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Learning to Dissect an Eye
Posted 5 April 2023
Words by Joshua Ward Going into my first-ever eye dissection with a professor of pathology having last studied biology at...
An Interview with an Optometrist
Posted 4 April 2023
This half term, Thackray will be hosting an exciting event, all about our eyes! Ahead of this, we spoke to...
Volunteer view: Our Favourite Objects
Posted 15 March 2023
Hi everyone, it’s Ross Horsley here with another look at the recent activities of the museum’s brilliant volunteering team. As...
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...