We are delighted to be hosting this year's 'Up Close and Medical' event for London Museums of Health and Medicine.
Join a range of Museums from across London at this free event to discover the more surprising side of London's medical history. Handle objects from centuries past and get involved in activities for all ages.
Free, drop-in, open to all.
RCP Museum
With the RCP Museum team learn the stories behind the everyday, essential tools of physicians over time, from early stethoscopes to ceramic spittoons. You can also try your hand at diagnosing historic diseases and find out how physicians in the past would have treated these ailments. Plus inspired by our new Healing words exhibition see if you can guess ingredients once used in medical treatments just by their scent!
While you are on site at the RCP you can also enjoy exploring our exhibitions and collections.
The Old Operating Theatre - As well as their handling collection the Old Operating Theatre will be offering a make your own pomander activity!
Royal College of Nursing - The RCN Library and Museum handling collection hosts a variety of medical instruments, uniforms, and supplies that nurses working throughout the 19th and 20th centuries would have used, including chatelaines, various types of bandages and gauze, a baby weighing net, and more. The collection also features lots of books, magazines and guides that nurses have been consulting for decades which advise them about best practice, new methods, and interesting research.
