Image galleries
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Contradictory attitudes to sex are reflected in several of the objects, such as Japanese sex aids, anti-masturbation devices and phallic amulets.
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Explore a range of perspectives on death, from the material to the spiritual.
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Exhibits from around the world that explore some of the many ways in which the human body has been observed, described and understood both in health and illness.
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Explore a range of ways in which people have treated themselves, not always in the best interests of their health.
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Societies have always had healers; their powers have inspired both awe and suspicion. These exhibits show that people have appealed to a variety of sources when things go wrong.