Upcoming Events

February 2024

Lunch TimeTalk- DUBIOUS GUESTS: The Parasites Who Feed On Us

Date(s): 26 February 2024

Time: 1:15

Cost: £3

Booking Link: https://shop.museum.rcsed.ac.uk/products/lunch-time-talk-dubious-guests-the-parasites-who-feed-on-us

Join Surgeons' Hall Museums for our new series of bite sized lunch time talks. This lunchtime talk will look at some of the creatures that we can play host to, and the way they can impact our lives. Dog owners may be familiar with regularly giving worming tablets to their pets, but do we often think about the same problem affecting us? Th…

Dissecting the Author: Matt Lodder- Painted People Online Event

Date(s): 22 February 2024

Time: 7pm

Cost: £3

Age Restrictions: 16+

Booking Link: https://shop.museum.rcsed.ac.uk/products/dissecting-the-author-matt-lodder-painted-people

Join Surgeons Hall Museum as we explore how surgery, and the history of medicine has inspired authors and their work. In this online event Surgeons Hall Museums Human Remains Conservator Cat Irving will be joined by Matt Lodder author of Painted People: Humanity in 21 Tattoos. In Painted People, Dr Matt Lodder, one of the world’s foremost experts…

Heart Dissection Workshop for Adults

Date(s): 14 February 2024

Time: 2pm

Cost: £10.50-£13.50

Age Restrictions: 18+

Booking Link: https://shop.museum.rcsed.ac.uk/products/heart-dissection-workshop-for-adults

This workshop is open to all over 18, and you don't need prior knowledge of medicine to try your hand at dissection. This workshop takes a hands-on look at the structure and function of the mammalian heart. Using a pig heart, participants will dissect out the path of the blood revealing the chambers and their associated vessels and valves. We will…

Lunch Time Talk: UNWELCOME GUESTS – Insect Pests in Museums (and what we do about them!)

Date(s): 12 February 2024

Time: 1:15

Cost: £3

Booking Link: https://shop.museum.rcsed.ac.uk/products/lunch-time-talk-unwelcome-guests-insect-pests-in-museums-and-what-we-do-about-them

Join Surgeons Hall Museums for our new series of bite sized lunch time talks. Join Surgeons Hall Museums collections assistant Danielle Dray as she discusses the insects that we sometimes find in Museums and how we control them. In this talk, we look at what insects we sometimes find in museums, the damage they can do, and what we do to c…

Sensory Friendly Quiet Evening

Date(s): 12 February 2024

Time: 5.30pm

Booking Link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sensory-friendly-quiet-evening-tickets-771586805907

Our sensory friendly late openings provide an opportunity for those who need a quieter environment to enjoy our museum without the hustle and bustle of the general public. Taking place on Monday the 12th of February, the museum will open at 5.30pm after our official closing at 5pm, and wherever possible, we have adjusted operations and/or lowered …