Events
Barts Pathology Museum, a part of Queen Mary University of London , is a medical-humanities hub and venue for public engagement and education. Our events showcase research and the arts from our own institution as well as other universities, independent researchers and other museums. Our activities are in accordance with Human Tissue Authority recommendations on Public Display of medical collections and the University Museums Group guidance, and are sensitive to the dignity of the collection.
Museum Events 2025
Science Showoff: PathLOLogy - Wednesday 18th June 2025 - tickets on Eventbrite - SOLD OUT
'Old Op on Tour' collaboration with the Old Operating Theatre, FREE event for all ages, Tuesday 12th August 2025, 11am-1pm or 2pm-4pm - tickets on Eventbrite
Open House London and Heritage Open Day. Saturday 13th September 2025 - FREE (ticketed) drop-in sessions - tickets on Eventbrite or tickets via Open House (avail. midday on Wednesday 20th August) - SOLD OUT
'This Might Surprise You' book launch with Hayley Gullen. Wednesday 17th September 2025 - SOLD OUT
'The Gothic Scientist: Science or Fiction?' with Dr Jenny Lange (UCL). Wednesday 29th October 2025 - tickets on Eventbrite
'A Good Firm Table: The History of Post-Mortems in Domestic Spaces' with Dr Jen Wallis (Imperial).
Tuesday 4th November 2025 - tickets on Eventbrite
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For further information, and to be added to our mailing list, email bartspathology@qmul.ac.uk
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If you are looking for details of any upcoming events in the near future, or wanting to pay us a visit, then please read the following:
We receive many requests from visitors, especially from abroad, to visit the museum and collection. It is extremely rewarding to know there is so much interest in our unique and historic collection, and we look forward to being able to share it with you at some point. Regrettably though, just at the moment, we are finding it increasingly difficult to find staff time to entertain these requests due to prioritising teaching and assessment of our students. Therefore, for the time being, we can only hold open days that are planned in advance. This will allow us to ensure we have the resources available and not to clash with other commitments. If you are interested in attending an open day please email us at bartspathology@qmul.ac.uk Your email address will be held on a secure University server, in accordance with Data Protection regulations, and we will then notify you of any events or open days that we are able to hold.
Thank you for your interest.
Steve Moore
Museum Manager
June 2023.
Autumn/Winter 2018 - "About Face Seminar Season
“About Face” is a multidisciplinary series of events focusing on the face in a medical-humanities arena. The delicate ontological balancing act between life and death, public display and spectacle, ‘being’ and ‘not being’, and how we identify, are some of topics which inspired “About Face” at the museum this Autumn/Winter. Events are detailed below (full list HERE) and include topics such as face transplants, ‘faces of fear’, facial surgery then and now, death masks and the forensic reconstruction of a skull from this collection. All events include wine, non-alcoholic drinks and nibbles, as well as a chance to see the "Saving Faces" paintings by Mark Gilbert
Wed 3rd October – 'About Face' Launch Night and Saving Faces Exhibition (With Professor Iain Hutchison, St Bartholomew’s Hospital).
Information and Booking: www.aboutface1.eventbrite.co.uk
Wed 24th October – 'Facing Death': Death Masks (With Nick Reynolds of Memorial Casts)
Information and Booking: www.aboutface2.eventbrite.co.uk
Tue 30th October – 'Faces of Fear': Masks and The Face in Horror and Gothic Films (With Laura Sedgwick)
Information and Booking: www.aboutface3.eventbrite.co.uk
Wed 7th November – “Theatres of Surgery”: The Cultural Pre-History of the Face Transplant (With Dr Suzannah Biernoff, Birkbeck University)
Information and Booking: www.aboutface4.eventbrite.co.uk
Wed 21st November – Facial Reconstruction: Bellingham’s Skull (With Forensic Imaging Specialist Hew Morrison)
Information and Booking: www.aboutface5.eventbrite.co.uk
Wed 28th November – 'The Elephant Man': London’s Most Famous Face (With Steve Moore, Queen Mary University London)
Information and Booking: www.aboutface6.eventbrite.co.uk
Wed 5th December – Krampusnacht: The Many Faces of Santa (With Deborah Hyde of 'The Skeptic')
Information and Booking: www.aboutface7.eventbrite.co.uk
Thursday August 15th - Open Day: The museum will be open for general viewing for those interested in human pathology. Book a ticket through eventbrite here: museum-open-day-tickets-68160346431
Due to the restrictions caused by the present pandemic we are unable to provide public events until further notice. We still maintain our mailing list that will inform subscribers of upcoming events, when we are allowed, and if you wish to subscribe please email bartspathology@qmul.ac.uk
Page last updated June 15th 2021 by Steve Moore
