate here are some of our favourite woodcut illustrations from Conrad Gessner's Historiae Animalium (c.1602)
To celebrate here are some of our favourite woodcut illustrations from Conrad Gessner's Historiae Animalium (c.1602)
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Today is #InternationalPolarBearDay 🐻❄️ and these beautiful bears are celebrating with some tasty fish!
The woodcut illustration is from Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus (A History of the Northern Peoples) c.1558 by Olaus Magnus.
#PolarBearDay
The woodcut illustration is from Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus (A History of the Northern Peoples) c.1558 by Olaus Magnus.
#PolarBearDay
February 27, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Today is #InternationalPolarBearDay 🐻❄️ and these beautiful bears are celebrating with some tasty fish!
The woodcut illustration is from Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus (A History of the Northern Peoples) c.1558 by Olaus Magnus.
#PolarBearDay
The woodcut illustration is from Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus (A History of the Northern Peoples) c.1558 by Olaus Magnus.
#PolarBearDay