The world’s largest display dedicated to the story of medicine. KS2 and upwards (ages 7+).
Spanning centuries and continents, more than 3,000 astonishing objects reveal how our ideas about health have changed throughout history to the present day.
Arranged as five themed galleries, the displays provide an unparalleled resource for secondary students, with links to Science, History, Psychology, PSHE and Religious Studies. They are also relevant for KS2 children.
The five galleries are:
- Medicine and Bodies
- Exploring Medicine
- Medicine and Treatments: The GSK Gallery
- Medicine and Communities
- Faith, Hope and Fear
GALLERY-BASED RESOURCES
Download the gallery guide and the activity trails below to help you and your students make the most of the galleries and keep the conversation going back at school.
3D OBJECTS TEACHING RESOURCE TO USE IN SCHOOL
Our free digital 3D models resource allows students to experience our medical collection in the classroom (or as homework) from any computer or mobile device. Explore the objects from every angle with information about each item and discussion questions to get conversations started.
Take a closer look
Laennec stethoscope made by Laennec, c.1820
The stethoscope is labelled as follows: "This is one of Laennec's original stethoscopes, and it was presented by him to Dr Bégin a French Army surgeon whose widow gave it to me in 1863."
Hospital beds and equipment from a 1980s operating set up.
Group of 'Jedi' helmets for use in MRI scanning of the brain, 1984
'Self-Conscious Gene' (2019), by artist Marc Quinn, a 3.5 metre tall sculpture of Rick Genest (who held the Guinness World Record for his full-body tattoos).
Amputation saw, 16th century, wrought iron and steel
Play the Disease Controller game.
Paramedic bicycle used within initial trial and development of London's Ambulance Cycle Response Unit
Examine microscopic slides from blood cells to skin cells.
Patient side cart from a da Vinci® Classic surgical system for robot assisted minimally invasive surgery used by Lord Ara Darzi in 2001 to perform the first clinical case using a da Vinci system in the UK
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