Visiting a medical museum is an educational and fun way to find out more about medicine. There are various types of medical museums in UK. There are museums that focus on:

• the history of medicine
• anatomy
• homes of famous doctors that have been made into museums.

We have compiled a short list of medical museums, so you can visit one in your area.

England

• London
  This website lists all the museums in London:
• Midlands
  Birmingham - ThinkTank museum – Medicine Matters:
  Stratford-Upon-Avon – Hall’s Croft:
  Worcester - The George Marshall Medical Museum: 
• North
  Leeds – Thackray Medical Museum:
  Manchester - University of Manchester Medical School Museum:
• South
  Aldershot - Army Medical Services Museum:
  Berkeley, Gloucestershire – Edward Jenner Museum:
  Bristol - The Glenside Hospital Museum:
  Cambridge - Whipple Museum of the History of Science:
  Oxford –Museum of the History of Science:
  Reading - The Royal Berkshire Medical Museum:

Scotland

Aberdeen - Anatomy Museum - University of Aberdeen:
Dundee - Tayside Medical History Museum:
Edinburgh - Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Edinburgh - Edinburgh University Anatomy Museum:
Glasgow - The Hunterian Museum – University of Glasgow:

Wales

Blaenafon: - Big Pit's Medical Centre at the Big Pit Coal Museum:
University of Cardiff - Museum of Health and Medicine for Wales: 

Northern Ireland

The Ballycultra Dispensary:

This list is not exhaustive, if you know of any other relevant medical museums in the UK, please let us know by emailing careers@kssdeanery.ac.uk and we can include them.