Padua to Edinburgh
Cultures of Art and Medicine in European Anatomical Drawings
Location: Philip Robinson Library, Level 2 Special Collections & Archives exhibition space
Dates: 13th December 2025 - 19th April 2026
Opening times: Please check the Library's website for opening times.
Free. Open to all.
Content guidance: This exhibition contains images and information that some people may consider sensitive.
Throughout history, anatomical illustration has reflected how people understood the human body and who those drawings were meant for. Artists and doctors alike have shaped – and been shaped by – the audiences of their time.
This exhibition traces that story from the Renaissance works of Andreas Vesalius to the 19th-century Bell brothers. Along the way, it explores how art, medicine, and belief have continually redefined our vision of anatomy.
Exhibition curated by Hannah Reynolds, PGR student in History, Classics and Archaeology, as part of her Robinson Bequest in Special Collections & Archives.
