Please sign this petition to stop @RCPLondon selling treasures from their heritage collections unethically.
This is not a case of managed disposal & a precedent set here affects everyone in the libraries, archives & museum sector
@kristin_hussey https://t.co/Q8dR4andpM
Today is officially the start of autumn in the UK. To celebrate the beginning of this beautiful season we have Flowers of Joyful World (Yukiyo no hana) by Japanese artists Miyagawa Shuntei printed in 1898.
Taiwan, despite being just 100 miles from mainland China with regular flights to and from Wuhan, has successfully staved off the worst of the coronavirus pandemic. The country has so far seen five deaths and just under 350 confirmed cases, and most schools and businesses remain
Just finished installing all of the Oriental Museum objects we are loaning for this exhibition. Includes some fantastic pieces we just don't have room to display in our galleries in Durham. Really hope people will take this opportunity to see them in this exhibition. @dumuseums
We’re giving you a sneak peek of the world’s largest medical galleries, featuring more than 3000 medical artefacts from the extraordinary collections of Henry Wellcome & Science Museum Group. Keep your eyes peeled for more! #MedicineGalleries 👀 artificial glass eyes c.1890-1910
The wait is almost over! We’re delighted to be opening the doors to Medicine: The Wellcome Galleries, a magnificent new home for the most significant medical collections in the world. The #MedicineGalleries open on Saturday 16 November. https://t.co/qrQllzJ1Gu
#Museum30 day 10 - our special exhibitions case has been busy over the #Last12Months. We started out with #NHS70, looked at 400 years of the London Pharmacopoeia, and our current display (by our @LeicsMusStud placement student) is on 50 years of salbutamol. #RPSMuseum
This week is #SexualHealthWeek. This 1980s leaflet in the #RPSMuseum collection encourages pharmacies to stock new Safe-Play condoms, branded for a younger audience. https://t.co/6PF49TIv0b #MuseumMonday
Today's #GoogleDoodle features Dame Louisa Aldrich-Blake - one of the first British women to pursue a career in medicine. She graduated from Royal Free Hospital in 1893 and became a surgeon. #womeninmedicine https://t.co/XWD0lxjjjf @RCSnews@RCPLondon
Advert for Lea and Perrins' Worcestershire sauce from the @ChemistDruggist of 15 August 1876. J. Wheeley Lea and William Perrins were two of the founder members of @rpharms in 1841.
1788 medical caricature showing a patient with ague beset by chills, with a #furry fever monster getting ready to take over the torment. #RPSMuseum#MuseumsTogether30
Cabinet in the #RPSMuseum collection containing drug specimens used for testing apprentices in the 1700s. This drawer contains medicinal flowers. #MuseumsTogether30#Floral
The fabulous #RPSMuseum has won Arts Council Accreditation! Interested in the history of healthcare? Come and visit us soon: https://t.co/6PF49TIv0b @ace_national#MuseumMonday