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VIDEO: European Museum of Year
Posted 3 March 2023
We are delighted to release our European Museum of the Year 2023 award film, which is live on YouTube! It...
Cataloguing the Thackray Museum of Medicine Archive part 2
Posted 1 March 2023
We get a vital update from Robert Curphey, Project Archivist here at the Thackray Since my last blog I have...
A Jewish Hospital for Leeds
Posted 5 February 2023
Credit: Leeds Teaching Hospitals We are working with the Yorkshire Jewish Medical Health Professionals Archive to share the stories of...
Sexual Health MythBusters
Posted 27 January 2023
Our Visitor Experience Assistant Sophie Ramsey tackles sexual health myths in our latest journal post. With the museum’s Private Parts...
Cataloguing the Thackray Museum of Medicine Archive
Posted 5 January 2023
Robert Curphey is the first qualified archivist to be appointed at Thackray Museum of Medicine. His role is to catalogue...
Soundtrack to a Pandemic: Music and HIV Awareness in the UK
Posted 1 December 2022
By Alex Day and Ross Horsley Today marks 34 years since the first World AIDS Day, a time to continue...
Volunteer view: October
Posted 4 November 2022
Hi everyone, it’s volunteer coordinator Ross Horsley here, with another look back at a busy month of events and excitement...
Volunteer View: September
Posted 10 October 2022
Hi everyone, it’s Ross Horsley here with a look back at what our brilliant volunteers have accomplished at the Thackray...
Healing and Herbalism: Medicinal Plants in the Thackray Museum Collection
Posted 8 July 2022
By Natascha Allen-Smith, Collections Access Assistant The Thackray Museum holds a lot more than scalpels, syringes and saws. The art...