So much fun! Working with The European Renal Association who come to Glasgow June. They are committed to sustainability & the local community & have worked with us & a local school. In April, the school come to visit, work in our gardens & be the first to follow Basil & Beetrice #TheRoyalBeeTrail

Cannot wait for you to see what we have been doing Rottenrow: the Birth of a City Opening in April. We think it is our best exhibition yet.... Foyer glow up and some serious garden improvements coming at the same time @whatsonglasgow.bsky.social

It is April next month, so that means it's time for #Archive30. Here are your themes. Have fun! Anyone is welcome to join in, just use the daily hashtag along with #Archive30. We can't wait to see what you all come up with. #Archives

👀 A Night at the Museum.....

#archiveadventcalendar #day19 Instead of a #christmasparty how about a New Year party! Managers met with Nurses annually on 1st Jan; a tradition started in 1868. Not sure if it was mandatory nor if it was much fun😂 In 1923, the nurses' choir sang & the Lord Provost attended. @arascot.bsky.social

A sculpture of Christ healing a blind boy on the former Royal Asylum for the Blind on Castle Street in Glasgow. Cont./ #glasgow #architecture #sculpture #architecturephotography #castlestreet

#archiveadventcalendar #day18 This is Rascal 😊, one of our #archiveelves & he is usually up to all kinds of mischief. Yesterday, however, he wanted to help curate our #rottenrow exhibition & so he did some research. Opens 2026 & it promises to be our best one yet! @arascot.bsky.social

#archiveadventcalendar #day17 #christmascolours Well you don't get more christmassy than our carol service in Glasgow Cathedral. This year it took place on Dec 12th. Photos will follow but for now some snaps from 2024 with the fab & talented children from St Mungo's Primary. @arascot.bsky.social

#archiveadventcalendar #day16 The former consultants' dining room - that's a lot of #bells breakfast bell luncheon bell dinner bell supper bell and only 1 pint of beer - goodness 😂 @arascot.bsky.social

#archiveadventcalendar #day15 Well today was tough for us but we give you Santa visiting one happy and one terrified child 😜 in 1920 with Matron Jane Melrose looking on. Spot the stack of presents at the bottom of the bed beautifully presented with #wrappingpaper & ribbon @arascot.bsky.social

#archiveadventcalendar #day13 A Christmas suggestion, subscribe to that grand old institution, The Royal, don't spend all your money #shopping @arascot.bsky.social

#archiveadventcalendar #day12 Team #glasgowroyalinfirmary embracing the season with all the #festiveclothes @arascot.bsky.social

Carol Servjce tomorrow at 530pm in Glasgow Cathedral 🥳 Still time to book your free place…don’t miss this one, it last about 45mins and is bound to make you smile 😊 Feat. The children from St Roch’s Primary 🎶 🎄 www.eventbrite.com/e/1976035173...

#archiveadventcalendar #day11 Well behind the door today it's #darknights so we shall oblige and supply you with a very special Dark Knight Mind that time THE Batman, yip the actual batman, the dark knight himself, visited #glasgowroyalinfirmary @arascot.bsky.social

#archiveadventcalendar #day10 #christmascards We don't know what year this is from but it is a lovely old-fashioned card.... The modern card with the bee was the only year we did paper cards in December 2022. @arascot.bsky.social

#archiveadventcalendar #day8 Read this lovely description of Christmas Day and the #festivefood on offer in #glasgowroyalinfirmary in 1920. Then have a look at the old kitchens and all that prep work... @arascot.bsky.social

We are 231! Wonderful things have happened inside our walls. Things which have shaped healthcare throughout the world. We gave the world antisepsis, nurse training & more. Today, pioneering work continues & inside there is a sense of team, of community & of pride, even when times are tough.

#archiveadventcalendar #day7 ⭐ A shining #star visible within #glasgowroyalinfirmary. Do you know where? 🤔 ⭐ The #star hypodermic needle. Wonder what made it so special? 😉 @arascot.bsky.social

Oooft it's that famous & unique snap for #archiveadventcalendar #day6 Lister casually contemplating antisepsis in 1865, on his sleigh just outside #glasgowroyalinfirmary Very keen sledger in his spare time by all accounts 😉 #wintersports anyone? @arascot.bsky.social @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social

It happens to be our birthday on Monday. We will be 231 years old! To celebrate we are hosting 2 events: 🎂 8th December Bake Sale in the main foyer next to outpatients at 12 noon 🎶 12th December Carol Service in The Cathedral at 530pm Come celebrate with us - we definitely believe in tomorrow

'Tis the season! “One Night Cough Syrup” from the 1930s, which contained cannabis, morphine, chloroform, and alcohol! In 1934, the FDA ruled that the claims of the cough syrup's therapeutic properties were misleading, and remaining stock was destroyed. #skystorians #medhist #science 🧪

#archiveadventcalendar #day4 Behind the door a #christmascarol sung by the lovely St Mungo's Primary School Choir. If you want to hear more, come along to our annual carol service at The Cathedral on 12th December. Register (it's free) on eventbrite - click bit.ly/3Y7iEJH @arascot.bsky.social

Boxes of drugs Boxes of honey Boxes dumped in the space we made a museum Bow cut by David Geyer, Rebecca Strong's great grandson at our official opening, 31st May 2022. #boxesandbows #archiveadventcalendar #day3

Not festive but light themed.... In 1922, guess how many lights it took to get us all lit up?

Here is the first tree - complete with #festivelights that we put up in December 2020 when Christmas hit differently. #archiveadventcalendar #day2

#archiveadventcalendar #day1 🎁 The Children's toy fund - look at the rocking horse in the ward. Matron would not be happy about the flowers in 2025 though 😉 🎁 Santa at a christmas party for the dept of medicine for the elderly and he has a whole sack of #presents

Did you hear? 🤔 Scotland have qualified for The World Cup. Bet these guys would have been proud. The plastic surgery unit's football team 1968, an unknown team but they have a trophy so must have been good & the staff football team from 1936. Well done Scotland, we will be rooting for you.

Carol Service 12th Dec The Cathedral 530pm. No entry to Cathedral before 515 Reception MUSEUM 430pm 8th Dec we are 231. We know, we look AMAZING😍 Carol Service also our 231st birthday party. Don't get many of them so you should def come along. Be part of history. Register on eventbrite - it's free.

The inspiring Rebecca Strong our first matron who invented the block training method for nurse training which is now used worldwide, received this telegram from King George on her 100th birthday 'Tireless pioneering' It really was. A true legend. Visit us or follow along on here to find out more

A lovely ceremony for trainees who recently obtained the MRCP (post grad qualification). Dr Eric Livingstone, VP @RCPSglasgow brought proof 😉 & with Dr David Carty & Prof Gerry Mckay presented it to each of our stars. 📸 Dr Hilary Wilson Congratulations ⭐ @ericliv @rcpsgheritage1599

The original visitors book from Rottenrow. Lots of famous signatures in here inc this one - Ernest Hemingway's father - Clarence Edmonds Hemingway. 'Ed' was a GP with an interest in obstetrics who invented spinal forceps. The book will be on display during our Rottenrow exhibtion, opening 2026.

‼️ SAVE THE DATE ‼️ FOGRI Christmas Carol Service 12/12/25, 530pm, Glasgow Cathedral. Duration: 45mins. Free & open to all. Reception from 430pm in the museum. We are thrilled to have the children from St Roch's Primary join us. Don't miss out - this is magical 🎶 🎄 🔔 @whatsonglasgow.bsky.social

Have you visited our current exhibition? A brief history of dialysis alongside an art exhibition created by patients during dialysis sessions. Only 70 years ago chronic kidney disease was a death sentence. Progress is amazing...let's keep it coming.

Rottenrow. Glasgow's beloved maternity hospital until services moved to The Princess Royal in 2001.Our biggest & best exhibition yet celebrates Rottenrow. Opening 2026. The Birth of a City. To get you in the mood: pinards, a training pelvis & weighing scales. Who knows what a pinard is? 🤔

🎻 Concert next Friday 21st Nov. at 1pm. An opportunity not to be missed. We are thrilled to host the supremely talented Alistair McCulloch & Aaron Jones. Alistair is is licensed to play The Gregg Fiddle, a national treasure 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 It was played in 1779 with Robert Burns when he attended dance classes.

More tales of Glasgow Bees 🐝 from Frank Worsdall’s ‘A Glasgow Keek Show/Glasgow Courier 29th May 1800’

🌼🐝 Bees are tiny heroes! They pollinate a third of the food we eat, support wild plants & keep ecosystems healthy. Protecting bees means protecting our future. Plant flowers & spread the buzz! Our interactive Royal Bee Trail launches in 2026. Stay tuned for more details🐝

Christmas is not far away and Glasgow’s Christmas Tree has been relocated to Cathedral Square this year.

Well we have a lot to update you on but we will start off with this...the bee trail and our garden extension and glow up is well and truly under way.....bulb planting yesterday 😃 with the help of Craig from The Conservation Volunteers and the Trades House, Glasgow who also supplied the bulbs!

We are pleased to announce the daily themes for the 2025 #ArchiveAdventCalendar. A reminder that anyone can take part in December. Just post something with the daily hashtag and #ArchiveAdventCalendar. We can't wait to see what you will all share this year! 😁🎄🎅

When you go home Tell them of us and say For your tomorrow We gave our today What will you do with your today? 💗 #ArmisticeDay2025 #lestweforget

Well if it isn't Baron Joseph Lister on his holidays with his family in Canada in 1897. Image belongs to @wellcomecollection.bsky.social @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social

Ooft it was a real honour to have Prof Jann Gardner, Chief Executive and Dr Lesley Thomson KC, Chair of @nhsggc visit us last week. Dr Thomson posed alongside our display about Rebecca Strong, our first matron. Three formidable and remarkable women; one in 1879, two in 2025.

Our fab alley of Pears thanks to The Trades House (esp Richard Paterson & Stephen Docherty), The Lord Provost & Rev M Johnstone. Glasgow has a rich fruit tree heritage.The Merchant City sits on a former orchard & Gartnavel Royal houses the oldest Pear Tree. Chutney, cider...endless possibilities

An operation in progress, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, late 19th century.

A favourite photo Glasgow's Cathedral Square. A miniature Queen Victoria at entrance to @friendsofgri.bsky.social museum (by Albert Hemstock Hodge 1914) sits atop James Miller's Bishop's Palace Memorial Pillar (1915) with its @glasgowcoa.bsky.social coat of arms on the south face #glasgow850

Check out this menu for The Mess Dinner in 1981. Some feast😂

A final Kidney post: Royal connections. 1973 Princess Margaret opened ward 42. With its new curtains & flowers 42 was a step up from 51/52, located in the car park! They received no Royal Visit! 1993 Princess Anne opened The Scottish Renal & @erakidney Association meetings.

Dr Kolff (1911-2009)who invented the 1st dialyser came to Glasgow in 1979 & is pictured here alongside the statue of Thomas Graham in George Square. Graham was a Professor Chemistry, born in Glasgow in 1805. Graham coined the term dialysis from the Greek dia - through and luein - to loosen.