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Dr James Barry: the surgeon defying gender norms
Dr James Barry was an Irish military surgeon who in 1826 successfully performed a caesarean section where both mother and...
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Five female medical pioneers you should know
Women in history are often overlooked. Women in medicine, even more so. Here are five female healthcare professionals who broke...
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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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On The Bench – Launched
We recently unveiled our brand new exhibition 'On The Bench', an exciting exploration of the relationship between sports, science, and injury.
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Let’s Get Physio
Did you realise we're born without kneecaps? Physiotherapist Andy Baker gave us some insightful facts about ways we can treat and prevent sports injuries.
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Pride – Ki’s Story
This Pride, we are looking to raise the voices of the LGBTQIA+ community. This is Ki's story...
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Cataloguing the Thackray Museum Archive (Part Three)
From sandals to knee implants, our resident Project Archivist, Robert Curphey is back with another update!
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Volunteer View: Florence’s Birthday
Ross Horsley is back to tell us a bit about how Thackray celebrated the anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth!
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An Interview with an Optometrist
This half term, Thackray will be hosting an exciting event, all about our eyes! Ahead of this, we spoke to...
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Introducing Hungry Sandwich Club
VIDEO: Identity If you’ve been keeping an eye on all things ‘Private Parts’, you’ll have likely seen the animations for...
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Introducing Bobbi Rae
‘Private Parts’ has been a passion project for our museum, and has included the work of some amazing people in...
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Cataloguing the Thackray Museum of Medicine Archive part 2
We get a vital update from Robert Curphey, Project Archivist here at the Thackray Since my last blog I have...
