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  • What saved Christian Erikson?

    Posted 16 June 2021

    Nobody expected during the opening days of the Euros that a professional footballer, who by most people’s standards, is literally...

  • Designer Harriet Whitehead on creating Thackray’s new galleries

    Posted 10 May 2021

    In order to build our new galleries, we had some help from the guys over at CORE who are experts...

  • Alice in Wonderland as Objects in Our Collection

    Posted 4 March 2021

    The Lewis Carroll book ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ (1865) and its sequel ‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’ (1871) have endured...

  • The Community That Cared

    Posted 26 February 2021

    Written by Ross Horsley, Volunteer Coordinator The number of people who are making themselves ill worrying about AIDS is far...

  • Leeds Union Workhouse: Inmate in Focus – William Barlow

    Posted 16 February 2021

    The More Than Oliver Twist project (2019-2021) was a nationwide research project lead by the Subject Specialist Network, The Workhouse...

  • The Beauty of Our Hands

    Posted 2 February 2021

    Written by Prof. Simon Kay To explore more about the functionality of the hand, and the implications of limb loss,...

  • Treating Madness: Historical Perceptions of Mental Health

    Posted 7 January 2021

    Explore the history of mental health in more detail at our next INSIGHTS lecture on Saturday 9th January. Book your...

  • From Potions to Pills: a short history of the apothecary

    Posted 9 November 2020

    Before the rise of modern medicine, how did people get better when they were sick? If you were to travel...

  • Thackray Museum of Medicine receives lifeline grant from Government’s Culture Recovery Fund

    Posted 13 October 2020

    Thackray Museum of Medicine, the UK’s largest independent medical museum, has been awarded £373,281 as part of the Government’s £1.57...

  • Thackray receives Heritage Emergency Fund grant to safeguard museum upon reopening

    Posted 1 September 2020

    Thackray Museum of Medicine, the UK’s largest independent medical museum, has secured £150,600.00 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to...

  • Nominate Your Health Hero

    Posted 4 August 2020

    Back in March, as the world descended into a state of lockdown, both the history and the future of medicine...

  • Neil Kaiper-Holmes Announced as New Chairman of Museum

    Posted 1 November 2019

    Thackray Medical Museum has announced Dr Neil Kaiper-Holmes as new Chairman of their Board. The former GP and managing director...

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