Over four days from the May 20-23, 2021 we’ll be back getting London excited about medicine through a diverse programme of experiences, exhibitions, talks and activities. From behind the scenes tours of hospitals and specifically curated exhibitions, to talks from world experts and hands-on technology demonstrations – there’s something for all ages and interests.

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Join a guided tour through 500 years of women’s health care
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
A Voice for Nursing: Tour London’s Nursing History
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
Catch Your Breath Exhibition and Tour
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

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Get hands-on with the Association of Anaesthetists, Royal College of Surgeons and British Dental Association
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
Join a guided tour through 500 years of women’s health care
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
Join a special behind-the-scenes tour of the British Red Cross Museum and Archives
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
Learn the story of Alexander Fleming’s discovery of penicillin
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
£4 / £2
Learn first aid with our free masterclass
May9-2019

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 London
Learn about medicinal plants at the Chelsea Physic Garden
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
£11 / £7.50
View the highlights of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Museum and Library
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
CMO’s ‘Future of Health’ Report Presentation
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
Medicine at War: Walking Tour
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
Join a curator led guided tour of the British Optical Association Museum
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
Join a tour of the Royal Society of Medicine Library
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
Learn about 900 years of medical history at St Bartholomew’s 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
Catch Your Breath Exhibition and Tour
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
Learn about medicinal plants at the Chelsea Physic Garden
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
£11 / £7.50
A Voice for Nursing: Tour London’s Nursing History
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
Be a super hero and join the St Thomas’ fundraising abseil
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
£150 fundraiser
New Scientist presents ‘Instant Expert: Mysteries of the Mind’
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
£99 - £149
Discover Southwark’s Lost Burial Grounds on a guided walking tour
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
See a different side of Soho on a medical walking tour
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
Learn how to save a life with a free CPR class
May11-2019

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 London
Hear the Barts Chamber Choir perform at St Giles-in-the-Fields
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
Participate in a recreated post mortem on the world’s only semi-synthetic human cadaver
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
Learn about medicinal plants at the Chelsea Physic Garden
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
£11 / £7.50
Join a special tour and talk at the Langdon Down Museum of Learning Disability
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
Florence Nightingale’s London – Walking Tour
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
Celebrate Florence Nightingale’s birthday by learning more about the Lady with the Lamp
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
£8 / £4
Witness a Victorian Surgery Demonstration at the Old Operating Theatre
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
Living Medicine: Digestive Discomforts
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
Learn about the vehicles and equipment used by the emergency services
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
£16 / £9