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Thackray Museum, Leeds
    Thackray Museum
Near St James's Hospital
Beckett Street
Leeds
LS9 7LN
West Yorkshire
England
Collection details
Medicine, Science and Technology, Social History
Facilities
Parking: yes Food: yes Shop: yes Baby changing facilities: yes Library: yes Study area: yes Wheelchair access: yes Visual disability facilities: yes Hearing disability facilities: yes
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Access for visitors with disabilities: The museum has a car park with spaces reserved for orange badge holders.
The car park is next to the museum entrance. There is a dropped kerb and the approach to the museum is level.
The bus stop is situated approximately 100 yards from the museum.

The museum exhibitions are spread over 2,500m² on two floors. There is a lift to all floors, and seating throughout the galleries. All areas of the museum and almost all exhibits are accessible to wheelchair users. Space for wheelchair users can be reserved in the conference centre auditorium.

Induction loops are fitted throughout the galleries and in the conference centre auditorium. Written text versions of all sounds within the displays are available.

Many areas of the museum contain objects, displays and interactives which can be touched and there are many exhibits which include sound.

A wheelchair is available on request. Please telephone to book.

Fully accessible toilets are located on the ground floor next to the lift, and on the first floor in the entrance to the conference centre. There are steps down to the baby change area.
Contact details
Info Hotline (Tel) : 0113 245 7084
All Other Enquiries (Tel) : 0113 244 4343
General information (Fax) : 0113 247 0219
E-mail : info@thackraymuseum.org
Website : www.thackraymuseum.org
Open
Open daily 10.00am until 5.00pm. Last entry 3.00pm.

Closed
Closed 24th, 25th, 26th, 31st December and 1st January.
Admission charges
Adults £5.50
Children (5-16) £4.00
Concessions £4.50
Family Ticket (2 adults and up to 3 children). £18.00

Parking for museum visitors is £1 per vehicle.
Discounts
Museums Association
 
Description
The Thackray Museum has been England’s Visitor Attraction of the Year and is a fantastic day out, transporting you into a living experience of health and medicine, past, present and future.

Experience life as a character in the Victorian Slums of 1840, where you will be flabbergasted at the incredible lotions and potions once offered as cures. Then have fun exploring the workings of the human body in the interactive Life Zone.


Collections description
The museum collection has over 35,000 objects which, in particular, include a vast range of surgical instruments dating from the late 19th century to the present day. The collection also includes a unique collection of English pharmacy ceramics. The library has over 8,000 books, including the largest collection of medical trade literature in the world. This award-winning interactive museum looks at how improved living conditions and medical advances help us to live around 50 years longer than we did in 1840. Spend a fascinating three hours exploring the slums of Victorian Leeds as one of the town's ‘characters’ and discover some of the weird treatments available. In ‘Pain, Pus and Blood’ experience surgery without anaesthetics and in ‘Having a Baby’ see how childbirth has become safer. Finally in Life Zone!, enter the giant gut and explore the human body.

Key artists and exhibits
Charles F Thackray ; public health, childbirth, medicine and healthcare ; surgical instruments ; pharmacy ceramics ; medical trade literature ; Victorian Britain ; Medicine ; Medicine Through Time ; Anaesthetics ; Bodyworks


Articles
Children To Sample Hair Of The Dog At Thackray Museum Leeds
Put Pen To Paper For The Big Draw This October
Feeling A Bit Under The Weather? Try A Little Medicine For The Soul
Break Out The Bunsen Burner: It's National Science Week
Things To Do Over Christmas In Museums And Galleries In Yorkshire

Events
Body Parts: New for Old!  Exhibition
 

Available resources
Accidents, Beatings and Bladders: Life in the mills and factories Resource Pack  Activity pack; Interactive resource; Resouce pack; Teachers' pack
Britain Since 1930: Life and health before and after the introduction of the NHS  Activity pack; Resouce pack; Teachers' pack; Worksheet
Florence Nightingale Led Session  Guided walk; Handling collection; Interactive resource; Workshop (Resource)
Florence Nightingale Resource Pack  Activity pack; Resouce pack; Teachers' pack
Florence Nightingale, Mary Seacole and the Crimean War Resource Pack  Activity pack; Resouce pack; Teachers' pack; Worksheet
GCSE History Resource Pack  Activity pack; Resouce pack; Teachers' pack; Worksheet
GCSE Pain, Pus and Blood Surgery Pack: Includes a short video of Hannah Dyson’s Ordeal.  Activity pack; Resouce pack; Teachers' pack; Video; Worksheet
GNVQ Health and Social Care  Activity pack; Resouce pack; Teachers' pack; Worksheet
Indiana Bones and the Temple of Food /Baskerville’s Secret Bone  Activity pack; Resouce pack; Teachers' pack; Worksheet
Key Skills Level 2 Application of Numbers  Activity pack; Resouce pack; Teachers' pack; Worksheet
Key Stage 2 Literacy Pack  Activity pack; Resouce pack; Teachers' pack; Workshop (Resource)
Key Stage 2 Maths  Activity pack; Resouce pack; Teachers' pack; Worksheet
Key Stage 3 Maths Bridging Units  Activity pack; Resouce pack; Teachers' pack; Worksheet
Life as a Victorian Child Resource Pack  Activity pack; Interactive resource; Resouce pack; Teachers' pack; Worksheet
Privies, Pests and Pollution: Public health in Victorian towns Resource Pack  Activity pack; Resouce pack; Teachers' pack; Worksheet
Rat Eaters, Pig Polesand Seaside Frolics: Victorians at leisure Resource Pack  Activity pack; Resouce pack; Teachers' pack; Worksheet
Sherlock Bones’ Voyage of Discovery Activity Pack  Activity pack; Resouce pack; Teachers' pack; Worksheet
Streets Alive CD ROM  CD-ROM
The Galleries for Key Stage 1 & 2  Collection; Image; Images; Interactive resource; Physical object; Software; Sound; Text; Video; Visit
The Galleries for Key Stage 3 & 4  ; Visit
Victorian Britain Primary History Resource Pack  Activity pack; Teachers' pack; Worksheet
 

General Information
Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
Pre-booking service for groups
Parking for coaches
Collections
Object identification and/or written enquiry service
Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)
Public access available to collections information
Disability Access
Induction loops in exhibition spaces
Induction loops in lecture theatres
Parking for disabled available
Toilets for disabled
Touch exhibits and/or handling sessions
Wheelchair access to all public areas
Wheelchairs available for loan
Children and Families
Baby changing facilities
Events and resources for children and families
General Education
Adult lectures and courses held
Education facilities available
Member of staff available with responsibility for education
Reception and lunch facilities for educational groups
Schools Education
Primary school education service available
Facilities
Auditorium
Cafeteria
Facilities for private functions and events
Library
Library with public access
Meeting room available
Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)
Refreshments
Restaurant
Shop
Study facilities
 
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