#MuseumMonday: Reviewing The Postal Museum and London’s postal heritage
There are few institutions in Britain whose history is so deeply woven into everyday life as the Post Office. For centuries, the postal system has connected people, businesses, governments and communities, carrying letters, parcels, newspapers, money and information across the…
#MuseumMonday: A quick visit to the Dorking Museum and Heritage Centre
A couple of months ago now, I visited the Dorking Museum and Heritage Centre with a few friends of mine, one of which whom is a volunteer at the Museum. The Dorking Museum and Heritage Centre is a small but…
#MuseumMonday: What is the Royal College of Physicians Museum?
The medical history rabbit hole continues! Where have I been this time you may ask? Well, the Royal College of Physicians Museum which to me is one of the most intellectually rich and compact, yet understated museums in Britain. It…
#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…
#SciFri: The Art of Deception at the Whipple Museum
There is something wonderfully appropriate about the fact that the Whipple Museum of the History of Science should mount an exhibition about deception. Scientific instruments are objects upon which trust depends. A telescope must provide a reliable image; a balance…
#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 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…
#SciFri: On The Art of Teeth at Barts Pathology Museum
Recently, I mentioned that I had previously visited the Barts Pathology Museum, and that I’ll be featuring it on #MuseumMonday in the near future. However, on my first visit back before Christmas, there was a site-specific art installation being exhibited…
#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…
