collection highlights
George Marshall Medical Museum and The Infirmary are home to a significant collection of objects, archival material and oral histories that tell the story of medicine and healthcare over the last few centuries. With specific focus on Worcestershire and the West Midlands, the collection highlights the development of our understanding of medicine, healthcare and science which shape how we understand and use medicine today.
Outside the Asylum
Supported with funding from the National Lottery through Arts Council England, find out about objects relating to the Worcester City and County Pauper Lunatic Asylum and read about some of the patients’ lives before and after (where possible) admission to the asylum.
Discovering Disability
Supported with funding from the National Lottery through Arts Council England, find out more about objects in our collection relating to disability and invisible illness.
There are exhibitions at both the George Marshall Medical Museum and The Infirmary, with additional objects, photographs, books and ephemera for research and future displays. Click on the images below to find out more. The following objects can all be found on display at the George Marshall Medical Museum
Some of these objects are on display at the George Marshall Medical Museum. Others are in store.
