Spotlight: Victorian Exercise

When & Where

Royal College of Physicians
Wednesday, 25 November 2026 - 12:30pm to 1:45pm
11 Queen Street , Edinburgh, EH2 1JQ

Event Details

Join us at the Physicians’ Gallery on the last Wednesday of every month at 12.30pm for a curator-led talk exploring one of the objects on display in our Gallery.

Our topic for this talk is Victorian exercise. Across Europe bodybuilders and showmen like Eugen Sandow toured music halls, demonstrating their great feats of strength. At the same time Victorians were taking up gymnastics and huge open air public gymnasiums were established in many cities, including Edinburgh.

This 20 minute talk is free, but booking is required. The meeting point is in the Gallery.

Contact

Daisy cunynghame

Costs

0.00

Event Location

11 Queen Street
Edinburgh
EH2 1JQ

Disclaimer

Please note that you should check with the event organiser to confirm details of times and location - Scottish Local History Forum is not responsible for the events hosted by Member Societies.