#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…
#MuseumMonday: Exploring the Museum of Anaesthesia
Whilst I was in London recently, I took the time to visit the Museum of Anaesthesia, more formally known as the Anaesthesia Heritage Centre. This is a specialised medical museum located at 21 Portland Place in London. It forms part…
#MuseumMonday: Mourning the loss of the Human Biology Gallery at the Natural History Museum
I have had the opportunity to visit the Natural History Museum in South Kensington, multiple times over the holiday period and into the New Year for a couple of meetings. To me, the Museum stands as one of the world’s…
#MuseumMonday: My thoughts on the Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie, Paris
It is hopefully clear by #MuseumMonday, that I love a good museum! The Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie, located in the Parc de la Villette in Paris’s 19ᵗʰ arrondissement, is one of Europe’s largest and most dynamic science museums….
#MuseumMonday: Old Operating Theatre Museum
Tucked away in the attic of the early‑18th‑century St Thomas’s Church near London Bridge station, the Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret is Europe’s oldest surviving surgical theatre. Originally the hospital apothecary’s herb garret, in 1822 it was converted into a women‑only…
#SciFri: Hunterian Museum and the history of anatomy
Please note: No photos of human remains are shared below out of respect for the people they originated from. The Hunterian Museum, located at the Royal College of Surgeons of England in London, is one of the most significant medical…
#StevesLibrary: The Tangled Tree
It has been a while since I posted a #StevesLibrary update, and a lot has happened since then! Thankfully, I am now reading regularly again after taking a break while I focussed on getting my PhD thesis past the finish…
#StevesLibrary: The Body
Bill Bryson is one of those authors that I respect for taking on the challenge of writing books on the most impossible topics. The Body: A Guide for Occupants is no exception. How on Earth do you go about summarising…
#StevesLibrary: What Do You Think Are?
When I first picked up What Do You Think You Are? by Brian Clegg, I wasn’t sure what to expect. I’d just finished I, Mammal by Liam Drew which documents what makes humans mammals, which meant that I was already…
