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May9-2019
Learn the story of Alexander Fleming’s discovery of penicillin
Take a journey back in time to the days when there were no antibiotics to fight often lethal bacteria and then follow in the footsteps of Alexander Fleming on his road to the discovery that was to revolutionize medicine and affect the lives of every one of us.
Alexander Fleming Museum
May9-2019
Learn about medicinal plants at the Chelsea Physic Garden
Spend Thursday learning about medicinal plants at the Chelsea Physic Garden. Tucked away beside the Thames, Chelsea Physic Garden is the oldest botanic garden in London and houses around 5,000 different medicinal, herbal, edible, and useful plants.
Chelsea Physic Garden
May9-2019
Join a special behind-the-scenes tour of the British Red Cross Museum and Archives
The British Red Cross museum and archive collections explore the entire history of the organisation’s humanitarian and medical work from 1870 to the present. They are currently only accessible to the public via special ‘behind-the-scenes’ tours of the collections store.
British Red Cross Museum
May9-2019
Get hands-on with the Association of Anaesthetists, Royal College of Surgeons and British Dental Association
The Anaesthesia Heritage Centre is hosting a day of hands-on workshops for GCSE school groups interested in careers in medicine and healthcare in partnership with the Royal College of Surgeons and the British Dental Association.
Anaesthesia Heritage Centre
May9-2019
View the highlights of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Museum and Library
Get a unique insight into the history of British pharmacy with this guided tour of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Museum. Led by museum staff you'll see artefacts and hear pharmaceutical progress from the 1400s up to the present day.
Royal Pharmaceutical Society Museum and Library
May9-2019
Medicine at War: Walking Tour
Throughout the history of human conflict, medical practitioners have found themselves in the midst of carnage. Join this walking tour marking the role of healing in some of humankind's most notable conflicts and examining the ever-changing role of medics at the front line.
Royal College of Physicians
May9-2019
Join a guided tour through 500 years of women’s health care
Comprising artefacts and instruments in the fields of obstetrics, midwifery, surgery and gynaecology, and spanning over 500 years, the RCOG Museum is unique in the UK with its focus on women’s health care. Join the curator and archivist on a tour of the collection.
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
May9-2019
CMO’s ‘Future of Health’ Report Presentation
Join an evening of content and comment on Chief Medical Officer Professor Dame Sally Davies' 'Future of Health' report hosted by the Institute of Healthcare Management in collaboration with the Academy of Fabulous Stuff and Royal Society of Public Health.
28 Portland Place
May10-2019
Be a super hero and join the St Thomas’ fundraising abseil
Grab your harness and abseil 160ft down the front of St Thomas' Hospital. Relish the rush of adrenaline as you descend whilst raising vital funds for Guy's, St Thomas’ and Evelina London Children's Hospital.
St Thomas' Hospital
May10-2019
Learn about 900 years of medical history at St Bartholomew’s Hospital
Visit the St Bartholomew's Hospital Museum and join a walking tour to learn about Britain's oldest hospital still providing medical services on the site on which it was originally built in 1123.
St Bartholomew's Hospital Museum
May10-2019
A Voice for Nursing: Tour London’s Nursing History
Take a behind-the-scenes guided tour around the 1920s College of Nursing, and find out about the century of women (and some men) who shaped the profession in the UK.
Royal College of Nursing
May10-2019
Learn about medicinal plants at the Chelsea Physic Garden
Spend Friday learning about medicinal plants at the Chelsea Physic Garden. Tucked away beside the Thames, Chelsea Physic Garden is the oldest botanic garden in London and houses around 5,000 different medicinal, herbal, edible, and useful plants.
Chelsea Physic Garden
May10-2019
Join a tour of the Royal Society of Medicine Library
The RSM is home to one of the largest and most up-to-date medical libraries in Europe. Join this free 30-minute guided tour which will include an introduction to the home of the Royal Society of Medicine at 1 Wimpole St and a guided tour of the Library.
Royal Society of Medicine
May10-2019
Join a curator led guided tour of the British Optical Association Museum
Join this curator-led guided tour of the British Optical Association Museum - the oldest optical museum in the world - and get the chance to hear about some of the twenty-seven thousand items in this remarkable collection.
British Optical Association Museum
May10-2019
Catch Your Breath Exhibition and Tour
Through objects, visual, sound, interactive materials and event, this exhibition and tour will tell the story of how our relationship with and understanding of the breath has developed over time, from ancient philosophers who equated breath with life itself to the latest advances in medicine.
Royal College of Physicians
May11-2019
New Scientist presents ‘Instant Expert: Mysteries of the Mind’
Join six experts working at the forefront of neuroscience, genetics and psychiatry at this New Scientist event and discover why this is the most exciting time in the history of brain science.
British Library
May11-2019
See a different side of Soho on a medical walking tour
Join this walking tour and explore the “village” of Soho to hear the impact and influence of the medical men who cared for the many diverse peoples who lived and worked in this fascinating and perhaps little-known part of London.
Walking tour around Soho
May11-2019
Discover Southwark’s Lost Burial Grounds on a guided walking tour
Join this guided walk to learn more the story of Southwark's lost and often long-forgotten graveyards - including the chance to visit the tomb of Thomas Guy who is laid to rest in the crypt of Guy’s Hospital Chapel (not normally open to the public).
Southwark Cathedral
May11-2019
Hear the Barts Chamber Choir perform at St Giles-in-the-Fields
Barts Choir was started by a group of nurses at St Bartholomew’s Hospital in 1965 and is now London’s largest professionally rehearsed choir. Join their auditioned subgroup, Barts Chamber Choir, for a performance celebrating angels through the ages at St Giles-in-the-Fields.
St Giles-in-the-Fields
May12-2019
Learn about the vehicles and equipment used by the emergency services
Get up close and personal with every conceivable vehicle and piece of apparatus used by the emergency services during this family event at the Brooklands Museum.
Brooklands Museum
May12-2019
Living Medicine: Digestive Discomforts
Join this fascinating course to better understand how digestion works, from common digestive problems to plant actions, how to identify parsley (and/or cabbage) plant family, food & herb know-how kit, remedy making, grain/pulse dish, digestive decoction, mucilage powder mix, pesto.
Chelsea Physic Garden
May12-2019
Celebrate Florence Nightingale’s birthday by learning more about the Lady with the Lamp
On Sunday 12th May celebrate Florence Nightingale's birthday with a visit to the Florence Nightingale Museum to learn more about the life and work of the world’s most famous nurse.
Florence Nightingale Museum
May12-2019
Participate in a recreated post mortem on the world’s only semi-synthetic human cadaver
The VIVIT Experience is a nationally award-winning academic experience offering you the chance to participate in a recreated post mortem experience conducted on VIVIT - the world's only semi-synthetic human cadaver.
Brunel University
May12-2019
Florence Nightingale’s London – Walking Tour
Join this expert-led walking tour and follow in the footsteps of the 'mother of nursing' and discover the life of Florence Nightingale through the places where she lived and worked. The tour also includes entry to the Florence Nightingale Museum.
Meet outside Dorchester Hotel
May12-2019
Witness a Victorian Surgery Demonstration at the Old Operating Theatre
Join this surgical demonstration presented within the original architecture of the old operating theatre of St. Thomas’s Hospital of 1822. You will experience the talk from the point of view of a 19th century medical student, or maybe even the patient!
The Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret
May12-2019
Join a special tour and talk at the Langdon Down Museum of Learning Disability
Join this talk and tour about Dr John Langdon Down and his successors who managed Normansfield from 1868 where a revolutionary and enlightened approach was brought to the care of those with learning disabilities.
Langdon Down Museum
May12-2019
Learn about medicinal plants at the Chelsea Physic Garden
Spend Sunday learning about medicinal plants at the Chelsea Physic Garden. Tucked away beside the Thames, Chelsea Physic Garden is the oldest botanic garden in London and houses around 5,000 different medicinal, herbal, edible, and useful plants.
Chelsea Physic Garden
Mar26-2020
Join a walking tour through The Huntington Botanical Gardens highlighting the plants and herbs used in medicine
Join Kelly Fernandez, Head Gardener of the Herb & Shakespeare Garden, and garden docents at the Huntington for a guided multi-sensory tour of the Herb Garden.
The Huntington
May12-2022
Celebrate the reopening of the Florence Nightingale Museum
On Thursday 12th May 2022 the Florence Nightingale Museum will be reopening to the public, following it’s covid-enforced closure. Join us to learn more about the life and work of the world’s most famous nurse.
Florence Nightingale Museum
May12-2022
Join a tour of the British Red Cross Museum
The British Red Cross Museum showcases items relating to the organisation’s humanitarian and medical work from 1870 to the present day. Join us for a tour highlighting the fascinating items on display - from a WW1 first aid kit to a 1940s health education poster.
British Red Cross Museum
May12-2022
Dementia-Friendly Health and History Walk of Cally Park
Join this Health and History walk around Caledonian Park in Islington with a special welcome for those living with dementia and their carers. We'll have a cuppa before we set off, walk and talk for about an hour and then there will be a chance to play skittles at the end.
Caledonian Park
May12-2022
Florence Nightingale’s London – Walking Tour
Join an expert-led walking tour and follow in the footsteps of the 'mother of nursing' and discover the life of Florence Nightingale through the places where she lived and worked finish at her memorial statue where we'll be laying flowers to celebrate Florence's 202nd birthday.
Meet at corner of Park Lane and South Street
May12-2022
Join a tour of the Royal Society of Medicine Library
The RSM is home to one of the largest and most up-to-date medical libraries in Europe. Join this free 30-minute guided tour which will include an introduction to the home of the Royal Society of Medicine at 1 Wimpole St and a guided tour of the Library.
Royal Society of Medicine
May12-2022
Guided tour of the Medicinal Plant Garden at the Royal College of Physicians
The RCP garden of medicinal plants is unique in that almost every one of the over 1000 species of plant here has a link to medicine. Join a guided tour with the Garden Fellow at the Royal College of Physicians and visit this wonderful space in the centre of London.
Royal College of Physicians
May12-2022
‘A taste of one’s own medicine’: exhibition and tour
Explore our exhibition, ‘A taste of one’s own medicine: medical satire at the Royal College of Physicians’, with an expert guide. Discover the enduring appeal of satirical images, and how doctors have been ridiculed, reprimanded and maligned for centuries.
Royal College of Physicians
May12-2022
In Conversation with Nursing Pioneers: Nursing and Politics
Join a panel of nursing experts chaired by the WHO's Jim Campbell to find out why we all need to think more about nursing and politics in this virtual event.
Virtual Event
May12-2022
For the Care of the Sick: A Brief History of Old St Thomas’ Hospital
Join Monica A. Walker, Ph.D. in Art History, in this virtual event to discover the fascinating history of how Old St Thomas’ Hospital firmly established London Bridge as a centre of a medical culture that still is developing as you read this.
Virtual Event
May12-2022
Life is Sad and Beautiful – an evening with Hussain Manawer
Join poet and mental health campaigner Hussain Manawer as he talks to ITV’s Ben Shephard about Mental Health Week and his new book Life is Sad and Beautiful. The evening will feature live performances of poetry from Hussain.
St James's Church
May12-2022
Plants and Our Mental Health
Join Claudia Hammond and guests to discuss the relationship between plants and our mental health, inspired by Wellcome Collection’s new major exhibition ‘Rooted Beings’. The event will be recorded live with an audience and broadcast on the BBC World Service.
Wellcome Collection
May12-2022
It’s Freezing in LA! Climate and Health Issue Launch
Join an evening of film and discussion exploring climate change and health at Central Saint Martins University to mark the launch of a special issue of It’s Freezing in LA! Hear from scientists, writers and artists and see a specially curated series of short films.
Central Saint Martins
May13-2022
St John Ambulance: A Victorian Masterpiece
Explore the galleries and spectacular Victorian interiors of St John’s Gate, and discover how St John Ambulance became an international movement. From world wars to royal jubilees, learn about the heroes and innovators who brought first aid to the public and changed the way we think about first response medical care.
Museum of the Order of St John
May13-2022
Learn about 900 years of medical history at St Bartholomew’s Hospital
Join this tour of the historic St Bartholomew's Hospital to learn about Britain's oldest hospital still providing medical services on the site on which it was originally built in 1123.
St Bartholomew's Hospital
May13-2022
See how medicine and art come together in ‘Artbeats’
Join a tour of Imperial College's 'Artbeats' exhibition to find out how medical students use creative approaches to research social and cultural issues in medicine.
Imperial College (Blyth Gallery)
May14-2022
See a different side of Soho on a medical walking tour
Join this walking tour and explore the “village” of Soho to hear the impact and influence of the medical men who cared for the many diverse peoples who lived and worked in this fascinating and perhaps little-known part of London.
Walking tour around Soho
May14-2022
Team up and play to beat the next pandemic while learning about infectious disease
Four diseases have broken out in the world and it is up to you to find the cures. Join us for a evening playing Pandemic - one of most highly rated board games - as we challenge you save the world while having fun and learning more about infectious disease.
Draughts (Waterloo)
May15-2022
Love and its emotional implications
Join four brilliant international academics at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre as they unveil the neurobiology and psychology behind various types of love and how love shapes our lives.
Sainsbury Wellcome Centre
May15-2022
Lee Miller: Nurses – Photography Exhibition
View this exhibition of iconic photographer Lee Miller at Fitzrovia Chapel presenting 12 of her images from her pioneering photography reporting on World War II. The images chosen celebrate the essential role of nurses in this period and explore the spectrum of friendship, romance, daily life and tragedy of these women at war.
Fitzrovia Chapel
May15-2022
Healthy Cities: How do we make London healthier and happier after Covid-19?
Join us for this special series of talks at the British Library as we discover how to make our cities healthier and happier after the COVID-19 pandemic. Hear from leading experts as we take you on a journey to a healthier London of the future.
British Library
May15-2022
Celebrate the winning entries from the WHO Health for All Film Festival
Join us at the British Library for a special event celebrating the winning and shortlisted films from the 2022 World Health Organization Health for All Film Festival. We'll watch the winning films and be joined by filmmakers and guests.
British Library
May15-2022
Comedy and Pizza for Mental Health
Kotch Pizza and The Depressed Baker in Leytonstone have teamed up to host a fantastic Pizza & Comedy night to support local LGBT charity ELOP with mental health inside the community.
Kotch Pizza
May13-2022
Learn first aid with our free masterclass
Most people don't know what to do if someone closeby needed emergency first aid - and we want to change that. Learning basic first aid can mean the difference between life and death.
Various locations across NYC
May14-2022
Learn how to save a life with a free CPR class
Every year, around 30,000 people across the UK suffer a heart attack outside hospital - the equivalent of one every 15 minutes. Learn how to identify a heart attack and perform basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) which could double the chance of survival.
Various locations across NYC
Sep7-2022
Enjoy a night of comedy from Doctors Without Boundaries
Join real-life ER doctors Andres Mallipudi and Aaron Bola as they welcome chronically over-sharing comedians to tell stories of their weirdest diagnoses. You'll leave feeling better with the real facts about scary diagnoses having laughed in sickness's face.
Caveat
Sep8-2022
Step into the human brain and discover what makes us unique at the cellular level at ‘Life of a Neuron’
Step into the human brain and discover what makes us unique at the cellular level. Experience the next dimension of storytelling while exploring how the brain shapes the universal human experience.
ARTECHOUSE NYC
from $25 / $17
Sep8-2022
Join a special private visit to the School of Visual Arts ‘Health Poster Project’
Join a special visit as part of MED NYC to the School of Visual Arts “The Health Poster Project” exhibition led by Viktor Koen, Chair, BFA Comics and BFA Illustration Departments.
SVA Gramercy Gallery
Free
Sep8-2022
TOKOPHOBIA – an interview-based play exploring our culturally created pregnancy and birth
TOKOPHOBIA is an interview-based play at The Center at West Park exploring choice, disparities in the U.S. healthcare system, and our culturally created fear of pregnancy and birth.
The Center at West Park
$25
Sep9-2022
Wild Medicine Herb Walk in Central Park
Join this walking tour of Central Park exploring the native plants that herbalists have traditionally used for medicine. Led by expert herbalist Dawn Petter you will have the opportunity to discover the apothecary botanicals that grow in the wilds of our urban parks and landscapes.
Central Park
$20
Sep9-2022
Step into the human brain and discover what makes us unique at the cellular level at ‘Life of a Neuron’
Step into the human brain and discover what makes us unique at the cellular level. Experience the next dimension of storytelling while exploring how the brain shapes the universal human experience.
ARTECHOUSE NYC
from $25 / $17
Sep9-2022
View the Medical Botany Books from the New York Academy of Medicine Library’s Rare Book Collection
Join us for an intimate tour of the rare book room at the New York Academy of Medicine, where you will have the opportunity to see highlights from our extensive collection of medical botany books.
New York Academy of Medicine
Sep9-2022
Join a private tour of “Design and Healing: Creative Responses to Epidemics” at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Join a special tour of “Design and Healing: Creative Responses to Epidemics". Organized during the unfolding COVID-19 pandemic, the exhibition presents architectural case studies and historical narratives alongside creative design responses to COVID-19.
Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum
Sep9-2022
Learn how to save a life with a free CPR class
Every year, around 735,000 Americans suffer from a cardiac arrest - that's more than one every minute. Learn how to identify a heart attack and perform basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) which could double the chance of survival.
Various locations across NYC
Sep9-2022
TOKOPHOBIA – an interview-based play exploring our culturally created pregnancy and birth
TOKOPHOBIA is an interview-based play at The Center at West Park exploring choice, disparities in the U.S. healthcare system, and our culturally created fear of pregnancy and birth.
The Center at West Park
$25
Sep10-2022
Step into the human brain and discover what makes us unique at the cellular level at ‘Life of a Neuron’
Step into the human brain and discover what makes us unique at the cellular level. Experience the next dimension of storytelling while exploring how the brain shapes the universal human experience.
ARTECHOUSE NYC
from $25 / $17
Sep10-2022
Learn first aid with our free masterclass
Most people don't know what to do if someone closeby needed emergency first aid - and we want to change that. Learning basic first aid can mean the difference between life and death.
Various locations across NYC
Sep10-2022
History of Medicine Highlights of the New York Academy of Medicine’s Rare Book Room
Join us for an intimate tour of the rare book room at the New York Academy of Medicine, where you will have the opportunity to see highlights from the collections from the 15th century forward.
New York Academy of Medicine
Sep10-2022
Team up and play to beat the next pandemic while learning about infectious disease
Four diseases have broken out in the world and it is up to you to find the cures. Join us for a evening playing Pandemic - one of most highly rated board games - as we challenge you save the world while having fun and learning more about infectious disease.
Hex & Company
Sep10-2022
Behind-the-Scenes Hard Hat Tour of Ellis Island’s Abandoned Hospital
Get exclusive access inside Ellis Island's contagious disease hospital, which has been abandoned since 1954 and is now off-limits to the public. Explore the abandoned kitchen, laundry room, autopsy room, isolation wards and much more on this guided tour.
Ellis Island
Sep10-2022
Learn the techniques that facilitated the biotechnology revolution at a Biohacker Boot Camp
Join a three day Biohacker Boot Camp. Learn the techniques that facilitated the biotechnology revolution, get hands-on experience, & find out where the future is going with DNA!
Genspace
from $210
Sep10-2022
Join a Psychiatric History Walking Tour of New York
Take an analytical stroll through the evolution of psychiatry on Manhattan’s Upper East Side to learn more about the psychiatric history of New York on this walking tour.
Entrance to Carl Schurz Park
$34
Sep10-2022
TOKOPHOBIA – an interview-based play exploring our culturally created pregnancy and birth
TOKOPHOBIA is an interview-based play at The Center at West Park exploring choice, disparities in the U.S. healthcare system, and our culturally created fear of pregnancy and birth.
The Center at West Park
$25
Sep11-2022
Step into the human brain and discover what makes us unique at the cellular level at ‘Life of a Neuron’
Step into the human brain and discover what makes us unique at the cellular level. Experience the next dimension of storytelling while exploring how the brain shapes the universal human experience.
ARTECHOUSE NYC
from $25 / $17
Sep11-2022
Join us for a History of Quack Medicine Secret Speakeasy
Join us for a savory experience of pseudoscience and bizarre health machinery hosted by Denny Daniel, proud collector and owner of The Museum of Interesting Things. Come see and feel actual items from the 1800’s and 1900’s.
The Lofts at Prince Street
Mar26-2020
Join a curator led tour through the history of medicine exhibition at The Huntington
Join Dr Joel Klein, Curator of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, at The Huntington for this special guided tour of the history of medicine section of their fantastic Beautiful Science: Ideas that Changed the World exhibition.
The Huntington
Mar26-2020
Cedars-Sinai Accelerator: Digital and Health Tech Showcase
Join us at the Cedars-Sinai Innovation Space and engage with technologies that are changing the healthcare experience. Take the opportunity to interact with healthcare startup CEOs, participate in hands-on demonstrations, and learn more about what healthcare innovation is all about.
Cedars-Sinai Innovation Space
Mar27-2020
Team up and play to beat the next pandemic while learning about infectious disease
Four diseases have broken out in the world and it is up to you to find cures before humankind is wiped out. Join us for a evening playing Pandemic - one of most highly rated board games - as we challenge you save the world while having fun and learning more about infectious disease.
Game Häus Cafe
Mar28-2020
Learn how to save lives with free Stop the Bleed training
Join this free class and learn new skills to assist trauma victims who are severely bleeding prior to EMS arrival. Take the course and become empowered to make a life or death difference when a bleeding emergency occurs. Stop the Bleed. Save a Life!
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Mar28-2020
Growing healthy: Get creative with a free all-ages animation workshop on medicinal plants
Join us for an afternoon of animation fun as we celebrate the healing power of medicinal plants. We'll record stories and explore an array of analog techniques and digital technologies including claymation, cutouts, stop motion and drawing on film. No experience necessary!
Echo Park Film Center
Mar28-2020
Join us for a special screening of The Cave and a talk on the role of doctors in the war in Syria
Watch this powerful award-winning documentary that follows physicians in the Syrian war treating besieged civilians inside the subterranean hospital known as The Cave. We'll also be joined for reflections and discussion by Dr. Souheil Habbal of the Syrian American Medical Society.
Echo Park Film Center
Mar29-2020
Investigate infectious disease with an afternoon of talks at LA Central Library
Join us for an afternoon of talks at Central Library as we investigate the history of infectious disease in LA and learn how medical science is keeping us one sneeze away from the next pandemic.
Los Angeles Central Library
Nov19-2019
Innovation in digital health
How can technology drive personalised models of healthcare? How can Artificial Intelligence and machine learning transform decision making in care? Please join us, over breakfast, as we hear from two leaders in the field on their experiences in innovations in digital health
Kerry Packer Education Centre
Nov21-2019
Learn about some of Australia’s biggest killers at the Museum of Human Disease
Visit the Museum of Human Disease at the University of New South Wales - Australia's only publicly accessible medical pathology collection.
Museum of Human Disease
Nov21-2019
Immerse yourself in a by-gone era of medicine at the Brislington Medical and Nursing Museum
Step back in history at the Brislington Medical and Nursing Museum to discover over 150 years of medical science and hospital care in Parramatta
Brislington Medical and Nursing Museum
Nov21-2019
Behind the Scenes: Conservation Lab Tour
Get an insight into the world of conservation at the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, with a rare opportunity to learn how the museum conservators practice the subtle science and exacting art of stabilizing objects, so that they last for another hundred years.
Powerhouse Museum
Nov21-2019
Garvan Institute of Medical Research Tour
This is a rare chance for an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of the Garvan Institute of Medical Research. It’s your opportunity to find out the latest in the revolutionary world of medical research.
Garvan Institute
Nov22-2019
Learn about some of Australia’s biggest killers at the Museum of Human Disease
Visit the Museum of Human Disease at the University of New South Wales - Australia's only publicly accessible medical pathology collection.
Museum of Human Disease
Nov22-2019
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Museum and Walking Tour
Join museum manager Scott Andrews for a tour of the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Museum followed by a guided history walk around the external grounds of the hospital
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Museum
Nov22-2019
Life and Death in the Museum Tour
Visit the Museums Discovery Centres deep collection store and explore objects that have impacted on the life and death of people around the world. Delve into life and death in art, design, technology, science, mythology and above all, stories of the human experience.
Museums Discovery Centre
Nov22-2019
Medical Highlights of the MAAS collection
Explore the extraordinary wonderland of the Museum’s underground collection store. Join Curators, Tilly Boleyn and Damian McDonald, on this entertaining small-group tour of treasures in the Museum’s health and medicine collection.
Powerhouse Museum
Nov23-2019
SPASM Museum Guided Tour
Join a guided tour of the Society for Preservation of the Artefacts of Surgery and Medicine (SPASM) Museum - one of the most unique medical museums in Australia - to learn about healthcare in the 19th and 20th centuries.
SPASM Museum
Nov23-2019
Learn about some of Australia’s biggest killers at the Museum of Human Disease
Visit the Museum of Human Disease at the University of New South Wales - Australia's only publicly accessible medical pathology collection.
Museum of Human Disease
Nov24-2019
Learn about some of Australia’s biggest killers at the Museum of Human Disease
Visit the Museum of Human Disease at the University of New South Wales - Australia's only publicly accessible medical pathology collection.
Museum of Human Disease
Nov24-2019
Investigate infectious disease at the Sydney Quarantine Station
Join us for a day of talks, tours and short films at the unique Quarantine Station on North Head. Investigate the history of infectious disease in Sydney and learn how medical science is keeping us one sneeze away from the next pandemic.
Q Station
Nov24-2019
Lucy Osburn-Nightingale Museum Tour
Visit the Lucy Osburn-Nightingale Museum on the site of Australia’s oldest hospital operating continuously since 1788. Join a tour and hear the impact Lucy Osburn had on Australian healthcare and view the collection of medical artefacts and specimens.
Lucy Osburn-Nightingale Museum
Jul28-2022
Immerse yourself in a by-gone era of medicine at the Brislington Medical and Nursing Museum
Step back in history at the Brislington Medical and Nursing Museum to discover over 150 years of medical science and hospital care in Parramatta. Visit the new Brown Room paying tribute to doctors who served the Parramatta Hospitals from Colonial days to the 1980s.
Brislington Medical and Nursing Museum
$5 donation
Jul28-2022
Medical Highlights of the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences collection
Explore the extraordinary wonderland of the Powerhouse Museum’s underground collection store. Join curator Nina Earl on this entertaining small-group tour of treasures in the Museum’s health and medicine collection.
Powerhouse Museum
Jul28-2022
Healthy Cities: How to make Sydney healthier and happier after the COVID-19?
Join us for a free series of talks as we discover how to make Sydney healthier and happier after the COVID-19 pandemic. Hear from futurists, architects, clinicians and urban designers on how past pandemics helped shape the Sydney we know today and learn about how we’re making our cities more liveable in the future.
State Library of NSW
Jul29-2022
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Walking Tour and Museum
Join museum manager Scott Andrews for a guided history walk around the external grounds of the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital followed by a special tour of the museum which tells the history of one of the country's most well-known hospitals since 1882.
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Museum
Jul29-2022
Deadly diseases and dangerous therapies at the State Library of NSW
Join us at the State Library of NSW as we journey back through time to discover how patients were diagnosed and treated through some of the Library’s oldest books in their new exhibition 'Kill or Cure?' - including a special introductory talk from curator Elise Edmonds.
State Library of NSW
Jul29-2022
Celebrate the winning entries from the WHO Health for All Film Festival
Celebrate the winning and shortlisted films from the 2022 World Health Organization (WHO) Health for All Film Festival. Watch the winning films and hear discussion with filmmakers and guests at this free event – the first in-person screening of the Health for All Film Festival in Australia.
State Library of NSW
Jul30-2022
Learn how to save a life with a free CPR class
Every year, around 54,000 Australians suffer a heart attack - the equivalent of one every 10 minutes. Learn how to identify a heart attack and perform basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) which could double the chance of survival.
Sydney Uni Sports & Aquatic Centre
Jul30-2022
Learn first aid with our free masterclass
Most people don't know what to do if someone closeby needed emergency first aid - and we want to change that. Learning basic first aid can mean the difference between life and death.
Sydney Uni Sports & Aquatic Centre
Jul30-2022
SPASM Museum Guided Tour
Join a guided tour of the Society for Preservation of the Artefacts of Surgery and Medicine (SPASM) Museum - one of the most unique medical museums in Australia - to learn about healthcare in the 19th and 20th centuries.
SPASM Museum
Jul31-2022
Team up and play to beat the next pandemic while learning about infectious disease
Four diseases have broken out in the world and it is up to you to find the cures. Join us for a evening playing Pandemic - one of most highly rated board games - as we challenge you save the world while having fun and learning more about infectious disease.
Double Kill Games