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Please note that this page contains images of human remains.

The ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ Pathology Museum is based at the Royal Free Hospital. We use our collection to facilitate teaching, research and public engagement in human health and disease at the museum and across ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳.

The Pathology Museum collection contains nearly 6,000 human pathology specimens. The majority of which are preserved in fluid, along with some skeletal material, foreign bodies, wax and plaster models and microscope slides. Altogether, they are an important and irreplaceable collection with clinical teaching and research significance. Many specimens demonstrate common historic diseases like rickets and tuberculosis which, despite the advances of modern medicine, are on the increase today. The collection is made up of specimens from several London teaching hospitals, including University College Hospital, the Middlesex Medical School, the Royal Free Hospital and the world-renowned Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children.

Since ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ Culture took over management of the Pathology Collections from the ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ Medical School in 2009, we have worked in collaboration with doctors and other lecturers at the University to develop a unique and embedded medical teaching museum. Alongside contributing to core courses in the medical school, the museum is now a site of vibrant and engaging cross-disciplinary teaching across the arts and sciences. We also host art exhibitions and student society events, Open Days and outreach Summer Schools.

We acknowledge that it is likely that the people represented in our collections did not consent for their remains to be retained.