Museum & Herb Garret
Mr Travers Augmented Reality Experience
Posted: July 23, 2021
Are you ready to step into the shoes of a 19th Century medical student? We’re excited to announce that our new augmented reality experience is now LIVE for summer 2021.…
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Summer Holiday fun and safety 2021
Posted: July 23, 2021
It’s the summer holidays and we can’t wait to welcome you to Europe’s oldest surgical operating theatre! This summer, head down to the Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret…
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Venetian Plague Mask Sliding Puzzle
Posted: July 10, 2021
Venetian Plague Doctor Mask Sliding Puzzle » Sliding puzzle by ProProfs
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The countdown to our reopening begins!
Posted: April 23, 2021
It’s official, subject to safely reaching Step 3 in the Government’s Covid-19 plans, we will be reopening the Museum on Friday 21st May 2021. We will be opening Fridays and…
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The Old Op receives much-needed funding
Posted: April 2, 2021
The Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret is to receive £32,255 from the second round of the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund. The museum is among more than 2,700 recipients…
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Our 2021 Events Programme is Live
Posted: April 1, 2021
We are delighted to today announce that our 2021 Events Programme goes live and will be delivered predominantly online, every last Thursday of the month, 6-7pm. This year, we will…
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Focus Groups
Posted: February 17, 2021
The Old Op Needs You! FAMILY FOCUS GROUP (on Zoom) We need your help in shaping our offer for family visitors We are running an online focus group on Saturday…
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Virtual Tour of the Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret
Posted: January 29, 2021
Explore the Museum from the comfort of your own home with our virtual tour.
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Explore the Old Operating Theatre
Posted: November 6, 2020
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Explore the Cabinet of Curiosities
Posted: October 3, 2020
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Jigsaw Puzzles
Posted: July 4, 2020
The Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret is an authentic museum with a great aesthetic! We have transformed some of our most popular images into jigsaw puzzles that you can…
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Medical Archives & Records
Posted: July 4, 2020
If you are seeking further information about St. Thomas’ or Guy’s Hospitals, the archives are held at the London Metropolitan Archives. If you are trying to find a particular Doctor, the…
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History of Medicine
Posted: July 4, 2020
Museums of Heath and Medicine – This page provides links to medical museums in London. Other Operating/Dissection Theatres: Bologna Anatomy Theatre Gustavianum Uppsala Teatro Anatomico, Padua Leiden Theatre (Dissection Theatre) Fenwick…
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Herbal Medicine/Pharmacy
Posted: July 4, 2020
Museum of the History of Medicine – Drug Trade Exhibition The Herb Society.org.uk (The UK’s leading society for increasing the understanding, use and appreciation of herbs and their benefits to health).…
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History of the Museum
Posted: July 4, 2020
The Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret is situated in the roof space of St Thomas’ Church. The Church was dedicated to St Thomas Beckett and it probably originated as…
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History of Old St Thomas’ Hospital
Posted: July 4, 2020
St Thomas’ is one of London’s oldest hospitals. It has been providing shelter and relief to the sick and needy since the twelfth century. Founded as part of the Augustinian Priory…
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Top Hospital & Medical Facts
Posted: July 4, 2020
WHEN WAS THE HOSPITAL FOUNDED? St. Thomas’s was described as ‘ancient’ in 1215. It is named after Thomas Becket who died in 1170. It was probably originally part of the…
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Old St Thomas’ Hospital A-Z of Herbs: A Historical Compendium
Posted: July 4, 2020
The Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret has a very extensive collection which includes the herbs that were used to make medicines at Old St Thomas’ Hospital. Since the…
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Surgery
Posted: July 4, 2020
This section looks at one particular branch of medicine surgery. Undergoing an operation in the 18th and 19th century was a terrifying experience for anyone – find out why!
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Hospitals
Posted: July 4, 2020
This section explains how and why hospitals in Britain have dramatically changed overtime.
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Diagnoses and Treatment
Posted: July 4, 2020
This section uses a variation of source material to show the different ways doctors’ and their patients’ understood sickness and the various methods used as treatment.
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Cholera
Posted: July 4, 2020
This section examines why the cholera outbreaks in 19th century Britain were a crucial element in the development of public health.
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The Foundations of Modern Public Health: The ‘Body’ and the Environment in Nineteenth Century London
Posted: June 26, 2020
In the beginning there was paradise: “Life was without evils, hard toil and grievous disease.” But all changed, according to the poet, “thousands of miseries now roam among men that bring…
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The Scourge of the Nineteenth Century: Cholera in England (Part I)
Posted: June 1, 2020
The Scourge of the Nineteenth Century: Cholera in England (Part I) Comes, black as a porpus. The diabolus ipse, Call’d Cholery Morphus; Who with horns, hoofs, and tail, croaks for carrion to…
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