Displays and events

New display in Queen Square Library

Neuroradiology at Queen Square

This display will be held in Queen Square Library from May 2024, marking the 75th anniversary of the opening of the Lysholm Ward in 1949, featuring photographs, objects, and documents from Queen Square Archives including the early years of Neuroradiology in Queen Square, before the establishment of the Department. Please also see handout and compilation of images.

Opening Hours

You can visit to see our displays in person : usually Monday - Friday 9am-7pm. Please see our opening hours page for changes to our opening over the coming weeks. Please bring some proof of identity (e.g. driving licence or bank card) with you, and sign in at the Library desk on the 1st floor.

Previous displays:

Please see our compilations page to view some of the earlier displays, selected handouts from which are linked below:

• James Samuel Risien Russell (1863-1939) and Macdonald Critchley (1900-1997)

• The evolution of epilepsy theory and practice at the National Hospital: The complementary approaches of Sir William Gowers and John Hughlings Jackson

• International Day of Women and Girls in Science and International Women’s Day 2022

JNNP 100: A centenary of publishing neuroscience achievements
Content from the display is available online. Please see our handout for further information.

• The National Hospital and the Second World War (Word document)

• Queen Square: Clinical specialties at the National Hospital: beyond neurology and neurosurgery (Word document)

• Encephalitis Lethargica: centennial lessons from the epidemic (Word document)

• The National Society for Epilepsy and the Chalfont Centre for Epilepsy: 125 years on (Word document)
  Review in Lancet Neurology June 3rd 2019.

• Queen Square: A History of the National Hospital and its Institute of Neurology: a definitive history (Word document)

• NHS at 70: Celebrating the achievements of Queen Square (Word document)

• WAVECRAFT: Two pioneers of EEG and their world (PDF document). Please see the curator Ken Barrett’s website and compilation for further information.

• Women in Queen Square: Celebrating the centenary of Votes for Women in the UK (Word document)

• Letter in Mind - National Brain Appeal: full gallery of works for 2016 and 2015 works – please contact the National Brain Appeal for the 2014 gallery of works.

• James Parkinson: Celebrating the bi-centennial of the “Essay on shaking palsy" (Word document)

• The beautiful brain: visualising the mind from the 19th century to the present day (PDF document)

• Victor Horsley: a continuing legacy: commemorating the centenary of Horsley’s death (Word document)

• Manhandling the brain: Psychiatric neurosurgery in the mid-20th century (Word document) and compilation

• Embroidered Minds: William Gowers & the Morris Family

• Teaching in Queen Square: from Brown-Sequard’s outpatient lectures to distance learning (Word document)

• Queen Square: a journey through its buildings & institutions (PDF document)

• First World War at the National (Word document)

• The Beginning of the End of the Falling Sickness: Epilepsy and its treatment in London 1860-1910 (PDF document)

• The founding and early years of the National Hospital, Queen Square (PDF document)

• Gowers, the artist. Sir William Richard Gowers FRS, 1845-1915 (Word document)

• Ladies’ Samaritan Society 1860-2014 (PDF document)

• The National Hospital, Queen Square: From Research to Patient (PDF document)

• Queen Square: at Work and Play (Word document)

The launch of Queen Square: A History of the National Hospital and its Institute of Neurology on 20th November 2018

a definitive history of both The National Hospital and the Institute from 1860 to 1997, authored by Simon Shorvon, Alastair Compston, Andrew Lees, Michael Clark, and Martin Rossor. Available to purchase online with all proceeds of sales going to the National Brain Appeal.

Photos from the launch

If you need information on this webpage in a different format, please contact: neuroarchives@ucl.ac.uk or 020 3448 4709

Other Queen Square related exhibitions

Silvering the Cerebrum

Library, museum and archive refurbishment generously supported by the Brain Research UK and the National Brain Appeal.