Stories
- Article
The birth of the public museum
The first public museums evolved from wealthy collectors’ cabinets of curiosities and were quickly recognised as useful vehicles for culture.
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The building as tool of healing
When we’re ill, it’s not just medical care that helps to treat us. Architects have discovered that the right environment can play an important part too.
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Silent threat
As Vanessa Peterson recovered from a frighteningly serious illness, she wondered whether it was linked to air quality. For many communities, she found, pollution is a political issue.
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Do good mothers make good democracy?
To be psychologically fit for democracy, one distinguished paediatrician argued that you need a ‘good enough mother’ – and that we must acknowledge the bad side of our feelings.
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Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
1862 International Exhibition Medal
Date: 1862Reference: GALTON/1/2/7/1/1Part of: Galton Papers- Archives and manuscripts
French Manuscript Letters, mainly relating to the Medical Faculty at the University of Paris
Date: 1684-1831Reference: MS.8790
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
London International Exhibition Medals
Date: 1862Reference: GALTON/1/2/7/1Part of: Galton Papers
- Books
- Online
The Health Exhibition literature / International Health Exhibition, London, 1884.
Date: 1884- Archives and manuscripts
1874 International Exhibition Medal
Date: 1874Reference: GALTON/1/2/7/1/2Part of: Galton Papers