The Art of the Brain: A Creative Anatomy Workshop with ATLAS

To celebrate World Anatomy Day, the ATLAS Facility and Art Wednesdays invites you to an interactive and fun workshop focusing on learning the anatomy of the brain, whilst painting your very own plaster cast brain hemisphere!

If you are interested in learning about how the brain works in a relaxed environment and like to be creative, this workshop is for you! The workshop will be held in the historic Anatomical Museum with the ATLAS team, part of Anatomy@Edinburgh, learning about the brain, innovative teaching methods, and creating your own 3D brain masterpiece.

The ATLAS (Anatomy Teaching Laboratory Additive manufacturing and Scanning) Facility is a new initiative in Biomedical Sciences focused on using innovating technologies for increasing the opportunities for teaching and research in anatomy and anatomy-related topics. You will have the opportunity to see the ATLAS facility, and see how the work produced by ATLAS is being used in teaching and research. Alongside enjoying a sneak peek inside ATLAS, you can enjoy viewing the collections of the Anatomical Museum out of public viewing hours.

Date

Saturday 19th October 10am - 12:30pm and 1:30-4pm. Due to the popularity of the morning workshop, we have added an afternoon workshop!

Cost: £12 per person

Spaces are limited to 10 people per workshop.

Please note that the Anatomical Museum contains human remains and due to the laws governing the display of human remains there is strictly no photography or filming within the museum. Under 16s should be accompanied by an adult to this event.

Booking

Booking for this event has now ended.

  • Plaster cast of right side of brain
  • Painted plaster cast of brain

Location

Anatomical Museum, third floor, Doorway 3, Old Medical School, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9AG.

Accessibility

The quickest route to the Anatomical Museum is to take the lift from the ground floor, situated on the right-hand side as you enter Doorway 3 from the quad of the Old Medical School, Teviot Place. Press button 3 for the museum.

The scenic route if you wish to take the stairs is up six flights of stairs to the museum. As you enter Doorway 3 take the stairs to the left hand-side to the first floor, enter the door to the first floor and pass through the elephant skeletons on your right-hand side to the Anatomical Museum doors, then take a right up the four flights of stairs to the Anatomical Museum.

If you have any questions, please email anatomy.edinburgh@ed.ac.uk

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