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The Lens of Life
Posted: Friday 22 January 2010The Hunterian Museum presents a Spring series of events revealing the connections between microscopy and medicine. The programme includes three talks to be given by curators from the British Optical Association Museum , the Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum and the Benjamin Franklin House.
Introducing Freud
Posted: Thursday 10 December 2009The Freud Museum in Hampstead announces a 12 week taught course, starting 14 January 2010, on the origins of psychoanalysis and the thought of its most famous exponent, Sigmund Freud.
Pharmacy Christmas Gifts
Posted: Thursday 3 December 2009It’s not too late to take advantage of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Museum’s gifts for Christmas presents still on your shopping list. The range includes mousemats and postcard sets to 7 different ceramic jars based on originals in their collections.
Exploring the Invisible
Posted: Wednesday 25 November 2009A unique live installation and exhibition called "Exploring the Invisible" opens on December 3rd, displaying people and objects photographed using the natural light emitted by certain strains of bacteria.
X-ray voted best science discovery
Posted: Wednesday 4 November 2009Medical objects dominated the public's vote in this Autumn's Science Museum poll of the most important scientific discoveries in history. Xrays came first, Penicillin came second and the DNA double helix came third. Visitors rated breakthroughs in computing and space exploration less highly.
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