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Medicine Man: The Forgotten Museum of Henry Wellcome
From the site's about page:
"Henry Wellcome was a man of many parts: businessman, philanthropist, patron of science and pioneer of aerial photography. He also created one of the world's great museum collections: a huge stockpile of evidence about the universal interest in "the preservation of health and life".
One hundred and fifty years after his birth, this exhibition reunites a cross-section of extraordinary objects from his forgotten museum, ranging from diagnostic dolls to Japanese sex aids, and from Napoleon's toothbrush to George III's hair. It also features 'The Phantom Museum' - a specially commissioned film by the Brothers Quay.
'Medicine Man: The forgotten museum of Henry Wellcome', a Wellcome Trust exhibition produced in close collaboration with the British Museum, is curated by Ken Arnold and Danielle Olsen and designed by Caruso St John."




