The Anatomical Museum, The University of Edinburgh — Attraction in City of Edinburgh

Number 9: William Burke and William Hare During the 19th century, the Scottish city of Edinburgh was at the forefront of medical anatomy research, and the need for fresh corpses for dissection was in high demand. Lodging House owners William Burke and William Hare discovered how highly profitable this practice was after one of Hare's tenants died before paying. Burke and Hare sold the corpse to Dr. Knox, a well-known anatomist, and got handsomely paid for it. After such a successful and profitable experience, Burke and Hare decided that selling bodies to science would be a good source of income. From January to October of 1828, Burke and Hare Lured people into their houses and killed them by suffocation after they had driven them drunk. After that, they took them to surgeon's square to sell the corpses. In total, they sold 16 corpses to Dr. Knox. After being captured, Hare accepted immunity in exchange for testifying against Burke. After a horrible confusion of all the murders, William Burke was executed by hanging on January 28th, 1829. Burke's body was later dissected, and his skeleton is currently exhibited in the Anatomical Museum of Edinburgh...

I think the criticisms that the museum is closed is unfair, the website clearly states it's open to the public on limited days. This is a UNIVERSITY, people, not a tourist attraction!

Details of open days are easily found on the website (heard of Google, anyone?) and tickets are available on eventbrite.

A little bit of research...

This museum is open on the last Saturday of the month, until 4pm. However, it is pretty titchy, so you don't need more than... maybe an hour, max. We arrived at 3.30, and managed to get round in time, as it's only the one room. It does have some pretty awesome elephant skeletons in the foyer downstairs, though, which are...