Exhibition
‘Ceaseless motion: William Harvey’s experiments in circulation’
24 Jan 2018 – 26 Jul 2018
Royal College of Physicians Museum
London, United Kingdom
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Ladun Hall, Royal College of Physicians
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Sign, Royal College of Physicians
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Prima musculorum tabula from De humani corporis fabrica libri septem, Andreas Vesalius, published Basel, 1543 (c) Royal College of Physicians
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Antimony cup with a leather case, 17th century (c) Royal College of Physicins
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Astrological symbols in Harmonia macrocosmica, Andreas Cellarius published Amsterdam, 1661 (c) Royal College of Physicians
Exhibition
Royal College of Physicians: Museum Lates
1 Mar 2018 – 6 Dec 2018
Regular hours
- Thursday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Friday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Monday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Tuesday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Wednesday
- 10:00 – 17:00
Cost of entry
FREE
Address
- 11 St Andrews Place
- Regent's Park
- London
- NW1 4LE
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Tube: Great Portland Street
Event map
In celebration of the Royal College of Physicians’ 500th anniversary, explore the museum’s remarkable collections of artworks, artefacts, anatomical specimens and extraordinary medical instruments at a series of late events.
About
In celebration of the Royal College of Physicians’ 500th anniversary, the college’s museum is opening late on the first Thursday of the month during 2018.
Discover truly remarkable – but surprisingly little known – collections, featuring everything from artworks by Sir Joshua Reynolds, Sir Thomas Lawrence and Johann Zoffany, to scarce anatomical preparations and extraordinary medical instruments, all housed in a grade 1 listed ‘modernist masterpiece’ by Sir Denys Lasdun.
See free temporary exhibitions from our award winning team or take a brand new heritage trail through the last five hundred years examining the curious intersection of medicine, art and society.
Highlights of any visit include:
- priceless portraits and silver displayed throughout the building
- medical rarities such as the Symons collection of self-care instruments and medical apparatus, the Hoffbrand collection of apothecary jars and the Prujean chest of surgical tools from the time of the English Civil War
- an extraordinary set of 17th-century human remains, providing a fascinating insight into dissection and discovery in anatomy
- regular displays from our archive and rare books collections
Mark 500 years since Henry VIII brought England’s oldest royal medical college into existence by exploring five centuries of medicine, history, art and ideas in a museum half a millennium old.
