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.
- Article
The painter, the psychiatrist and a fashion for hysteria
A dramatic painting brings a famous event in medical history alive. But it also tells a tale about the health preoccupations of the time.
- Article
Why the 1918 Spanish flu defied both memory and imagination
The Black Death, AIDS and Ebola outbreaks are part of our collective cultural memory, but the Spanish flu outbreak has not been.
- Article
Black pepper to fuel fiery fights and cure haemorrhoids
This common condiment was once very valuable and, until surprisingly recently, used as a versatile medicine.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and Library
Date: 1874-c.1984Reference: WA/HMM- Archives and manuscripts
Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and Library reports
Date: 1937-1967Reference: WT/D/2/3Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Archives and manuscripts
Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and Library Symposium papers
Date: 1967Reference: WT/D/2/2Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Archives and manuscripts
Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and Library Committee meeting papers
Date: 1961-1968Reference: WT/D/2/1Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Books
- Online
Handbook to the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum : founded by Henry S. Wellcome / Wellcome Historical Medical Museum.
Wellcome Historical Medical Museum.Date: 1920