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Image of Scottish Opera Titanic Memorial located in Glasgow, United Kingdom | Scene from the 1958 film "A Night to Remember" depicting the engineering room on the Titanic
Glasgow, United Kingdom

Scottish Opera Titanic Memorial

Memorial to the Titanic engineers that died working to hold back the sea

It seems that we never tire of stories about those on the RMS Titanic. The wealthy passengers above deck who showed bravery and cowardice in measures, the captain who went down with his ship, the... »

Watery Wonders, Museums and Collections, Unusual Monuments | Edited by Rachel and Dylan

Image of St. Valentine’s Bones, Glasgow located in Glasgow, United Kingdom | 'Body of Saint Valentine'
Glasgow, United Kingdom

St. Valentine’s Bones, Glasgow

Glasgow’s piece of the patron saint of love

In 1868, a wealthy French family made a donation to the the Franciscan church: a small wooden box labeled "Corpus Valentini Martyris," or ‘the Body of Saint Valentine.’ The church sent the relic... »

Memento Mori, Relics and Reliquaries | Edited by HJHausman, Rachel and others

Image of Hunterian Museum, Glasgow located in Glasgow, United Kingdom | Specimens
Glasgow, United Kingdom

Hunterian Museum, Glasgow

200 year old collection of oddities and medical paraphernalia

An extensive and eclectic collection of natural history specimens, ethnographic artifacts, and zoological items along with a plethora of miscellaneous oddities, the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow is... »

Strange Science, Natural History, Medical Museums, Unique Collections, Instruments of Science | Edited by Annetta

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