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  • Thackray’s Big Relaunch! – Through the medicine cabinet and what Annie found there

    Posted 3 September 2021

    Written by Annie Hilditch, Communications Assistant Walking the halls of the newly refurbished Thackray museum felt contradictory, the place had...

  • Edible Leeds – Guest Blog

    Posted 31 August 2021

    Written by Louise Birch, Senior Librarian at Leeds Libraries As the summer recedes and changing leaves signify autumns approach it...

  • 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...

  • THACKRAY MUSEUM OF MEDICINE SHORTLISTED FOR £100,000 ART FUND MUSEUM OF THE YEAR 2021

    Posted 21 July 2021

      Thackray Museum of Medicine has been selected as one of the five finalists for Art Fund Museum of the...

  • What saved Christian Eriksen?

    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...

  • Designer Harriet Whitehead on creating Thackray’s new galleries

    Posted 10 May 2021

    In order to build our new galleries, we had some help from the guys over at CORE who are experts...

  • 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...

  • The Community That Cared

    Posted 26 February 2021

    Written by Ross Horsley, Volunteer Coordinator The number of people who are making themselves ill worrying about AIDS is far...

  • Leeds Union Workhouse: Inmate in Focus – William Barlow

    Posted 16 February 2021

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

  • The Beauty of Our Hands

    Posted 2 February 2021

    Written by Prof. Simon Kay To explore more about the functionality of the hand, and the implications of limb loss,...

  • 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...

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