PAST EVENT: This was part of the EAF22 programme.

For the 2022 festival, National Museum of Scotland presented this major new exhibition exploring the history of anatomical study, from artistic explorations by Leonardo da Vinci to the Burke and Hare murders.

Charting 500 years of medical exploration, the exhibition examined the social and medical history surrounding the practice of dissection, Edinburgh’s role as an international centre for medical study, and the links between science and crime in the early 19th century. Visitors could also see early examples of anatomical art and discover the role anatomy played in the Enlightenment.