The Museum provides a range of learning resources about the history of pharmacy. We are always looking to expand this section of our site and welcome suggestions on how we can develop our service.
We provide four sets of illustrated information sheets that can be downloaded from the website. Written for pharmacists and non-pharmacists alike they cover pharmacy objects, the history of the profession and treatments over time.
We continue to add sheets to these sets and welcome suggestions for additional topics.
Our online research guide Discovering pharmacy history provides details about a range of resources, suggestions of research questions and how to investigate them, ideas for research projects, and links to further information. It’s a perfect place to start if you’re new to researching British pharmacy history, or if you’re an experienced researcher who needs some suggestions of further resources or subject areas.
The Museum and the British Society for the History of Pharmacy have launched an online resource, The evolution of pharmacy, intended for use by lecturers and students of pharmacy. This web-based series of linked sheets provides an insight into the evolution of pharmacy and medicines. Each illustrated sheet provides an introduction to a subject area with suggestions for further reading and research.
Our award-winning pharmacy debate packs resource is designed for Key Stage 4 students as part of the Citizenship National Curriculum programme of study.
An exciting NEW loans resource for the primary curriculum. The Medicine Chest uses real objects from the Museum’s handling collection to help children learn about medicine in the past as well as encouraging medicine safety today through its cross-curricula activities.
This brand new resource for Key Stages 3 and 4 uses primary source material to allow students to investigate pharmacy history in the 20th century. Written with the British Dental Museum, there are companion resources on the BDA Museum website exploring the history of dentistry in the same period.
Coming soon!
Using a variety of original sources antibiotics is a Key Stage 4 resource which investigates the discovery of penicillin and the place of antibiotics in the development of medicine in the modern world.
Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you would like to discuss any other resources that you would like the Museum to provide.
Contact details:
Tel: 020 7572 2210
Email: museum@rpsgb.org