Exhibition | John Snow Bicentenary
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Exhibition: Cartographies of Life and Death exhibitionCartographies of Life & Death: John Snow & Disease Mapping
13 March – 17 April 2013, Monday to Saturday, 10am – 5pm
Free entry
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT
Cartographies of Life and Death marks the bicentenary of John Snow (1813–1858). The exhibition celebrates his famous inquiry into the cholera outbreaks of 1850s London, and the lasting significance of his work in the fields of disease mapping and public health. Historical documents from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) Library & Archives, the Wellcome Library, the Museum of London and the London Metropolitan Archives, some on display for the first time, are shown alongside specially commissioned contemporary artworks. Conceived as a disease mapping ‘detective’ trail, the exhibition invites you to chart your own journey of discovery across different sites and ways of mapping.