Explore two floors of our permanent displays and a selection of exhibitions. Our current temporary exhibition is Poo!
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Disease street
The sights, sounds – and smells of Victorian Leeds. Meet the inhabitants of a recreated street where the struggle for...
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Victorian Operating Theatre and Mortuary
A terrible accident occurs at the end of Disease Street and the drama unfolds in our newly reconstructed Victorian Operating...
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Making Us Well, Outside In
Find out about the Victorians’ big public health clear up that sorted out many of the problems in Disease Street,...
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Disease Detectives
Be transported into the microscopic world of microbes and learn about some of the ground breaking eureka moments that saved...
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Cutting Edge
The museum’s incredible collection of medical innovations illustrates how human ingenuity and imagination has helped shape medicine and all of...
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Innovation Station
The engineers and inventors of tomorrow – (and for that matter, of yesterday and today) – can hone their skills...
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Response to Crisis
The world’s emergencies bring terrible human suffering and push the boundaries of medicine and healthcare. Find out how people have...
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Normal + Me
Hear from many different perspectives how our own views of what constitutes a normal healthy human have evolved alongside medical...
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Who Cares
Across our lifetime, there are a wealth of people who help care for us, from acupuncturist to anaesthetist, doula to...
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The Apothecary Shop
A sensory immersion in the making of modern pharmacy – with a chance to mix up your own remedies.
