Key Stage 4: Medicine Through Time
Object-rich galleries
Find out how it felt to be a doctor or patient at different times in history, or in different cultures. Forty-three scenes ranging from detailed models to full reconstructions show the history of medicine from Neolithic times to the 1980s.
Unravel the connection between apricot tins and kidney machines, scanners and 'jedi' helmets, in this provocative exhibition on developments in twentieth century medicine.
See more than 5000 objects from around the world illustrating the history of medicine in western and non-western cultures. Some are beautiful, some intriguing, and some have belonged to famous people.
This fascinating exhibition explores the science of you. See how new discoveries in genetics, brain science and psychology are helping us learn more about ourselves. How similar and different are you from other people and from other animals?