Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Orrery made by John Rowley for the Earl of Orrery

1712-1713

Artificial arm, below-elbow prosthesis

1895-1904

Locomotion

1973-1983

Dover Castle turret clock

1632-1640

Wooden figure of pregnant female

1880-1920

Bird cage from Sussex Lunatic Asylum

1872

Wooden Acupuncture Model

1681

Amputation saw, Europe, 1501-1600

1501-1600

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Penicillium Mould presented by Alexander Fleming

1935

'Passalong Test', Psychological Test, London, England, 1960-1990

1960-1990

Claude glass believed to be John Dee's scrying mirror, Europe, undated

Unknown

Open scale barograph by Short & Mason Ltd.

1944

Electric Flat Iron, 1895-1905

1895-1905

Telescope by Christopher Cock

1673

Wheatstone printing telegraph, 1841

1841

Machine used for covering wires with silk and cotton, 1837

1837

Pill box used for storing quinine pill labels

Turned wood mortar and pestle

1651-1850

Wooden statue, lion holding a pestle and mortar

Pair of obstetrical forceps

1751-1800

Automaton for Health Matters Gallery representing "Health screening and surveillance of normal populations"

1994

Pedoscope X-ray apparatus

1930-1955

Disinfecting box

1925-1935

Case for phantom larynx

1870-1916

Hospital bed cycle

1946

Replica apparatus for the extraction and purification of penicillin

1986

Station bench, Barnsley Joint Station

Train Describer, 1880-1920

1880-1920

Stained Glass sheet- North Staffordshire Railway

Stained Glass sheet - North Staffordshire Railway

Stained Glass - North Staffordshire Railway

Model Passenger Locomotive, 1840-1845

1840-1845

Experimental carbon pencil microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Piano-shaped cigarette case

1920-1970

The Demon Detective camera

1889

Stained glass window, Lancashire &Yorkshire Railway

1904-1914

Waiting room seat

Wooden statue of St Michael the Archangel, Spain, 1700-1850

1700-1850

Carved wooden fetish doll or "Akua Mma"

1890-1910

Snuff box decorated with skulls, Beggar, Witch, King, and Beauty

1701-1900

Jaipur artificial foot, India

1982

Cranial trephine

1771-1830

Fechner's double sound pendulum for testing aural discrimination

1898-1908

Artificial right hand, Europe

1915-1925

Talking drum from Cameroon, 1990-2010

1990-2010

Model of Euston Arch

1961

Lenticular, part of trephination set

1771-1830

Wooden statue of St Adrian

1700-1850

Baby carrier with model baby

1880-1920