Behind the Scenes: Stores Tour

A Collections team tour opens rarely seen artefacts, books and archives from a museum holding more than 81,000 objects.

Only about four per cent of the collection is usually on display. This tour gives visitors a closer look at objects such as a disguised hearing aid, a seventeenth-century recipe book and a Napoleonic-era surgical kit. The ticket includes museum gallery admission on the day; the page recommends age 12+ and describes the tour as approximately one hour. Published upcoming slots are 23 January and 27 March 2027 at 11:30 and 14:30; ends are not listed.