The Museum of the University of St Andrews

Doctors in the Making: Medicine at St Andrews

• 17 October 2014 — 19 April 2015 *on now

How have doctors learned to keep us fit and healthy? In this exhibition you’ll discover how our knowledge of the human body and healthcare has developed over time. Rarely seen items from the University’s medical collections reveal the role St Andrews has played in pioneering life-changing medical discoveries. They show how technology, equipment and the human body itself have changed the ways in which doctors treat us.

Website

http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/musa/

Join Professor Arthur Morris OBE, a specialist in reconstructive surgery, to hear about the controversy and treatment of the cleft lip. Held at MUSA. Free, booking essential.

Suitable for

• 18+

Website

http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/musa/whatson/

Let your mind wander around the objects and stories at MUSA at this popular annual event. Use objects from our handling collection to touch, see, smell and listen. Create poetry inspired by what you encounter and share it with us!

Send your StAnza musings to museumlearning@st-andrews.ac.uk and it might even be put on display! Free, drop-in, no booking required. For more details see: www.stanzapoetry.org

Suitable for

• 18+

Website

http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/musa/whatson/

Immerse yourself in music at MUSA and listen to talented musicians at the museum. The University of St Andrews’ different Scholarship ensembles have worked to create and play marvellous music inspired by our collections. Treat yourself and your family to an enjoyable afternoon, suitable for all ages. Held at MUSA. Free, no booking required.

Suitable for

• Any age

Website

http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/musa/whatson/

Does the large amount of information we have about our bodies, including our genome and DNA, actually help us to become healthier? Join Professor David Harrison, Chair of Pathology and Director of Research in the School of Medicine, to discover the challenges researchers and medical practitioners face when making what we know useful.

Held at MUSA. Free, but booking essential.

Suitable for

• 18+

Website

http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/musa/whatson/

What is it like to be a doctor? Find out by coming along to MUSA to learn the tricks of the trade! Learn how to take a pulse and measure blood pressure, and make your own stethoscope and doctor’s bag. Free, but booking essential.

Suitable for

• 0-4
• 5-6

Website

http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/musa/whatson/

Look to the stars like the people of the past. Can you work out the constellations to navigate your way around the museum?

Suitable for

• Any age

Website

http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/musa/whatson/

Do you know how to pick up cereal with a magnet or how to power a light bulb with a lemon? Do this and loads of other fun food-based experiments by visiting us in Church Square, St Andrews! Free drop-in, no booking required.

Suitable for

• Any age

Website

http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/musa/whatson/

Put the food you eat under the microscope at this exciting hands-on event. Make your own slides, investigate the structures of different foods and find out how microscopes are used in scientific research today. Held at MUSA. Free, drop-in, no booking required.

Suitable for

• 18+

Website

http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/musa/whatson/

The team from Eden Brewery are coming to MUSA to talk about the science of beer. Join us in the Learning Loft to find out about their brewing techniques and key ingredients, then give your taste buds a treat with a tasting session afterwards. Free, but booking essential. Over 18s only.

Suitable for

• 18+

Website

http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/musa/whatson/

Follow in the footsteps of the famous St Andrews scientist and Principal Sir James Irvine, by carrying out incredible experiments using sugar! Build sugar density towers, create colourful crystals and make sugary drinks disappear! Great for the teeth and the waistline! Held at MUSA. Free, but booking essential.

Suitable for

• 7-10
• 11-13

Website

http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/musa/whatson/

Fancy searching for clues in the ground with a trowel and toothbrush? Then these events are for you! Join us on the last weekend of each month at MUSA to develop your archaeology skills and learn about people of the past. Free but booking essential.

Suitable for

• 7-10
• 11-13

Website

http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/musa/whatson/

Carl Fredricksen is an elderly and very grouchy widower with not a friend in his neighbourhood. When Russell, a young Scout, comes calling to do a good turn he gets much more than he bargained for, inadvertently becoming a part of Carl’s plan to tie thousands of balloons to his home, float away to the wilds of South America and fulfil a promise made many years previously to the love of his life.

Join us after the film as we blow up our own colourful balloons. Watch out in case the museum floats away!

Suitable for

• Any age

Website

http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/musa/whatson/

Held every month, Baby MUSA Time allows your little one to discover some of the fantastic things found in museums through stories, songs, art and messy play. This drop-in activity is for pre-school children and whoever looks after them. The MUSA Learning Loft provides a place to relax, park your buggy and have a tea or coffee.

Suitable for

• 0-4

Website

http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/musa/whatson/

This beautiful film, which brings vividly to life the colourful and intricate illuminated designs and illustrations of the 7th century Irish Book of Kells, received an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature in 2010.

After seeing the film, create your own illuminated manuscript, just like the Book of Kells. Why not look around MUSA to find pattern and detail in our own mediaeval collection?

Suitable for

• Any age

Website

http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/musa/whatson/

Who are the clever people featured in the museum’s displays? Hunt the Egg Heads throughout MUSA. Find out facts about these noteworthy people who have studied and taught at the University of St Andrews.

Suitable for

• Any age

Website

http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/musa/whatson/

We know what food looks like when it goes into our body and we know what it looks like when it comes out. But what happens in between? And why do things sometimes go wrong? Find out using some exciting experiments. Held at MUSA. Free, but booking essential.

Suitable for

• 0-4
• 5-6

Website

http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/musa/whatson/

Do you have what it takes to build and fly your own plane? Join us for an aeroplane-themed arts and crafts morning! Free, but booking essential.

Suitable for

• 0-4
• 5-6

Website

http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/musa/whatson/

Immerse yourself in music at MUSA and listen to talented musicians at the museum. The University of St Andrews’ different Scholarship ensembles have worked to create and play marvellous music inspired by our collections. Treat yourself and your family to an enjoyable afternoon, suitable for all ages. Held at MUSA. Free, no booking required.

Suitable for

• Any age

Website

http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/musa/whatson/

What happens if we don’t drink enough? And what can our wee tell us about our health? Join us for some fascinating experiments that reveal the secrets of the human bladder. Held at MUSA. Free, but booking essential.

Suitable for

• 0-4
• 5-6

Website

http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/musa/whatson/

What’s the point of blood? How does it move around the body? To find out, join us, help us make a heart and see how it works when we look after it properly (and what happens when we don’t). Held at MUSA. Free, but booking essential.

Suitable for

• 7-10
• 11-13

Website

http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/musa/whatson/

What’s the point of blood? How does it move around the body? To find out, join us, help us make a heart and see how it works when we look after it properly (and what happens when we don’t). Held at MUSA. Free, but booking essential.

Suitable for

• 0-4
• 5-6

Website

http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/musa/whatson/

Fancy searching for clues in the ground with a trowel and toothbrush? Then these events are for you! Join us on the last weekend of each month at MUSA to develop your archaeology skills and learn about people of the past. Free but booking essential.

Suitable for

• 7-10
• 11-13

Website

http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/musa/whatson/

Held every month, Baby MUSA Time allows your little one to discover some of the fantastic things found in museums through stories, songs, art and messy play. This drop-in activity is for pre-school children and whoever looks after them. The MUSA Learning Loft provides a place to relax, park your buggy and have a tea or coffee.

Suitable for

• 0-4

Website

http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/musa/whatson/

Travel back in time to auld Medieval Scotland. Make your own armour, design your family heraldry and see how far our home-made catapult will launch balls of paper. Drop-in activities for all the family. Free, no booking required.

Suitable for

• Any age

Website

http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/musa/whatson/

Never mind Out of the Box, how about out of the museum? Start you pilgrimage at MUSA where you can gather equipment and make a map to set you on your way around St Andrews.

Suitable for

• Any age

Website

http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/musa/whatson/

Come hear about the upcoming V&A Museum of Design from its Director, Philip Long. Like the new Recording Britain exhibition, the new museum seeks to preserve the past but looks forward to the future. Held at MUSA. Free, but booking essential.

Suitable for

• 18+

Website

http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/musa/whatson/

Fancy searching for clues in the ground with a trowel and toothbrush? Then these events are for you! Join us on the last weekend of each month at MUSA to develop your archaeology skills and learn about people of the past. Free but booking essential.

Suitable for

• 7-10
• 11-13

Website

http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/musa/whatson/.

Whether cooking, medicine or perfume, you use herbs every day! Become a Plant Hunter and search for herbs at St Andrews Botanic Garden. Look through the Herb Garden with Tony Wilson and touch and smell plants to guess what they are used for. Held in association with St Andrews Botanic Garden. Meet at main entrance of the garden, Canongate. Free, but booking essential. Please contact MUSA to reserve places.

Suitable for

• Any age

Website

http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/musa/whatson/

Held every month, Baby MUSA Time allows your little one to discover some of the fantastic things found in museums through stories, songs, art and messy play. This drop-in activity is for pre-school children and whoever looks after them. The MUSA Learning Loft provides a place to relax, park your buggy and have a tea or coffee.

Suitable for

• 0-4

Website

http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/musa/whatson/

Well done, you’ve finished your time at University. Wait! The hard work is not over because you need to graduate.

Tick off the list of tasks from the box in order to graduate and get your degree. Can you do it all in time?

Activities are self-led, but MUSA staff will be happy to help you on your journey. Free, drop in, no booking required.

Suitable for

• Any age

Website

http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/musa/whatson/

Unleash your imagination and create your own piece of abstract art. Take a look at some abstract artworks from our collection and learn some new techniques to fire your painting. Try using acrylic paints and enjoy the fun and freedom that abstract painting allows. Great for beginners. Held at MUSA. Free, but booking essential.

Suitable for

• 18+

Website

http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/musa/whatson/

Fancy searching for clues in the ground with a trowel and toothbrush? Then these events are for you! Join us on the last weekend of each month at MUSA to develop your archaeology skills and learn about people of the past. Free but booking essential.

Suitable for

• 7-10
• 11-13

Website

http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/musa/whatson/