Waiting for summer...

📣🚨 Callout for artists, graphic designers and digital creatives

We are looking for a designer who will work collaboratively to develop the look and content of our upcoming Wellcome and University of Leeds funded exhibition.

Full brief here: bit.ly/4cNzOCh

Very pleased that Creative Tourist have placed 'Fragile Microbiomes' at number 3 in their Top Picks of Exhibitions in Manchester and the North (above number 4 Yorkshire Sculpture Park and number 5 Leeds Art Gallery!)

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Such an inspiring turnout for Saturday's Insights Lecture! We were delighted to be joined by Dr Dr Shirley Curtis-Summers and Professor Keith Manchester, delivering the last lecture of his esteemed career ⭐️

Catch the final Insights of the series here 👉 bit.ly/3TMhG3b

📺 Who caught us on telly?

Last week's Susan Calman's Great British Cities was all about Leeds as a cradle of innovation. Susan even talked to our fab curator Laura Sellers about legendary surgeon and Leeds Teaching Hospitals co-founder William Hey.

🔗 bit.ly/3TIYymF

Our friends Thackray Museum of Medicine next door to St James' Hospital do indeed have a great cafe. And they are shortlisted for Museums + Heritage Show & Awards Cafe of the Year. Please do vote and support awards.museumsandheritage.com/2024-shortlist/

Excited to share that as of Monday I'll be working as a Research Assistant on the Wellcome-funded LivingBodiesObjects project in collaboration with Thackray Museum of Medicine! Really looking forward to trialling out the possibilities of immersive technology in medical humanities!

📣 We've been shortlisted for 'Café/Restaurant of the Year' & 'Best Temporary Exhibition (Budget -£80K)' for Private Parts at the 2023 Museum and Heritage Awards 🥳

But we need your help!

🔗 Vote for the best café here: bit.pulse.ly/1yd9evc7ia
🗓️ Closes 12 April

#MandHAwards

🧑‍⚕️ We're due a check-up!

To keep us strong and healthy, our café and shop will be closed on select days for central maintenance:

🗓️ Thurs 21 March: Shop closed all day
🗓️ Mon 25 March: Café closed from 12pm

EXHIBITIONS: Experience the wonders of BioArt at Thackray Museum of Medicine's 'Fragile Microbiomes' - from a dress laced with the DNA of plague bacteria to a necklace made from teeth, this unique display can be enjoyed by the whole family

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Explore Thackray's collection! With over 70,000 objects spanning medical history, we're offering guided tours of our collection! Join our new guided tours programme 💚

From tobacco enema pumps to hay fever helmets, all these wonders and curios await!

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Stunning creation from artist in residence Anna Dumitriu, 'plague dress' is on display at the #FragileMicrobiome exhibition Thackray Museum of Medicine, contains DNA from plague bacteria and is stuffed with lavender, which was thought to ward off illness! Photo credit: Bob Turner

One week since we launched Fragile Microbiomes - our new BioArt ehxibition 🦠

Fragile Biomes Thackray Museum of Medicine A labour of love and infection from Anna Dumitriu with help from Jane Freeman tyke-it-to-the-limit.com/2024/02/27/fra… Chapter 81. Welcome to Leeds LeedsBID

Fragile Microbiomes exhibition at Thackray Museum of Medicine on now until 23rd June. An intriguing “bio-art” exhibition utilising modern techniques to examine past and present conditions and beliefs.
💊 🦠 Well worth a visit, included in museum entry.

Thackray Museum of Medicine Anna Dumitriu University of Leeds Also, don't miss a chance to see a unique Plague Dress! Save the details and book your spot below!

📍Thackray Museum of Medicine
📆 February 19th - June 23rd
🎟️ Free with a museum ticket

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🔬A new exhibition at the Thackray Museum of Medicine tells the story of humanity's fascinating relationship with bugs, both inside and outside the body!

A bioartist Anna Dumitriu in collaboration with Dr Jane Freeman from University of Leeds brought together art and biology 🦠

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More Fragile Microbiomes love on BBC Leeds this morning 💚🦠

Thank you Rima and Louis Reynolds for chatting with Anna Dumitriu and Thackray's Rachael Palmer about our groundbreaking new exhibition!

Listen back here: bit.ly/49wq9OG (01:47:00)