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Home > Classes & Workshops > Blood, guts and cabbages this Halloween

Blood, guts and cabbages this Halloween

By Caroline King - October 26, 2020Posted in : Classes & Workshops, Heritage, Science and Technology, Walks

This Halloween, don’t let the kids have all the fun. Edinburgh’s Surgeons’ Hall Museums will be hosting some bloody and gut wrenching events, perfect for adults.

Blood and Guts walking tour, Edinburgh
Join the Surgeons’ Hall Museums for a walking tour

On Saturday 31st October, join a small walking tour through Edinburgh’s Old Town. With the help of a knowledgeable guide, you will discover the history (warts and all) of the city’s medical achievements and deceitful practices.

Beginning at the museum, learn about disease, dissection and curious methods of treatment, in this 75 minute Blood and Guts tour. The event includes museum entry on the day.

The Bloody History of Surgery
The Bloody History of Surgery, a Halloween workshop for adults

If you can’t make it for the tour, then head online for an alternative Halloween workshop for adults. The Bloody History of Surgery: Online Workshop for Adults will give you the opportunity to get hands on with a little bit of kitchen science. Just make sure you have a red cabbage to hand!

Join Surgeons’ Hall Museums Learning Officer, Carl Ronan, to discover the bloody history of surgery, looking at procedures such as amputation without pain relief (ouch)!

If you’re looking for more Halloween events, for adults or families, try these.

When: 31st October 2020
Where: Edinburgh and Online
£: Tickets for the tour cost £9.50 – £13.50, and tickets for the online workshop cost £9 – £12 (Tours are suitable for ages 10+ years and the workshop is for adults only). Tours will be following Covid guidelines.

More info: museum.rcsed.ac.uk

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