The Shrieking Mandrake

3 November 2025 โ€“ 30 January 2026

 

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This Showcase will change regularly to share different books and objects from our collections.

In this display weโ€™re getting magical with the toxic mandrake plant.

Four of our rare and beautiful botanical books are on show as we explore the history of one of medicineโ€™s most elusive and most written-about plants โ€“ the mandrake.

Mandrake
Mandrake
Mandrake

   

   Need to know

    ๐Ÿ”˜ Free admission

    ๐Ÿ”˜ Galleries open Monday-Friday, opening times

    ๐Ÿ”˜ Step-free access is available

    ๐Ÿ”˜ 11 Queen Street, EH2 1JQ, getting here

 

Victorian doctor writing with scalpel
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