Paid entry. As of August 2025, £9 for adults, £5.50 for children.
Thursday-Sunday
What it is
Museum tags: Science and technology; Weird and wonderful; Medical history; Gruesome; Victorian; Medicine
A unique medical museum in the attic of an 18th century church, home to Europe’s oldest surviving surgical theatre for female patients. Provides insight into the history of medicine and Victorian surgery, back before anaesthetics and antiseptics. As well as exploring the old operating theatre, you can see the Herb Garrett above, which was used to store herbs for patients’ medicines.The museum also houses a collection of medical artefacts, including historical surgical tools.
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