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Home > Archives for Thackray Medical Museum

Archives for Thackray Medical Museum

Thackray Medical Museum – Murder at the Workhouse – Take2 Yorkshire

Life can be murder in the workhouse…

Be part of the investigation team on Friday 26th July at the Thackray Medical Museum in Leeds and try to find out who killed Lady Philomena Spencer…

Thackray Museum, Leeds - half term events

Magic and medicine at the Thackray Museum this half-term

Drop into Thackray Medical Museum, Leeds, throughout half-term and join in with themed family activities…

Night at the Medical Museum - Thackray Museum, Leeds

Meet some creepy and colourful characters from the medical past

Are you brave enough to wander the corridors of the Victorian workhouse after hours as the Thackray Medical Museum in Leeds comes alive?

Curiosity of the Week

Normanton Church, a waterside wonder
Normanton Church by Karen Cann

Welcome to a new year, and a new Curiosity of the Week! Our first curiosity of 2021 is a sunken church. It’s also one of the UK’s finest hidden gem tourist attractions…

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Drama from a toilet cubicle
Overflow, Bush Theatre steaming show

This month, UK audiences can enjoy a streamed performance of Overflow, a heart-wrenching show played out in a club toilet…

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