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Blog Category: History

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  • A warm welcome for the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    Posted 18 March 2022

    We were pleased to have welcomed the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, The Rt Hon Nadine...

  • Leeds Union Workhouse: Inmate in Focus – Mary Peddlestone

    Posted 6 August 2021

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

  • The evolution of the condom

    Posted 30 July 2021

    Written by Joseph, volunteer at Thackray Museum of Medicine Condom – A thin rubber sheath worn on a man’s penis...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Yorkshire called to vote for the new face of the £50 note

    Posted 5 December 2018

    We are launching a campaign to find out who Yorkshire people want to see as the new face of the...

  • Life in Leeds during the 1840s

    Posted 14 November 2018

    Blog by Jonnie, Visitor Services Assistant Working on the front of house at Thackray Medical Museum has made me ask...

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