Exquisite Bodies

This event has now finished Until Sun Oct 18 Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Rd, London, NW1 2BE Full details & map

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Time Out says

Subtitled 'Or a curious and grotesque history of the anatomical model', this exhibition reveals how, in Victorian Britain and Europe, collections of anatomical models were used to titillate as well as teach the public. During the nineteenth century, museums of anatomical models became popular sightseeing attractions, enabling visitors to learn about the human body through displays that combined serious science with an element of fairground theatricality. The show presents accurate specimens used for teaching, as well as models destined for less salubrious displays to examine Victorian attitudes to sex, disease and death.

Wellcome Collection details

Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Rd, London, NW1 2BE

Transport Euston Square 

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020 7611 2222

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Times Galleries: Tue-Sat 10am-6pm, Thur until 10pm, Sun 11am-6pm (closed Mon except bank hols). Library: Mon-Sat 10am-6pm, Thur 10am-8pm, Sat 10am-4pm

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