Booking now open for: Finding the Funny Bone A one day conference hosted by the UK Medical Collections Group Thackray Medical Museum, Beckett Street, Leeds, LS9 7LN, UK Tuesday 24th February 2015. 10.30am to 4.00pm Delegate fee: £25 Includes lunch and refreshments A day to reflect on the ACE funded project From the Medicine Cabinet¹ and share case studies and lessons learned from Finding the Funny Bone¹: exploring public engagement with the history of medicine through comedy. Finding the Funny Bone¹ events included collaborations with comedians and artists, students and pub landlords, academics, scientists, health care and heritage professionals. Participating organisations included: · Bethlam Museum of the Mind, · Thackray Medical Museum, · Islington Museum · Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret · The Infirmary, Worcester · George Marshall Museum, Worcester · Museum of the University of St Andrews · Roald Dahl Museum · Bright Club Further information on the project blog https://fromthemedicinecabinet.wordpress.com <https://fromthemedicinecabinet.wordpress.com/> Bookings can be made by following this link http://www.thackraytickets.co.uk/etickets_slevent.aspx Dr Anna Farthing Project Officer + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + GEM list: Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=GEM + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +