LEARNING at WORCESTER’S MEDICAL MUSEUMS

joint Medicine Through Time Day

History of Medicine | Medicine Through Time | Shaping the Nation |

A day combining tours and workshops at both George Marshall Medical Museum and The Infirmary Museum. We can cater for up to 60 children in one day (larger groups must be split over multiple days). For £6 per student.

A typical programme for up to 30 students:

• 10:00am Arrive at George Marshall Medical Museum

• 10:10am Hands-on Victorian Surgery Workshop

• 11:10am Comfort break

• 11:20am Tour of George Marshall Medical Museum (death masks, reconstructed apothecary shop, surgery display and Edward Jenner’s first vaccination

• 12:20pm Depart for The Infirmary Museum and lunch

• 13:00pm Tour of former Georgian infirmary building

• 13:45pm Free time in interactive Infirmary Museum

• 14:30pm Depart for school

Tried and tested. Schools come back again and again for this popular day to take in two sites, two displayed collections and hundreds of objects and stories.

WORKSHOPS AT GEORGE MARSHALL MEDICAL MUSEUM

We have some favourite workshops at George Marshall Medical Museum which can be booked with or without tours, and can also be offered as outreach sessions for your school (we understand how expensive a coach can be). Choose from Victorian Surgery, Purge the Plague, Superheroes of Medicine. Costs include our travel expenses, so get in touch to find out about charges.

NEW : FROM LEECHES TO LISTER

Explore the evolution of medicine across the centuries with a unique, full-day learning experience between The Commandery and the George Marshall Medical Museum in Worcester! At The Commandery - Worcester, step into a real medieval hospital and uncover the beliefs and treatments of Medieval Medicine. Then fast-forward in time at George Marshall Medical Museum Medical Museum, where students will explore the developments from the 18th to early 20th century, including surgery, public health, and the rise of modern medicine. All of this for £9 per student and perfect for GCSE Medicine and health topics across all major exam boards AQA Edexcel OCR.

This immersive day gives students the chance to engage with real historical sites and see medical artefacts, deepening their understanding of key developments in British medicine. Based in Worcester | Ideal for KS3 & KS4 | Curriculum-linked content
For more info and to book your place fill in an enquiry form with our partners at Museums Worcestershire: https://www.museumsworcestershire.org.uk/learning-at-the-commandery-enquiry-form/

VIRTUAL LEARNING (or before you visit…)

The George Marshall Medical Museum received funding from West Midlands Museum Development via Art Fund to develop a pilot of online resources about the history and developments of - and problems with - surgery, anaesthetics and antiseptics, and some of the star objects in our collection which your class would usually get to discover on a visit. Get enough information, enquiry and resources to fill a 50-minute class including: a short animation, three 3D objects to play with and learn about, short films about the ‘key players’ in the developments in safe surgery, like Sir Robert Liston.

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