Charles Byrne: Hunterian Museum statement

Please see our January 2023 press release on the same topic:

• Hunterian Museum to reopen at Royal College of Surgeons of England in March 2023 after five-year closure and £4.6 million development
• Statement on the skeleton of Charles Byrne from the Board of Trustees of the Hunterian Collection

Notes to editors

The Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons of England has at its heart the anatomy and pathology collections of the eighteenth century surgeon and anatomist John Hunter.  The building has been closed since 2017 to undergo a major redevelopment. The Hunterian Museum will reopen to the public, free of charge, in March 2023.