Galleries

Glimpses of Medical History gallery

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.

 
Exhibits in Making the Modern World

This unique, breathtaking gallery chronologically presents 150 of the most significant items from the Science Museum's collections from 1750 to 2000. Nowhere else in the world will you be able to see a display that shows so vividly the development of the modern industrial world.

 

Small exhibition exploring some of the stories, tools and puzzles that have engaged British psychologists during the twentieth century.

 

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.

 

See the Victorian anatomical model of a horse in this small gallery which chronicles the rise of veterinary medicine and which includes historically important instruments for the treatment of animals.