East Central Scotland

University of St Andrews
Museum Collections Unit
University Library
North Street
St Andrews
Fife
KY16 9TR
website : Institution Website
information : ssf1@st-andrews.ac.uk
tel : n/a

Collections contain over 112,000 artefacts including fine and decorative art, textiles, furniture and numismatics, ethnography and archaeology. The University’s science collections include an extensive range of geology specimens as well as items relating to the teaching of physics and astronomy, chemistry, psychology, anatomy and pathology, and the Bell Pettigrew Museum collection of Natural History.


opening months
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
opening hours
mon : 9.00 to 5:30
tues : 9.00 to 5:30
wed : 9.00 to 5:30
thurs : 9.00 to 5:30
fri : 9.00 to 5:30
sat : 10.00 to 5:30
sun : 10:00 to 5:30


These opening times are for the Gateway Galleries, which show highlights of the University's collections. The University is closed from Christams Eve to 5/6 January. For the Bell Pettigrew Museum of Natural History, please go through the Museums link.



admission
adult : n / a
child : n / a
senior citizen : n / a
student : n / a
other concession : n / a
family : n / a
group : n / a
other : n / a

facilities
Toilets : Yes
Disabled Access : Yes
Cafe / Restaurant : Yes
Hearing Loop : No
Gift Shop : No
Car Park : Yes

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Collections
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Hand Coloured Herbal
Hand coloured herbal. Copy of Dioscorides' De Medicinali Materia. Prin... more
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Shoulder Treatment, 1594
Image of dislocated shoulder treatment from Ambroise Pare's Opera Chir... more
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Skeleton, 1568
Skeleton from Andreas Versalius' De Humani Corporis Fabrica Libri Sept... more