UCL – University College London UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

Come work with us! We are recruiting for a 1 year maternity cover Curator (Science Collections).

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UCL – University College London UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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We are very excited to share the full programme for the London Open Science & Scholarship Festival 2026 and announce that bookings are officially open! ✨

Find all the details on the Open@UCL blog 👉 buff.ly/S7yECkO

Underground strikes have been cancelled so this will be going ahead in person next week

Heaven for a kitty 😍

Old Relic, New Research: The Auto-Icon of Jeremy Bentham A free lunchtime talk on the ongoing research examining DNA from Jeremy Bentham's mummified head and Auto-Icon.

Come along to hear @lucyvandorp.bsky.social and I talk about our new Bentham research. Join us 26th March.
@ucllccos.bsky.social @ugiatucl.bsky.social

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More medicine and history coming to a small screen near you this evening!
Alice Roberts: Our Hospital through Time,
8pm on Channel 5!

Lovely visit today from @anatomicalcat.bsky.social chatting all things Jeremy Bentham and human remains!

The Kymograph Presenting Physiological Instrument #045, a kymograph. Discover the physiological data recorded by a rotating brass drum and smoked paper.

Second in a series of blog posts with @alirezamani.bsky.social featuring objects from UCL's historic collections for @physoc.bsky.social
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#historyofscience

Today marks 200 years since UCL's foundation. Below is the Two Centuries Here exhibition in the Octagon Gallery were you can just see a CT scan of Jeremy Bentham's mummified head peeking out during installation #ucl200 #jeremybentham #twocenturieshereexhibition

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Excellent that we may be on the way to banning the sale of human remaining the UK. Congratulations to the British Association of Biological Anthropologists Task Force for getting it this far. It’s been a grey area because there’s no legal ownership for human remains.

Museums for me 😅

I was lucky enough to work on 2 HS2 excavations and was always the archaeologist digging next to the archaeologist who found fantastic things! 🤣

Today was spent preparing the collection for the reopening of the Object Based Learning Lab. The OBLL has been closed this year for #ucl200 renovations.

Here is Charles Darwin's cloak buckle before remounting (which was very fiddly). Along with a lovely old label.
#uclsciencecollections

Object Based learning session using the phrenology collection today. This cast is from a series depicting the 'intellectual' and 'criminal' type c.1840s #phrenology #historyofscience #uclsciencecollections #pseudoscience

Bárány’s Box: Producing controlled sound stimuli for testing hearing How does the Bárány Soundbox work? Find out more about this 1900 clockwork hearing test from the UCL History of Science Collection.

First in a series of blog posts focusing on UCL's physiology collections for @physoc.bsky.social
#uclsciencecollections #historyofscience #uclpathologymuseum
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Really pleased with #uclpathologymuseum recent redisplay #pathologymuseum #medicalmuseums

Words Matter Events Programme Words Matter is a FREE multi-disciplinary exhibition showcasing the works of twelve artists who participated in a six-month knowledge exchange programme, exploring UCL’s historic role in promoting the...

Words Matter is a free multi-disciplinary exhibition that is part of Prejudice in Power. Find out more about the events programme exploring UCL’s historic role in promoting the pseudoscience of eugenics.

My first post had to be about Bentham (of course!) A much needed update to signage for the Auto-Icon 💬