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A Tale of Two Jameses
The lives of two influential figures from Leeds’s health history will be illuminated in a new talk for 2024's Heritage Open Day at the Thackray Museum.
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Cataloguing the Thackray Museum of Medicine Archive: Part Five
Robert is back with another roundup of his findings in the Thackray archive...
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Dr. Norman Bethune: Life on the Front Line
From battlefield treatments to collapsing his own lung, the story of Dr Norman Bethune is one of medicine's brilliant tales of globetrotting bravery.
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The Thackray Mural – A Virtual Tour
This detailed painting charts the history of the Thackray Company as a centre of medical innovation, so join us as we take a closer look.
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Transgender Pioneers: Roberta Cowell, Michael Dillon and Harold Gillies
What's the link between Thackray's collection and the UK's first successful gender transition?
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Stay Curious, Keep Collecting: The Legacy of Paul Thackray (1939-2023)
Our late founder Paul Thackray donated thousands of items to our 75,000+ collection of medical supplies. What can we learn from some of these objects?
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Cataloguing the Thackray Museum of Medicine Archive: Part Four
Our Project Archivist Robert Curphey is back with his latest update!
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Poisons and Cures: Strychnine and the Murder of John Cook
We have quite the range of drugs, drug bottles and poisons in our collection. Today we're going to be talking about strychnine.
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A Jewish Hospital for Leeds
Credit: Leeds Teaching Hospitals We are working with the Yorkshire Jewish Medical Health Professionals Archive to share the stories of...
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Cataloguing the Thackray Museum of Medicine Archive
Robert Curphey is the first qualified archivist to be appointed at Thackray Museum of Medicine. His role is to catalogue...
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Marvellous Medical Birthday Party to celebrate Silver anniversary
On Saturday, June 25th, Thackray Museum of Medicine kicked off its Summer of Celebration programme with a huge party. With...
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A warm welcome for the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
We were pleased to have welcomed the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, The Rt Hon Nadine...
