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In addition to the ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ museums, there are other collections and exhibits of a specialised nature curated by ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ's Heritage Advisory Committee.

ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ began accumulating cultural property by virtue of acquisition or donation even before the university itself was established. At the Montreal Medical Institute, which became ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, specimens were collected and used as teaching tools as early as 1822. Articles published about early collections gained international recognition for faculty members such as Andrew Fernando Holmes and Sir William Dawson. Their collections and others had a major influence on building ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ’s reputation as a learned institution.

For more information, and to view the full list of historical collections at ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ, please visit mcgill.ca/historicalcollections.