December Museum Late
2nd December 2026
Join us at the Old Operating Theatre Museum after hours for a special evening of history, conversation and discovery this December. Join us for an atmospheric night at one of…
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November Museum Late
9th November 2026
Experience the Old Operating Theatre Museum after hours at our November Museum Late. Join us on Monday 9th November for an evening of history, conversation and socialising in one of…
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Halloween Film Night: Frankenstein (1931)
27th October 2026
Looking for something different to do in London this Halloween? Join us at the Old Operating Theatre Museum for a special after-hours screening of James Whale’s iconic 1931 horror film…
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Family Day
27th October 2026
Join us this October Half-Term for our free family day at The Old Op! Come explore our collection and join a drop-in art workshop in a relaxed day exclusively for families. What to expect: Who is this event…
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October Museum Late
21st October 2026
Step into the Old Operating Theatre Museum after hours for an evening of history, conversation and discovery. Join us on Wednesday 21 October as the museum opens its doors for…
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Surgery and the Victorian Operating Theatre
29th August 2026
£17 Join us at the Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret as our team takes you back to the Victorian era and explores the surgical procedures that were once carried…
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Poverty and Pestilence: Public Health Walking Tour *SOLD OUT*
16th August 2026
£20-£25 From the barefooted urchins of the workhouse and body-snatchers in the dark of night, to cobbled streets and river-banks slick with sewage, the Victorian slum lingers in public memory…
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Body-Snatchers of Southwark: Walking Tour*Sold Out*
9th August 2026
£20-£25 Join us for an enlightening walking tour around our local area, following in the footsteps of historic figures including famed surgeon Sir Astley Cooper the notorious body-snatching Borough Gang.…
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Summer Family Day
28th July 2026
Free Family Day at The Old Operating Theatre Museum Tuesday 28 July 2026 | 11am-1.30pm & 2pm- 4.30pm Join us this Summer Holiday at The Old Op for an exclusive free opening for Families. This event is designed to help…
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BSL Tour *SOLD OUT*
19th December 2025
We are pleased to offer a British Sign Language (BSL) guided tour of the Museum led by John Wilson. £12 Housed in the attic of the early eighteenth-century church of…
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Meet “The Herbal Woman” of Old St Thomas’ Hospital
19th December 2025
Included in admission In December we are welcoming back Bespoken Theatre to the Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret! Bespoken is a team of theatre and mental health practitioners who are…
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Meet “The Herbal Woman” of Old St Thomas’ Hospital
12th December 2025
Included in admission In December we are welcoming back Bespoken Theatre to the Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret! Bespoken is a team of theatre and mental health practitioners who are…
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Museum After-Dark *CANCELLED*
24th November 2025
£12 For one night only, we are opening our doors for exclusive museum tours after-dark! Take a journey through the history of medicine, using our space’s incredible history to lead…
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Surgery and the Victorian Operating Theatre
22nd November 2025
£12 Join us at the Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret as our team takes you back to the Victorian era and explores the surgical procedures that were once carried…
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Something In The Water
18th November 2025 — 19th November 2025
£25 Something In The Water is a new musical about the life of the Victorian doctor, and founding father of epidemiology, John Snow. After premiering at the University of Chichester…
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Wound Man: The Many Lives of a Surgical Image (Talk & Book Signing)
17th November 2025
£12 About the Talk Sliced, stabbed, punctured, bleeding, harassed on all sides by various weaponry, the curious image of Wound Man is a rare yet intriguing presence in the world…
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Fragile Creatures: Live at The Old Operating Theatre
12th November 2025
£25 Step into a spellbinding journey through history, where science, superstition, and myth collide.From the “hysterics” of 19th-century Paris to the glowing tragedy of the Radium Girls and the tranquilizer…
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A Night of Magic and Medicine
3rd November 2025
£30 Join us at The Old Operating Theatre for a night of magic, performed in the home of Europe’s Oldest Surviving Surgical Operating Theatre. Let magician Chris Benkin amaze you…
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Surgery and the Victorian Operating Theatre *SOLD OUT*
1st November 2025
£12 Join us at the Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret as our team takes you back to the Victorian era and explores the surgical procedures that were once carried…
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Spooky Medicine – Comedy Night *Sold Out*
29th October 2025
£15 Join us for an evening of hilarious spooky comedy about the history of medicine. Our lineup of comedians and researchers will horrify you, but mainly make you laugh loudly, with…
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The Surgeon, The Midwife, The Quack: How not to die in the Renaissance (Talk & Book Signing)
23rd October 2025
£12 About the Talk When you imagine Renaissance medicine, you might picture a world of horrors: rampant infectious diseases, surgery without anaesthetic, unscrupulous quacks at every turn. But look closer,…
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Unheard: The Medical Practice of Silencing: Author Talk and Q&A
21st October 2025
£12 About the Talk Have you ever felt unheard by your doctor? Been frustrated that they haven’t understood your symptoms, that they have neglected your concerns? When Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan was…
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Death and the City: Crime, corruption and illegal cadaver trading in Gilded Age New York
16th October 2025
£12 About the Talk In the summer of 1866, the first modern morgue in the USA opened at Bellevue Hospital in New York. A direct copy of the infamous Paris…
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The Einstein of Sex: Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld and the Grand Unified Theory of Everyone
14th October 2025
£12 About the Talk More than a century ago, German-Jewish psychiatrist Magnus Hirschfeld, dubbed the “Einstein of Sex,” grew famous (and infamous) for his liberating theory of sexual relativity. In…
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Vital Organs: A history of the world’s most famous body parts (Talk & Book signing)
13th October 2025
£12 About the Talk From Van Gogh’s ear to Robert the Bruces heart, Queen Victoria’s armpit to Napoleon’s penis, author Dr Suzie Edge investigates over 40 cases of how we’ve…
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There Should Be Blood: a witty and poignant story of dealing with the big C (Talk & Book Signing)
6th October 2025
£12 About the Talk The year is 2020 and the pandemic is raging. Simultaneously, one man discovers ‘things aren’t quite right’ which leads eventually to the diagnosis of a rare…
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No Ordinary Deaths: A People’s History of Mortality (Talk & Book Signing)
25th September 2025
£12 About the Talk How did ordinary people depart this life and grieve for loved ones – and which of the old ways might help us prepare for the end? …
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Exploring Childbirth at The Old Operating Theatre *Sold Out*
18th September 2025
£12 About the Talk Journey through the history of Childbirth with Jenny Wylam in Europe’s Oldest Surviving Operating Theatre. Using objects from the museum’s collection, Jenny will explore childbirth through…
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Surgery and the Victorian Operating Theatre *SOLD OUT*
30th August 2025
£12 Join us at the Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret as our team takes you back to the Victorian era and explores the surgical procedures that were once carried…
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Meet “The Herbal Woman” of Old St Thomas’ Hospital
27th August 2025
Included in admission On the 27th August we are welcoming back Bespoken Theatre to the Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret! Bespoken is a team of theatre and mental health practitioners…
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Surgery and the Victorian Operating Theatre *SOLD OUT*
26th July 2025
£12 Join us at the Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret as our team takes you back to the Victorian era and explores the surgical procedures that were once carried…
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Surgery and the Victorian Operating Theatre *SOLD OUT*
28th June 2025
£12 Join us at the Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret as our team takes you back to the Victorian era and explores the surgical procedures that were once carried…
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Surgery and the Victorian Operating Theatre *SOLD OUT
31st May 2025
£12 Join us at the Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret as our team takes you back to the Victorian era and explores the surgical procedures that were once carried…
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Meet ‘The Herbal Woman’ of Old St Thomas’ Hospital
29th May 2025
Included in Museum Admission On the 29th May we are welcoming back Bespoken Theatre to the Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret! Bespoken is a team of theatre and mental health…
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May Half-Term
24th May 2025 — 31st May 2025
Over the May Half Term Holiday (24th May to 1st June) we have a range of activities taking place at the Old Op, many of which are aimed at families.…
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April Fool’s Medicine *SOLD OUT*
1st April 2025
£15 For one night only the Old Operating Theatre gets the history of medicine wrong. Join our wonderful museum team and some of London’s most creative comedians for stories about…
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Bloody Victorians: Museum Late
25th March 2025
£25 Our Bloody Victorians Museum Late is back by popular demand! Explore the museum after-dark, and discover what’s hidden in the shadows of Europe’s Oldest Surviving Surgical Operating Theatre. Enjoy…
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The Female Pioneers of Neuroscience – A Hidden History
3rd March 2025
£12 The field of neuroscience has made huge strides over the last century, however contributions of female scientists have often been overlooked or overshadowed by the work of their male…
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‘Past Mortems: Life & death behind Mortuary Doors’ *SOLD OUT*
17th February 2025
£12 About the Talk A day in the life of Carla Valentine – pathology museum curator and autopsy technician – is not your average day. She spent ten years working…
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Dark Yuletide: Magic Performance *SOLD OUT*
17th December 2024
£25 This December, join us for an evening of festive frights and magic in the home of Europe’s Oldest Surviving Surgical Operating Theatre. A spooky Christmas treat like no other,…
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Cutting Edge: How Objects Shaped Modern Medicine
11th December 2024
£12 About the Talk Ill health has been with us since the beginning of time, but understanding the causes has lagged well behind. That didn’t stop brave practitioners from developing…
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Neurology – from Victorian England to Today
21st November 2024
£15 About the Talk Scientific advancements had a great impact on Victorian popular culture and literature, such as Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Robert Louis Stephenson’s Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. The brain is…
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Body of Law: Burkers, Resurrection Men and the Murderous History of the Anatomy Act
19th November 2024
£12 About the Talk ‘To neglect the practice of dissection would lead to the greatest aggravation of human misery, since anatomy, if not learned by that practice, must be learned…
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A Night of Magic and Medicine
18th November 2024
£30 Join us at The Old Operating Theatre for a night of magic, performed in the home of Europe’s Oldest Surviving Surgical Operating Theatre. Let magician Chris Benkin amaze you…
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Halloween: Museum After-Dark
31st October 2024
£12 Celebrate the spookiest night of the year with a visit to The Old Operating Theatre after-dark! A Victorian operating theatre makes the perfect venue for a night of spooky…
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The Hand that Wields the Knife: A history of dissecting the human body (Museum Late) *Sold Out*
24th October 2024
£25 Our Museum Late Events are back! Explore the world of human dissection with a talk from Human Remains Conservator Cat Irving, followed by an opportunity to explore the museum…
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Living Autopsy
16th October 2024
£20 Join award-winning pathologist Dr Suzy Lishman CBE to learn what a modern autopsy (post-mortem examination) involves. At this event you’ll find out how the process has changed over the…
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Funny Bones (Museum Late)
15th October 2024
£20 Our Museum Late Events are back! Explore the ‘humerus’ ways our bones work with a talk from Dr Rebecca Shepherd, followed by an opportunity to explore the museum after-dark.…
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Art in The Operating Theatre
14th October 2024 — 25th November 2024
Join us for a friendly and relaxed series of life drawing evenings in the evocative setting of Europe’s oldest surviving operating theatre, touching on the fascinating interplay between art and…
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Uncovering The Dissected: Tales of the Dead Who Shaped Anatomy
7th October 2024
£20 About the Talk Author and journalist Jackie Dent grew up knowing her grandparents had donated their bodies to an Australian university—a fact she vaguely wondered about but never explored—until…
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Anatomy & Beyond: An Evening of Performance
4th October 2024
£10 Join us for an evening of performances as part of our new Anatomy & Beyond Exhibition! This exhibition is a thrilling opportunity to dive deep into the ever-shifting dynamics…
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For the Good of the Living: Human Anatomy & Dissection at Old St Thomas’ Hospital
24th September 2024
£20 About the Talk Anatomy & dissection were at the forefront of subjects that were taught at Old St Thomas’ Hospital after the establishment of their Medical School in the…
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Jack And Eve: Two Women In Love and At War – A talk by author Wendy Moore
4th June 2024
£15 About the Event: Vera Holme, known as Jack, left a career as a cross-dressing actress to become official chauffeur to Emmeline Pankhurst, matriarch of the suffragettes. Evelina Haverfield –…
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‘Necessary Inhumanity’: St Thomas’ Hospital and London’s Earliest Bodysnatchers *SOLD OUT*
30th May 2024
£15 Before the Anatomy Act of 1832, British surgeons and anatomists faced a meagre provision of cadavers for medical research and education – only a very limited number of bodies…
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Bloodied Victorians: A Museum Late *Sold Out*
16th May 2024
£20 Our Bloodied Victorians Museum Late is back by popular demand! Come and explore the museum after hours. You will be able to check out the exhibitions; grab a glass…
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Anatomy – How Do We Know That?
25th April 2024
£15 From the earliest times, anatomists have been map makers and map readers – exploring and describing the structure of the human body in ever greater detail from subcellular organelles…
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The Shadow Key – Book Launch with Susan Stokes-Chapman
23rd April 2024
£15 Join Susan Stokes-Chapman, the author of the bestselling Pandora, who will be talking about her new novel. The Shadow Key is a richly atmospheric gothic page-turner, as a disgraced physician…
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The Drama of Dissection: A Theatrical Perspective On Anatomy & Tomorrow’s Doctors *SOLD OUT*
21st March 2024
£20 “Spending so much time with a patient who’s dead gives you more appreciation for the living.” Throughout the history of medicine, a would-be doctor’s first visit to the Anatomy…
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An Evening Workshop: Lino Carving and Rubbings *Sold Out*
4th March 2024
£20 For centuries, rubbings have been a traditional form of image creation, a unique way of preserving a carved surface from brass to gravestones. Start the evening by exploring the…
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Science Showoff Cures All Ills
22nd February 2024
£20 Join us for a night of medically-themed stand-up comedy, stories, and silliness from some of London’s funniest people. Our MC Dr Steve Cross has carefully collected an incredible line-up…
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BSL Tour at the Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret (11 am & 1 pm, 17 February 2024)
17th February 2024
£12 We are pleased to offer a new British Sign Language (BSL) guided tour of the museum by John Wilson. Housed in the attic of the early eighteenth-century church of…
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Surgery & the Victorian Operating Theatre (10 & 24 February 2024)
10th February 2024 — 24th February 2024
£12 Join us at the Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret as our team takes you back to the Victorian era and explores the surgical procedures that were once carried…
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Poisons, Potions and Pills: The Story of Victorian Pharmacy
25th January 2024
£15 At the start of Victoria’s reign in 1836 the understanding of illness had not changed in over 2000 years. By her death in 1901 scientific approaches had completely changed…
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Surgery & the Victorian Operating Theatre (13 & 27 January 2024)
13th January 2024 — 27th January 2024
£12 Join us at the Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret as our team takes you back to the Victorian era and explores the surgical procedures that were once carried…
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Trephination for the Twenty-First Century
11th January 2024
£20 Back by popular demand after its successful tour around Europe! I want to bore a hole in my head. I have something to let out. Amanda cares—cripplingly, compulsively, in…
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Surgery & the Victorian Operating Theatre (9 December 2023)
9th December 2023
£12 Join us at the Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret as our team takes you back to the Victorian era and explores the surgical procedures that were once carried…
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Living Autopsy: Pills, Purges & Poisons
29th November 2023 — 29th June 2023
£15 Join award-winning pathologist Dr Suzy Lishman CBE to learn what a modern autopsy (post-mortem examination) involves, and how plants, herbs and other drugs can cure or kill. With the…
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Living Autopsy: Pills, Purges & Poisons
29th November 2023
£15 Join award-winning pathologist Dr Suzy Lishman CBE to learn what a modern autopsy (post-mortem examination) involves, and how plants, herbs, and other drugs can cure or kill. With the…
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Death, Disease and Dissection: The Working Life of the Surgeon Apothecary
23rd November 2023
£15 Imagine performing surgery on a patient without anaesthetic, administering medicine that could kill, cure or do absolutely nothing. Picture dissecting mouldering cadavers purchased from the resurrection man… Welcome to…
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Mr. Hammond & The Poetic Apprentice: In Conversation with Mellany Ambrose
16th November 2023
£5 Virtual Event Mr Hammond and the Poetic Apprentice is a historical novel about the seven years John Keats spent training in medicine before he chose to follow poetry. It…
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Surgery & the Victorian Operating Theatre (11 & 25 November 2023)
11th November 2023 — 25th November 2023
£12 Join us at the Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret as our team takes you back to the Victorian era and explores the surgical procedures that were once carried…
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‘Something in the Blood’: Putting the Vampire Under a Microscope
3rd November 2023
£15 Vampires have been around for centuries in folklore, art, and literature, haunting our psyches and embodying our worst fears and illicit desires. While traditionally associated with the Gothic and…
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A Night of Living History: Surgery & The Victorian Operating Theatre
25th October 2023
£20 Join us on the 25th of October for an evening to remember. Dan Saski and Janet Collard return to the Old Operating Theatre Musuem & Herb Garret with their…
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Truly, Jack the Ripper
23rd October 2023
£20 Atmospheric one-man show adapted from classic stories based around the Ripper theme. Was the Ripper a mad doctor, an escaped lunatic, a deranged barrister – or some just like you or me? Award-winning actor Jonathan…
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BSL Tour of the Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret (11am & 1pm, 21 October 2023)
21st October 2023
£12 We are pleased to offer a new British Sign Language (BSL) guided tour of the museum by John Wilson. Housed in the attic of the early eighteenth-century church of…
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Traditional Chinese Medicine in Modern Society
19th October 2023
£5 Virtual Event This virtual talk reviews the development of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in the past 20 years, mainly introducing the changes and impact on people who use it…
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The Perfect Tonic: In Conversation with Camper English
17th October 2023
£5 Virtual Event Alcohol and Medicine have an inextricably intertwined history, with innovations in each altering the path of the other. The story stretches back to ancient times, when beer…
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Surgery & the Victorian Operating Theatre (14 & 28 October 2023)
14th October 2023 — 28th October 2023
£12 Join us at the Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret as our team takes you back to the Victorian era and explores the surgical procedures that were once carried…
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Going Under: Ether, Chloroform, and the Making of Modern Anaesthesia
12th October 2023
£15 When surgical anaesthesia with ether was publicly demonstrated in 1846, it promised to revolutionise the experience of surgery for both patient and thesurgeon. But ether had its problems, and…
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The Curious Life of Elizabeth Blackwell: Why Has History Ignored Her?
28th September 2023
£15 Herbs, prison, and passion, these pepper the story of Elizabeth Blackwell, Britain’s first female botanical illustrator. Though her parents warned Elizabeth that Alexander would not make a dependable husband,…
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Medieval Pharmacy: From Text to Practice
14th September 2023
£5 (Virtual Event) During the Middle Ages, pharmacy was a science experiencing a significant progress. Several factors contributed to it: the development of trade, the production of numerous collections of…
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Surgery & The Victorian Operating Theatre (9 & 30 September 2023)
9th September 2023 — 30th September 2023
£12 Join us at the Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret as our team takes you back to the Victorian era and explores the surgical procedures that were once carried…
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Herbal Medicines – who cares about the stuff up in the old garret?
7th September 2023
£15 Is there a place for herbal medicines in ‘modern’ society? If you ask the ‘general public’, it will be a clear ‘yes’. Similarly, if you look at many societies,…
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Bloodied Victorians: A Museum Late
31st August 2023
£20 Our Bloodied Victorians Museum Late is back by popular demand! Come and explore the museum after normal closing time on 31 August from 6:00 pm till 8:30 pm. You…
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Surgery & The Victorian Operating Theatre
12th August 2023 — 26th August 2023
£12 Join us at the Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret while our team takes you to the Victorian era and goes over the surgical procedures that were done in…
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Nature for Sale: Herbs and their stories in Victorian medical advertising
27th July 2023
£15 Victorian patent remedies offered a cheap and accessible form of medicine – but they didn’t necessarily live up to their claims and were often seen as quackery. Some contained…
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Death in the Garden: Murder, Mystery & Passion
29th June 2023
£15 Over the centuries poisonous plants have been used to remove an unwanted partner or rival, as aphrodisiacs, for pest control and the means to foretell the future or speak…
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Surgery & the Victorian Operating Theatre (10 & 24 June 2023)
24th June 2023
£12 Join us at the Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret while our team takes you to the Victorian era and goes over the surgical procedures that were done in…
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Local Artists Exhibition: Wrap Up Party + Fundraiser Event
28th May 2023
£12 Join us on Sunday, 28th May for a Wrap Up Party to celebrate the Local Artists Exhibition. Explore the museum and experience the exhibition after hours, enjoy a drink from…
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Surgery & The Victorian Operating Theatre (27 May 2023)
27th May 2023
£12 Join us at the Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret while our team takes you to the Victorian era and goes over the surgical procedures that were done in…
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The Devil Wears Nada: Fear of women, an invented conspiracy & the insidious legacy of the European witch trials
25th May 2023
£15 The European witch trials have provided rich soil for historians. The tumultuous economic, political, religious, and cultural changing dynamics over the course of the 400-year span of terror and…
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BSL Tour of the Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret (11am & 1pm, 20 May 2023)
20th May 2023
£12 We are pleased to offer a new British Sign Language (BSL) guided tour of the museum by John Wilson. Housed in the attic of the early eighteenth-century church of…
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An After-Hours “Memento Mori” Drawing Workshop
16th May 2023
£15 A “Memento Mori” is an artistic or symbolic image that acts as a reminder of the inevitability of death. Instead of being seen as a negative exaltation of…
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Tales from the Herb Garret: The Apothecary in the Attic
11th May 2023
£5 Virtual Event The exciting story of the rediscovery of the oldest operating theatre in Europe dating back to 1822 is rather well known, but less attention has been…
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A Bloody History of Menopause
9th March 2023
£5 Virtual Event ‘Women which be commonly old, lame, bleare-eyed, pale, fowle and full of wrinkles.’ This is how Englishman Reginald Scot described the majority of victims he observed at…
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After Hours Surgery & The Victorian Operating Theatre
11th December 2022
£12 Join us at the Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret after hours while our team takes you to the Victorian era and goes over the surgical procedures that were…
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Murder at Old St Thomas’s: In Conversation with Lisa M. Lane
8th December 2022
Virtual Event £5 Join us on the 8th of December for a virtual in conversation event with historian and author, Lisa M. Lane, when we will discuss her new murder…
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Still Got it! Stand Up Comedy at the Old Operating Theatre Museum
2nd December 2022
£20 We never though that it would happen, but it has! We are hosting our first ever Stand Up Comedy Night at the Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret!…
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Surgery & the Victorian Operating Theatre Live Event (Nov 2022)
26th November 2022
£12 Join us at the Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret while our team takes you to the Victorian era and goes over the surgical procedures that were done in…
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A Bloody History of Menopause
24th November 2022
£12 ‘Women which be commonly old, lame, bleare-eyed, pale, fowle and full of wrinkles.’ This is how Englishman Reginald Scot described the majority of victims he observed at the witch…
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‘The Sunu will see you now’: Egyptomania in Medicine
17th November 2022
£5 Virtual Event This is the final event in our series on Ancient Egypt and Medical History. Ancient Egypt has a significant, albeit indirect, influence in western medical history thanks to…
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I’m in Love with a Beautiful Nurse: Vintage songs about medicine and war, 1910-1930
11th November 2022
£20 This Remembrance Day we invite you to come to the Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret for a very unique experience: a musical concert of vintage songs about…
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Syphilis and Women in Victorian Britain: In Conversation with Cat Irving
10th November 2022
Virtual Event £5 Join us on 10 November for a virtual in conversation event with Cat Irving about syphilis and women in Victorian Britain. Syphilis was a sexually transmitted disease that…
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Victorian Gothic Tales
9th November 2022
£20 Victorian Gothic is an anthology stage show based on a classic trio of nineteenth century chillers: The Body-Snatcher, The Monkey’s Paw, and The Signal-man. Dramatic story-telling in the theatre-style at…
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Pathologising the Mummy’s Curse: Infection, Poison, and the Discovery of Tutankhamun
3rd November 2022
£12 Join us for a lecture by Dr Eleanor Dobson to mark the centenary of the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb. What first comes to mind when we think of the…
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Surgery & the Victorian Operating Theatre Live Event (Oct 2022)
29th October 2022
£12 Join us at the Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret while our team takes you to the Victorian era and goes over the surgical procedures that were done in…
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Oral Histories of Endometriosis: Rethinking Representations of Endometriosis
27th October 2022
£12 Endometriosis is a chronic condition, where endometrial-like tissue grows outside the uterus. Most commonly it affects the pelvic organs, such as ovaries or fallopian tubes and in rare cases,…
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A Victorian Mummy Unrolling Demonstration
12th October 2022
£25 Join us on 12 October for an intimate recreation of a 19th century mummy unwrapping demonstration. The practice of unrolling ancient Egyptian mummies as a somewhat surreal public spectacle was…
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*Cancelled* Mummies and Medicine: In Conversation with Angela Stienne
6th October 2022
We are sorry to announce that this virtual event has been cancelled. Ticket holders have been notified regarding refunds. Join is on Thursday 6 October, for a fascinating conversation with…
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Circumcision on the Couch: The Cultural, Psychological and Gendered Dimensions of the World’s Oldest Surgery
29th September 2022
£12 Join us on 29 September for a talk by Jordan Osserman about his recent book, short art performances by Martin O’Brien and FYTA, and discussion with Professor Lisa Baraitser. …
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Scenes from the City: A Civic Education
28th September 2022
£20 Join us on 28 September for anoher outstanding performance by Edward’s Boys, who return to the Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret following their highly successful visit with “Trust…
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Surgery & the Victorian Operating Theatre Live Event (Sep 2022)
24th September 2022
£12 Join us at the Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret while our team takes you to the Victorian era and goes over the surgical procedures that were done in…
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A Quirky Evening at the Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret
21st September 2022
£20 Come and explore the museum after dark on 21 September from 7 pm till 9 pm. You will be able to check out the exhibitions at night (creepiness guaranteed!);…
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The Artificial Womb: In Conversation with Lisa Mandemaker
8th September 2022
Virtual Event £5 Join us on 8 September for a controversial virtual in conversation event with Lisa Mandemaker, the designer of the speculative project the Artificial Womb. In the future,…
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Surgery & the Victorian Operating Theatre Live Event (Aug 2022)
27th August 2022
£12 Join us at the Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret while our team takes you to the Victorian era and goes over the surgical procedures that were done in…
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Vagina Obscura: How Medicine “Discovered” the Clitoris
17th August 2022
£12 Female anatomy hasn’t changed much in the past two millennia—but our understanding of it certainly has. Join award-winning science journalist and author Rachel E. Gross on a journey into…
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Surgery & the Victorian Operating Theatre Live Event (Jul 2022)
30th July 2022
£12 Join us at the Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret while our team takes you to the Victorian era and goes over the surgical procedures that were done in…
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The Silent Treatment
28th July 2022
£15 A singer loses her voice and embarks on an unexpected journey of self revelation. Based on a true story, this intimate, funny and uplifting new solo show combines story-telling,…
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Surgery & The Victorian Operating Theatre Live Event (Jun 2022)
25th June 2022
£12 Join us at the Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret while our team takes you to the Victorian era and goes over the surgical procedures that were done in…
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Surgery & The Victorian Operating Theatre Live Event (May 2022)
28th May 2022
£12 Join us at the Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret while our team takes you to the Victorian era and goes over the surgical procedures that were done in…
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Defective and Delirious: A History of Unwell Women
26th May 2022
£12 Throughout its long history, medicine – as a form of knowledge and a practical art of healing – has always reflected and endorsed social and cultural ideas about who…
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The Museum of Impropriety
20th May 2022 — 21st May 2022
£20 full/£15 conc. Helena Botto, PhD student, is seriously concerned that populist leaders are in decline. Follow her on a quest to dissect and preserve exclusionary populist tactics through the…
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Street Photography & Wellbeing Workshop
14th May 2022
£15 Street photography is a style of photography that aims to capture life as it happens in public spaces for art or enquiry. This involves taking candid pictures of total…
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For the Care of the Sick: A Brief History of Old St Thomas’ Hospital (Virtual Event)
12th May 2022
£5 Join Monica A. Walker, Ph.D. in Art History, in this virtual event to discover the fascinating history of how Old St Thomas’ Hospital firmly established London Bridge as a…
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Creative + Critical Journaling Workshop
9th May 2022
£5 In this virtual event, Dani will talk through how his approach to creative and critical journaling has helped him with his own mental health, to find his voice, and…
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The Suffragette Surgeons of Endell Street: The Trailblazing Women Who Ran Britain’s Most Remarkable Military Hospital
5th May 2022
£12 When the First World War broke out in 1914 dozens of women doctors offered their services – but they were told by the British Army to “Go home and…
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Surgery & The Victorian Operating Theatre Live Event (Apr 2022)
30th April 2022
£12 Join us at the Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret while our team takes you to the Victorian era and goes over the surgical procedures that were done in…
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Autopsies: Past, Present & Future
28th April 2022
£12 Autopsies (post-mortem examinations) are vital for finding out how and why people have died. At this event you’ll find out how the process has changed over the years and…
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“Trust Me, I’m a Doctor!” Taking Your Medicine at the Theatre
24th April 2022
£20 “Trust Me, I’m a Doctor!” or “Faites-Moi Confiance, Je Suis Médecin!” Taking Your Medicine at the Theatre This latest show by Edward’s Boys (www.edwardsboys.org) celebrates the 400th anniversary of the great French…
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Phantasmagorical: Immerse Yourself Into the Shadowy World of Victorian Spiritualism & Performance
10th April 2022
£20 Phantasmagorical is a supernatural spectacle of stories and magic, swirling with dark whimsy. A show of magic and mind reading presented by Miss Sylvia Sceptre, a character from Victorian…
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Spare Parts, A Surprising History of Transplants: In Conversation with Paul Craddock
7th April 2022
£5 Join us on Thursday, 7 April 2022, from 6 to 7 pm for an incredible virtual in conversation event with Dr. Paul Craddock, author of “Spare Parts: A Surprising…
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Surgery & The Victorian Operating Theatre Live Event (Mar 2022)
26th March 2022
£12 Join us at the Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret while our team takes you to the Victorian era and goes over the surgical procedures that were done in…
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From Horseguard to Garret: Two Museums, One Ticket, March 2022
25th March 2022
The Household Cavalry Museum & The Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret are joining forces for a limited time only! One ticket will give you access to both museums…
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“Unsavoury Cases”: Physicians and Victims of Sexual Assault from the 1830s to the Present
24th March 2022
£12 Medical professionals play central roles in examining, treating, and counselling victims of sexual violence. Their scrutiny of the complainant’s body is decisive in determining whether or not the police…
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A Quirky Evening at the Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret
23rd March 2022
£20Come and explore the museum after normal closing time on 23 March from 7 pm till 9 pm. You will be able to check out the exhibitions (might be a…
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Surgery & The Victorian Operating Theatre Virtual Event (Mar 2022)
10th March 2022
£5 Virtual Event Join us from the comfort of your home while our team takes you to the Victorian era and goes over the surgical procedures that were done in our…
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The Nightmare of Doctor Jekyll
6th March 2022
£20 This is the creation tale of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic work of horror “The Curious case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde”. The genesis of the novel includes nightmarish…
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The Evolution of Military Medicine Through the “Campaigns”
3rd March 2022
Onsite Event £12 From the 1600BC Smith Papyrus, the oldest known surgical treatise on trauma, to the magical, ritualistic and pragmatic Babylonian-Assyrians, and right up to the infamous hospital at…
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Body 115
28th February 2022
£15 ‘Body 115’ is a miniature epic, a tale of inner and outer journeys in explicit homage to Dante’s Divine Comedy. From the rain-washed, subterranean underworld of Kings Cross ‘Body…
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Surgery & The Victorian Operating Theatre Live Event (Feb 2022)
26th February 2022
£12 Join us at the Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret while our team takes you to the Victorian era and goes over the surgical procedures that were done in…
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From Horseguard to Garret: Two Museums, One Ticket, February 2022
25th February 2022
£15 The Household Cavalry Museum & The Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret are joining forces for a limited time only! One ticket will give you access to both…
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Mary Trye’s Medicatrix: Plague, Power and the Patriarchy
24th February 2022
£5 During the 1665 plague outbreak in London, Mary Trye and her father Thomas O’Dowde, unlicensed physicians, stayed within the city to treat those dying from the terrible illness. As…
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The Corseted Skeleton: In Conversation with Rebecca Gibson
10th February 2022
£5 Join us on Thursday, 10 February 2022, from 6 to 7 pm for an incredible virtual in conversation event with Dr. Rebecca Gibson about her book “The Corseted Skeleton:…
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A Curious History of Sex: In Conversation with Kate Lister
25th November 2021
£5 Virtual Event Join us on Thursday, 25 November, from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm for a fascinating conversation with bestselling author, Dr Kate Lister. Dr Kate Lister is a…
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Ordinary: A play based on the true story of the medium Helen Duncan
12th November 2021 — 13th November 2021
£15 The extraordinary story of an ordinary woman is brought to life at The Old Operating Theatre Museum. Ordinary explores the many questions that surround the mysterious life of Helen…
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Anaesthesia: Myth, Magic, and Reality
5th November 2021
£12 ‘Will I wake up during my operation?’ ‘Will I wake up after my operation?’ ‘Will I be the same when I wake up as I was before?’ These are…
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An evening of Gothic Tales
31st October 2021
£20 / £15 Redheart Theatre presents a thrilling evening of Victorian mystery and suspense. Performed by Rupert Mason, directed by award winning writer/director Justin Butcher with sound and music by…
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Surgery and the Victorian Operating Theatre
28th October 2021
£5 Virtual Event Join us from the comfort of your home while our team takes you to the Victorian era and goes over the surgical procedures that were done in our…
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Unexplained Deaths: How one woman changed homicide investigation forever: In Conversation with Bruce Goldfarb
14th October 2021
£5 Virtual Event Join us from the comfort of your home while we take you on a fascinating journey to learn about the true story of Frances Glessner Lee, the…
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Surgery and the Victorian Operating Theatre
26th August 2021
£5 Virtual Event Join us from the comfort of your home while our team takes you to the Victorian era and goes over the surgical procedures that were done in our…
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Everything You Wanted to Know about Bodysnatching but Were Afraid to Ask: In Conversation with Suzie Lennox
29th July 2021
£5 Virtual Event Join us on Thursday, 29 July, from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm for an in-depth conversation about all things bodysnatching with Suzie Lennox, author of Bodysnatchers: Digging…
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Surgery and the Victorian Operating Theatre
24th June 2021
£5 Virtual Event Join us from the comfort of your home while our team takes you to the Victorian era and goes over the surgical procedures that were done in our…
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Mr. Humble & Dr. Butcher: In Conversation with Brandy Schillace
10th June 2021
£5 Virtual Event In the early days of the Cold War, while surgeons on either side of the Iron Curtain competed for transplantation firsts, an American neurosurgeon asked: Why not…
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Dr Jenner, Smallpox & Vaccines: In Conversation with Owen Gower
27th May 2021
£5 Virtual Event Join us on Thursday, 27 of May, from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm, for a fascinating conversation between Owen Gower, the museum manager of Dr Jenner’s House,…
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Surgery and the Victorian Operating Theatre
29th April 2021
£5 Virtual Event Join us from the comfort of your home while our team takes you to the Victorian era and goes over the surgical procedures that were done in our…
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