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Infinitas Gracias: Mexican Miracle Paintings

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Charmed Life: The Solace of Objects

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Dirt: The filthy reality of everyday life

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High Society

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Skin

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Identity

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Exquisite Bodies

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Bobby Baker’s Diary Drawings

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Madness & Modernity

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War and Medicine

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Skeletons: London’s Buried Bones

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From Atoms to Patterns

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Life Before Death

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Sleeping & Dreaming

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The Heart

Mexican votives are small paintings, often executed on tin roof tiles or small plaques, depicting the moment of human appeal for delivery from disaster.

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This exhibition is the result of artist Felicity Powell's engagement with a collection of 1400 amulets assembled by the Edwardian amateur folklorist Edward Lovett.

‘Dirt’ explored the fascinating world of filth – one of our very last taboos.

With the illicit drug trade estimated to be worth billions each year and new drugs constantly appearing on the streets and the internet, it can seem as if we’re in the grip of unprecedented addiction.

‘Skin’ invited visitors to re-evaluate the largest and probably most overlooked human organ and consider its changing significance – from anatomical analysis during the 16th century to contemporary artistic exploration.

What influences or determines our sense of who we are? What makes one person different from another? How does science inform human identity?

Despite the best efforts of body snatchers, the demand from medical schools for fresh cadavers far outstripped supply during the 19th century.

This exhibition explores mental health and recovery through Bobby Baker's expressive artworks.

Vienna at the turn of the 20th century was one of Europe’s leading centres of modernism.

As humankind has developed increasingly sophisticated weaponry with which to harm its enemies, medicine has had to adapt to cope with the number and changing nature of resulting casualties.

Drawn from the Museum of London’s collection of 17,000 skeletons spanning 16 centuries, this exhibition examined the bones of some of those who lived, died and were buried in our city.

This exhibition explored the intriguing creations of the Festival Pattern Group – a unique project at the 1951 Festival of Britain involving X-ray crystallographers, designers and manufacturers.

Nothing teaches us more about life itself than death.

'Sleeping & Dreaming' combined art and medical science to explore sleep – the mysterious state we all inhabit for a third of our lives.

The heart, widely understood as the place where life begins and ends, has always featured as a potent symbol within our religions, myths and rituals.

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Exhibitions

Past Exhibitions

Infinitas Gracias: Mexican Miracle Paintings

Charmed Life: The Solace of Objects

Dirt: The filthy reality of everyday life

High Society

Skin

Identity

Exquisite Bodies

Bobby Baker’s Diary Drawings

Madness & Modernity

War and Medicine

Skeletons: London’s Buried Bones

From Atoms to Patterns

Life Before Death

Sleeping & Dreaming

The Heart

Exhibitions

Past Exhibitions

Infinitas Gracias: Mexican Miracle Paintings

Charmed Life: The Solace of Objects

Dirt: The filthy reality of everyday life

High Society

Skin

Identity

Exquisite Bodies

Bobby Baker’s Diary Drawings

Madness & Modernity

War and Medicine

Skeletons: London’s Buried Bones

From Atoms to Patterns

Life Before Death

Sleeping & Dreaming

The Heart

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