This Wednesday there is a great opportunity for those who cannot visit us in person to hop on a virtual tour of our beautiful building and explore 500years of history. Its starts at 1.30pm. Book free now 👉 history.rcp.ac.uk/event/virtua...
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📣New exhibition alert!! 👀 We are excited to announce new exhibition 'Patient voices: power, truth, understanding' will be opening on 14 September 2026 at the RCP - exploring the lived experience of healthcare. 👉 history.rcp.ac.uk/exhibitions/... @rcphysicians.bsky.social #PatientVoices
Thank you to everyone who joined historian & artist Theeba Krishnamoorthy @rcphysicians.bsky.social Museum for last night’s delightful creative textile workshop celebrating South Asian women doctors & healing herbs 😍. #SAHM2026 #SouthAsianHeritageMonth
As part of our collecting campaign for materials relating to HIV/AIDS, in 2025 we interviewed Dame Anne Johnson and Lord Norman Fowler about their time working in healthcare during the early days of HIV and AIDS care. 👉 history.rcp.ac.uk/blog/dealing... #histmed #ZeroHIVStigmaDay
📣We will be closed to drop-in visits Mon 3 Aug-Wed 2 Sept while we undertake conservation & maintenance work.📣 You can still: ⭐go on a guided taster tour in person, Wed 5 Aug @1.30pm ⭐join a virtual tour, Wed 5 Aug @1.30pm ⭐join a virtual lunchtime talk, Tues 25 Aug @12pm 👉 history.rcp.ac.uk/events
We are delighted to offer a couple more tickets for our popular upcoming workshop 'South Asian women doctors and healing herbs' with historian & artist Theeba Krishnamoorthy 😍. Book now before they go! sahm_women_doctors_healing_herbs.eventbrite.co.uk @rcphysicians.bsky.social #SAHM2026
Tickets are booking fast for upcoming creative textile workshop, 29 July, 'South Asian women doctors and healing herbs' with historian & artist Theeba Krishnamoorthy. Book your ticket 👉 sahm_women_doctors_healing_herbs.eventbrite.co.uk @rcphysicians.bsky.social #SAHM2026 #SouthAsianHeritageMonth
📣Last chance to buy 📣 We have a couple of tickets left for tomorrow night's Teas from the Garden workshop - a fabulous evening of tea tasting, blending & learning about herbs in our gorgeous garden 😍. Book now history.rcp.ac.uk/event/teas-g... @rcphysicians.bsky.social #garden #summerevent
Teas from the Garden: seasonal workshop | RCP Museum
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There are a few tickets left to our Teas from the Garden workshop next Wednesday 22 July with the wonderful @rcphysicians.bsky.social Garden team. Tasting herbal teas, mixing beautiful blends and an evening in a gorgeous garden - have you booked yet? 👉 history.rcp.ac.uk/event/teas-g...
Dr Rukhmabai Raut, became the second Indian woman to practice Western Medicine and a campaigner for women's rights. Discover her story with guest blogger Theeba Krishnamoorthy history.rcp.ac.uk/blog/dr-rukh... #SAHM2026 @rcphysicians.bsky.social
There are a few tickets left to our Teas from the Garden workshop next Wednesday 22 July with the wonderful @rcphysicians.bsky.social Garden team. Tasting herbal teas, mixing beautiful blends and an evening in a gorgeous garden - have you booked yet? 👉 history.rcp.ac.uk/event/teas-g...
Pride is for life, not just for June. We're delighted to see the progress on the @gladduk.bsky.social and @auntnellproduction.bsky.social project preserving the stories of LGBTQ+ doctors and dentists and the organisation that represents them. Read all about it here: gladd.co.uk/heritage-pro... 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🩺🦷
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It’s Elizabethan mystic #JohnDee’s 499th birthday today. Find out more about his extraordinary life and library in ‘A Most Magickal Encounter’, airing on #BBCRadio4 on Sunday. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m.... 🔮📻
Two more weeks to see some of our lovely Historical Printing Room collections in the @rcpmuseum.bsky.social exhibition!
BANGING loan of typesetting and printing equipment from @theulspeccoll.bsky.social historical printing room, facilitated by @liamsims.bsky.social.
Meet Karl Simmons, @rcphysicians.bsky.social Gardens new Artist in Residence 🌿 Karl has been volunteering with the #garden since 2018, & producing drawings for the garden's publications since 2021. He has now been appointed RCP Garden Artist in Residence. 👉 history.rcp.ac.uk/blog/meet-ka...
Dr Kadambini Ganguli, was a woman of many firsts. One of the first 2 women graduates of India & the British Empire & the first Indian woman to graduate & practice Western Medicine in India. Discover more in this blog by Dr Theeba Krishnamoorthy 👉 history.rcp.ac.uk/blog/dr-kada... #SAHM2026
This #worldchocolateday watch our video on how to create your own chocolate discs to a 17th century recipe! Last year Dr Amanda Herbert helped us recreate the flavours of a chocolate recipe in Mary Goodson's handwritten recipe book from 1687 - now you can too! #histmed #RCPhealingrecipes
We know who owned them. We don't know who they were. These extraordinary 17th C anatomical tables consist of six panels, showing the preserved veins, arteries & nerves of real human bodies, & two animal organs dissected at the University of Padua with extraordinary skill & care. 1/4
As the exhibition A Body of Knowledge nears the end of its run (closing day is 23 July 2026!), Rare Books Librarian and curator of the exhibition, Katie Birkwood, reflects on the books that didn't quite make it into the exhibition in our latest blog. history.rcp.ac.uk/blog/ones-go...
Tickets are booking fast for upcoming creative textile workshop, 29 July, 'South Asian women doctors and healing herbs' with historian & artist Theeba Krishnamoorthy. Book your ticket 👉 sahm_women_doctors_healing_herbs.eventbrite.co.uk @rcphysicians.bsky.social #SAHM2026 #SouthAsianHeritageMonth
Book your free place now for our last Museum Late for exhibition 'A body of knowledge': 🌟a mini-display of some of the books 🌟 expert tour by curator & rare books librarian Katie Birkwood 🌟 fun with book inspired crafts! 👉 museum_late_july.eventbrite.co.uk @rcphysicians.bsky.social #histmed
We're in a spin about this upcoming event. BOOK NOW: history.rcp.ac.uk/event/body-k...
A body of knowledge: summer lectures | RCP Museum
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Five layers: the earth, the heavens, the clock... Come to the @rcpmuseum.bsky.social lecture evening on 23 June to find out how this 16th century device works, and take home your own working replica! history.rcp.ac.uk/event/body-k...
We're hiring! We're looking for a Project Library Cataloguer to catalogue our modern (post-1900) library collections Find out more 👉 www.rcpe.ac.uk/college/proj...
Better still, we have the inimitable @drkarrschmidt.bsky.social giving the background on pre-modern interactive print: flaps to lift, dials to turn, all sorts of marvellous things. history.rcp.ac.uk/event/body-k...
A body of knowledge: summer lectures | RCP Museum
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Five layers: the earth, the heavens, the clock... Come to the @rcpmuseum.bsky.social lecture evening on 23 June to find out how this 16th century device works, and take home your own working replica! history.rcp.ac.uk/event/body-k...
A huge thank you to the volunteers who support our Archive, Heritage Library and Museum service. This past year, they have given hundreds of hours to help preserve and share the RCP's rich heritage. Discover their latest work: bit.ly/43MiJoX Thank you volunteers for your hard work! #VolunteersWeek
Join our special Late opening for the London Festival of Architecture on Thursday 4 June. There will be: ⭐ a special archives display ⭐ self-guided trail ⭐guided tour of the Grade I listed architecture Book free: rcpmuseumlate_lfa.eventbrite.co.uk @rcphysicians.bsky.social #LFA2026
Back in December 2025 we shared a tour of exhibition 'A body of knowledge' & host two talks on recent research into how we investigate the history of libraries with doctoral researcher Samantha Brown & Dr Alice Wickenden. Watch back history.rcp.ac.uk/blog/investi... @rcphysicians.bsky.social
Thank you to everyone who braved the heat & joined our half-term workshop yesterday to create their very own herbals. It was a lovely to share our rare books, explore the @rcphysicians.bsky.social garden & get creative. There were some really beautiful books made & interesting recipes created!
Read our latest blog 'From foxed to fabulous: works on paper conserved through Adopt a Treasure scheme' history.rcp.ac.uk/blog/foxed-f... Explore a batch of paper items in the Adopt a Treasure & delve into the conservation process that generous donations have funded. @rcphysicians.bsky.social
We're launching a new history of medicine award! Deadline: 14 August 2026 Award amount: £1,000 Find out more 👉 www.rcpe.ac.uk/education/ro...
Augustus D’Este’s #handwriting in his 1846-48 diary may show a loss of dexterity due to his #MultipleSclerosis. He continued to get the most possible out of life - the daily walking times he was particularly pleased with are shown in red ink. #EYAhandwriting history.rcp.ac.uk/blog/my-case...