- Project Details
- Name: Hunterian Museum
- Location: London, UK
- Lighting Design: DHA Designs
- Architect: Exhibition Design: Casson Mann
- Fittings Used: Tokistar Microspot
The Hunterian Museum at The Royal College of Surgeons of England reopened to the public last year following a five-year closure for renovation. The museum houses a display of over 2,000 anatomical preparations made by the 18th-century surgeon anatomist John Hunter, from whom the museum takes its name. The renovation was designed by Casson Mann with fit-out by Beck Interiors.
As part of the renovation, lighting consultants DHA Designs were appointed to develop a sensitive lighting scheme to help highlight the displays, one of which is the heart of Jennifer Sutton who underwent a heart transplant in 2007. Remarkably, Jennifer returned to the museum 16 years after the operation, citing it was ‘extremely surreal’ seeing her heart on display and hoped it would help promote organ donation. DHA Designs specified Tokistar’s Microspot to help illuminate this and other exhibits throughout the museum.