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Everyone has an interest in health, and visits to London's museums of health and medicine will reveal the fascinating range and diversity of the subject.
From rare plants, heart surgery, illuminated manuscripts, and helicopter emergency services, to pharmacies, false teeth and Freud, the exhibits in these museums help to place the history and development of medicine and health care in its widest context. Along the way, they provide some remarkable insights into an age-long campaign against illness, disease and injury.
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Posted 19 May 2013Where to Visit
Wondering where to start? Take a look at our Museum Map for detailed location and venue information relating to every museum we list.
Read comments and ratings for each museum to see which may interest you, or submit your own comments and ratings if you've already experienced any of those listed.
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- Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum
- Anaesthesia Heritage Centre
- Bethlem Royal Hospital Archives & Museum
- BDA Dental Museum
- British Optical Association Museum
- British Red Cross Museum & Archives
- Chelsea Physic Garden
- Florence Nightingale Museum
- Foundling Museum
- Freud Museum
- Great Ormond Street Hospital Museum
- Langdon Down Museum of Learning Disability
- Museum of the Order of St John
- Old Operating Theatre & Herb Garret
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- Royal College of Physicians Museum
- Royal College of Surgeons Hunterian Museum
- Royal London Hospital Museum & Archives
- Royal Pharmaceutical Society Museum
- Royal Society of Medicine
- Science Museum
- St Bartholomew's Hospital Museum & Archives
- Wellcome Collection
- Wellcome Library
- Worshipful Society of Apothecaries