#MuseumMonday: The Royal Pharmaceutical Society Museum – A Fascinating History of Medicines, Poisons and Pharmacy
Tucked away on East Smithfield, a short walk from Tower Bridge and St Katharine Docks, is one of London’s lesser-known medical museums. The Royal Pharmaceutical Society Museum is easy to overlook. It does not have the grand scale of the…
#MuseumMonday: A comprehensive review of the Hunterian Museum
The Hunterian Museum is one of London’s most fascinating, controversial, and intellectually challenging museums. Located within the headquarters of the Royal College of Surgeons of England at Lincoln’s Inn Fields (easily accessible from Holborn tube station), it houses one of…
#MuseumMonday: The Museum of Zoology at the University of Cambridge
The Museum of Zoology in Cambridge is one of Britain’s most important natural history museums, bringing together the history of zoological research, the extraordinary diversity of animal life and the development of modern biological science. Located in the heart of…
#MuseumMonday: A Review of the Galleries of the Peterborough Museum
Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery is one of those museums that is considerably more interesting once you begin to appreciate the breadth of its collections. Housed in a substantial Georgian mansion on Priestgate, in the centre of Peterborough, the Museum…
#MuseumMonday: The Royal Institution – A History and Review of the Faraday Museum
The Royal Institution of Great Britain is one of the most remarkable surviving institutions in the history of British science. Founded in 1799, it occupies an unusual position between a scientific society, research institution, educational establishment, public lecture theatre and…
#MuseumMonday: My visit to the Whipple Museum of the History of Science
The Whipple Museum of the History of Science occupies a distinctive place among Britain’s university museums. Hidden away on the atmospheric Free School Lane in Cambridge, the museum is not simply a repository of antique instruments. It is a living…
#MuseumMonday: My visit to the British Optical Association Museum
You have probably noticed that I am not an optometrist, and I do not spend hours looking at the eyes of amphibians and reptiles for hours on end. However, I still appreciate that side of science and so I recently…
#MuseumMonday: My visit to the Barts Pathology Museum
Okay, it is finally here! If you’ve been following my blog and social media accounts over the past few weeks, you’ll be aware this post has been coming for a while. The Barts Pathology Museum is one of the most…
#MuseumMonday: Why visit the St Bartholomew’s Hospital Museum?
The St Bartholomew’s Hospital Museum is one of the most significant medical history museums in the United Kingdom. Located within the grounds of St Bartholomew’s Hospital in West Smithfield, London, the Museum explores nearly nine centuries of medical care, scientific…
#MuseumMonday: What is The Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum?
I recently visited a museum I have walked past a number of times in the past. I completed one of my MRes projects while studying at Imperial College London at the St Mary’s Campus and never noticed this museum, despite…
