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Hunterian Museum


Postal address:
Medical School
Hospital Street Parktown Johannesburg 2001
Street address:
Second Floor of Wits Medical School
7 York Road

Area: Parktown
City: Johannesburg
Province: Gauteng
Postal code: 2001
Country: South Africa

Phone: (011) 717-2420

emailmaira.duplessis@wits.ac.za


Description

The Hunterian Museum is housed in the School of Anatomical Sciences in the Faculty of Health Sciences. The Museum was started by Professor Raymond A Dart in 1923/4 as a repository of research and teaching materials. The collection includes a wide range of human specimens, faunal, skeletal and dental materials, including dental casts of the San and other human populations.

(Source: web.wits.ac.za)



Category: Museum
Keywords: Culture; History
Ref ID: 298

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