Body of evidence | Hunterian Museum, Royal College of Surgeons, London
This newly refurbished medical museum has humanised some exhibits, but its history remains uncomfortable
Medicine
London’s Hunterian Museum reopens after 6 years
Patients' stories put at the heart of £4.6m redevelopment
Wellcome Collection speaks out on Medicine Man closure
Museum commended for ‘brave and ethical’ approach after announcement sparks fierce backlash
Healing power
Medical museums are putting patient experiences
at the heart of collections as they develop new ways to treat emotive subjects, writes Juliana Gilling
Obituary | Peter Homan, 1938-2021
Peter’s in-depth knowledge and passion for British pharmacy history was inspiring to anyone who met him
Natural History Museum appoints Patrick Vallance as chair
The government’s chief scientific adviser during the pandemic will take over in early 2023
Best in show | Copy of a physiology textbook used as an examination crib sheet, c.1970s
This tiny book made by a would-be exam cheat was perfect for the Royal College of Physicians’ online exhibition
In sickness and in health | Thackray Museum of Medicine, Leeds
Jamie Taylor finds that this inspiring redevelopment cured him of his aversion to medical museums
Q&A | ‘Nursing is often described as both an art and a science’
Jane Nicol, the new nurse in residence at the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, describes her role and how it came to be
Florence Nightingale Museum closes indefinitely to safeguard its future
Museum to shut for 'foreseeable future' in order to survive Covid crisis
Thackray Museum becomes Covid vaccination hub
‘History in the making’ as first patients receive their doses at the museum
Welcome shift
Melanie Keen, the director of the Wellcome Collection in London, on responding to Covid, Black Lives Matter and ushering in much-needed cultural change