Visit to Thackray Museum, Library & Resource Centre, Leeds

The award-winning Thackray Museum tells the story of medicine and explains how advances in medicine have changed our lives. Their Medical History Resource Centre provides access to the museum’s collection of over 40,000 objects and its library of 9,000 books (including surgical textbooks, pharmacopoeias, histories of medical institutions and organisations, biographies, local and trade directories) plus 12,000 trade catalogues. This visit will provide an insight into the varied aspects of providing access to this special but very diverse stock. There will also be an opportunity to visit the museum.