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Welcome to the UHDB Medical Museum

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The UHDB Medical Museum comprises of over 1,500 objects dating from 1790, that relate to the history of the hospital. The objects were discovered in storage rooms at the former Derbyshire Royal Infirmary site in 2007. The Library and Knowledge Service have been custodians of the museum collection since 2008.

The collection comprises of objects from many Derby hospitals, with significant collections from the following hospitals:

 

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We also have smaller collections relating to the Derbyshire Children's Hospital (1877-1996), Derbyshire Hospital for Women (1891-1987) the Queen Mary Maternity Home (1921-1986) Bretby Orthopaedic Hospital, Bretby (1926-1997) Derby City Hospital, (1929-2005) and Queens Hospital Burton, Belvedere Road (1930-)

All of these hospitals were privately run by Committee's or Boards until they were absorbed by the National Health Service upon its formation on the 5th of July 1948.

  

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The Derbyshire General Infirmary (1810-1891)

The Manor Hospital
(1877 - 1994)

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The Derbyshire Royal Infirmary
(1894-2009)

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Burton General Hospital
(1869 - 1993)

The UHDB Medical Museum collection is out on display in museum cabinets across the hospital sites. The locations of the cabinets are:

  • The Royal Derby Hospital - on the main corridor, opposite the Faith Centre

  • The Florence Nightingale Community Hospital - opposite reception

  • Queens Hospital Burton - On Level 1 and Level 2 in Treatment Centre 1

  • Sir Robert Peel Hospital - next to the restaurant

There are also museum cabinets situated in the Library and Knowledge Service at the Royal Derby Hospital.

The Library and Knowledge service provides "object handling" sessions for staff wellbeing events and for boredom busters to patients. We also provide a pop-up museum for events. If you would like any of these services, please contact the library on uhdblibrary@nhs.net.

Have something to donate? Please contact Beth Rawson, the Medical Museum Curator on 01332 708923 or email beth.rawson@nhs.net.

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