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Barts Pathology Museum Open Afternoon

Barts Pathology Museum, 3rd Floor Robin Brook Centre, St Bartholomew's Hospital, West Smithfield, London, Greater London, EC1A 7BE

  • 14 Sep 2024
  • In person
  • Pre-booking required

Barts Pathology Museum will be open to the public for free, during the weekend, for the first time.

Tony 'TK' Smith

Tony 'TK' Smith

The museum viewed from the middle mezzanine level

Tony 'TK' Smith

Tony 'TK' Smith

The historical cabinets at the rear of the museum

Tony 'TK' Smith

Tony 'TK' Smith

Pathology Museum from 2nd mezzanine level

Scott Grummett

Scott Grummett

The skull of John Bellingham (1812)

Tony 'TK' Smith

Tony 'TK' Smith

Path Museum black and white

Barts Pathology Museum is a Grade II Listed medical museum on the site of St Bartholomew's Hospital, and part of the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at QMUL. It was built in 1879 for the express purpose of housing anatomical specimens to be used by those studying medicine, and is still in use by QMUL's medical students today. This means it is infrequently open to visitors. The oldest specimen in the collection is from 1752, and other highlights include the skull of John Bellingham: the only person to assassinate a Prime Minister in the UK - he was hanged for the crime in 1812. Conditions represented include leprosy, tuberculosis, plague (Black Death), syphilis, and rickets. There are also examples of occupational diseases such as Chimney Sweep's Cancer of the Scrotum, and Phosphorous Necrosis of the Jaw in matchstick factory workers. Modification, surgery and injury are also represented amongst the 5000 specimens or 'pots' in the form of trepanning, foot binding and lobotomy, and there is a medico-legal or 'forensic' collection illustrating the effects of various poisons and weapons on the human body. Suggested minimum age for visitors is 10/11 years, but this is at parents or guardian's discretion.

Feel free to contact us with enquiries [email protected]

Timings & Tours

Saturday 14 September:
11:00 to 16:00

Location & directions

Barts Pathology Museum, 3rd Floor Robin Brook Centre, St Bartholomew's Hospital, West Smithfield, London, Greater London, EC1A 7BE

Directions:
Near Barbican, Farringdon and St Paul's tube stations

Booking information

Pre-booking requirement:
Pre-booking required
Booking conditions:
Booking is FREE but essential, to reduce overcrowding
Booking contact name:
n/a
Booking telephone number:
+442078828766
Booking email:
[email protected]
Booking website:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/980081639567?aff=oddtdtcreator
Booking opens:
26 Aug 2024 01:00 PM
Booking closes:
13 Sep 2024 01:00 PM

Additional information

Max no of people per tour:
50
Est. tour duration:
1 hour(s)

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