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  • What is a quack cure?

    Posted 20 February 2025

    Quack-fire article on the history of dodgy cures and why they're more common than you think.

  • Cataloguing the Thackray Museum of Medicine Archive: Part Six 

    Posted 9 December 2024

    Robert Curphey is back with another deep dive into the Thackray Archive.

  • Stay Curious, Keep Collecting: The Legacy of Paul Thackray (1939-2023)

    Posted 19 October 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?

  • Thackray Museum of Medicine wins VisitEngland Gold

    Posted 6 October 2023

    We're honoured to announce that we've been recognised with a Visitor Attraction Accolade Gold Award!

  • NHS Birthday Weekend

    Posted 4 July 2023

    The National Health Service turned 75 this July! Full of costumes, cakes and fun, here's how we chose to celebrate..

  • Private Parts Launches

    Posted 26 February 2023

    By now you’ve probably heard of our new exhibition – Private Parts. We aim to create a grown-up, comfortable space...

  • Behind The Microscope

    Posted 3 February 2023

    Join our top team of pathologists in their battle against disease, shrinking the human body to microscopic size to find...

  • Our Partnership with Jewish Medical Health Professionals Archive

    Posted 5 December 2022

    The Yorkshire Jewish Medical Health Professionals Archive is a repository of the medical history of Jewish doctors, dentists, nurses, pharmacists,...

  • Insights Lecture Series – 2022/23

    Posted 15 September 2022

    At the Thackray Museum of Medicine we tell the stories of our health heroes and inspire the next generation of...

  • Important Information Thackray Museum of Medicine: 

    Posted 22 July 2022

    The Thackray Museum of Medicine is today announcing that CEO, Nat Edwards is leaving the museum to take on an...

  • Protected: Insights Lecture Series – 2021/22

    Posted 13 April 2022

    There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

  • Ukrainian Emergency

    Posted 23 March 2022

    The National Museum of Medicine of Ukraine, one of Europe’s largest medical museums, has joined an International call for support...

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