Blogs

For the first time a collection of centuries-old ‘lift-the-flap’ anatomy books from the RCP heritage library have been made digitally accessible to our online audiences. 

This South Asian Heritage Month guest blogger, Dr. Theeba Krishnamoorthy, highlights the life and work of Sri Lanka’s first woman doctor, Dr Alice de Boer. 

To mark South Asian Heritage month, Museum Studies student Lauren, explores the story of Cowasjee – an 18th century Indian man and recipient of nasal reconstruction surgery. 

This month we have been celebrating the 20^th anniversary of the London Festival of Architecture (LFA) in our Grade I Listed building. A big thank you to everyone who came along to our events for architecture enthusiasts, brand new visitors and creative families. 

This Volunteers' Week we celebrate the amazing contributions volunteers make to the RCP Museum, Heritage Library and Archives. 

The RCP is delighted to announce a loan of a painting of physician Dr Messenger Monsey by Mary Black to Tate Britain’s exhibition Now you see us: Women artists in Britain 1520–1920.

Archives and Records Management student, Ana Brown explores the archives of Frederick Parkes Weber. 

Archives volunteer, Mathilda Wood describes the life of physician Max Leonard Rosenheim, through five archival documents.

The RCP is thrilled to announce that a loan of objects related to notable 17th and 18th century royal physicians are now on display at Kensington Palace as part of their exhibition, Untold Lives: A Palace at Work. The loan is an exciting opportunity to share RCP collections and the history of physicians with a new and broad audience.