The Hunterian is one of few places in the United Kingdom where the public can see specimens prepared specifically to show human anatomy. Hufton and Crow Setting foot inside London’s Hunterian Museum ...

The remains of Charles Byrne, a 7-foot-7 man who died in 1783, will no longer be on public view, an effort to address what one official at the Hunterian Museum called a historical wrong. By Claire ...

The skeleton of Charles Byrne, known as the Irish Giant, will not be on display when the Hunterian Museum, named for the 18th-century surgeon and anatomist John Hunter, reopens in March. Byrne's ...

Campaigners have welcomed a decision to remove the skeleton of an 18th century man with gigantism from public display at a London museum. The remains of Charles Byrne, who was 7ft 7in (2.31 metres), ...

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A British museum is to remove its most famous exhibit from display – the skeleton of an 18th-century man popularly known as the “Irish Giant.” The Hunterian Museum houses a collection of anatomical ...

A British museum will remove the bones of a true-life giant in an effort to honor the deceased’s final wishes, but trustees want to retain the remains in the interest of "bona fide research." "John ...

The skull of Winnie-the-Pooh, the inspiration for A.A. Milne’s beloved children’s book, is on display at London’s Hunterian Museum, the first time it has been exhibited publicly. Winnie was based on ...

To the Editor: Occasionally in the Journal there have been references to John Hunter (1728–1793) and to the Hunterian Museum in the Royal College of Surgeons in London, England. It satisfied a ...

Campaigners are calling for the Hunterian Museum in London to release the stolen remains of 18th-century Irish “giant” and return the skeleton to Ireland for burial. Charles Byrne, known as “The Irish ...