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Berkshire Medical Heritage Centre

Berkshire Medical Heritage Centre
Level 4
Main Entrance
Royal Berkshire Hospital
Reading
RG1 5AN
Berkshire
England

Contact details
General information (Tel) : 0118 322 7298
General information (Fax) : 0118 322 8042
E-mail : louise.griffiths@rbbh-tr.nhs.uk
Website : www.bmhc.org

Open
Re-opening on 1st June 2008. Open all the year round on the first and third Sunday of the month from 14.00 to 16.30

Admission charges
Admission is free but donations are very welcome.

Description
The Heritage Centre was founded in 1997. Our aim is to preserve and display items of historical medical interest particularly those with a local connection. We do this by means of our medical museum, peripheral displays at other sites in the Royal Berkshire Hospital, photographic exhibitions and by publishing and promoting books on local healthcare history.
Our collection includes many hundreds of artefacts and photographs relating to medicine, nursing, pharmacy and dentistry. We have been granted custody of the archives of the Royal Berkshire Hospital, which include records dating back to 1837. The Heritage Centre is a registered charity and is run entirely by volunteers. Following a Heritage Lottery grant the museum has recently undergone an exciting redesign.

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