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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 island of unclaimed bodies

In New York, those who live and die on the extreme edges of society are buried on an isolated island, often forgotten and unmourned. But recent legal changes aim to reduce stigma and restore their dignity.

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Illness and the influence of the stars

Could alien germs from space have caused major pandemics across the world? Taras Young investigates the ideas of a few unconventional scientists who believe this to be the case.

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A symbol of a lost homeland

The story of one protective amulet from Palestine reveals a complex tale. Encompassing the personal history of an influential doctor and collector, it provides a window onto dispossession and exile, and the painful repercussions that are still felt today.

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  • Department of Anatomy, University Museum, Oxford : Telephone No. 4440.
  • Department of Anatomy, University Museum, Oxford : Telephone No. 4440.
  • Photograph of Sir John S. Burdon-Sanderson, bust. Taken in the University Museum
  • University Museum, Oxford: detail of the window. Wood engraving by J.M. Williams, 1860, after A.M. Williams.
  • Medicinsk-Historiske Museum, Kbenhavans Universities. Plans of the Titkens Gaard. First floor
  • Medicinsk-Historiske Museum, Kbenhavans Universities. Plans of the Titkens Gaard. Ground floor (Stueplan).
  • A man walking. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • A man walking. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • A naked man with epilepsy, walking. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • A man in a t-shirt but no trousers, walking. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
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